Editing Generation Terrorists (section)

=== Album cover ===

Edwards assumed responsibility for the cover; among ideas he had were using [[Andres Serrano]]'s ''[[Piss Christ]]'',<ref name=Jovanovic>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=08Ql0sjmjKsC&pg=PT113|page=113|title=A Version of Reason: The Search for Richey Edwards|author=Rob Jovanovic|publisher=Hachette UK|date=3 December 2010|isbn=9781409111290}}</ref> a [[Jesus]] figure inside a container of urine;<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/understandingsoc0000mona|url-access=registration|title=Understanding Society, Culture, and Television |author=Paul Monaco |page=[https://archive.org/details/understandingsoc0000mona/page/100 100] |year=2000 |publisher=Praeger |isbn=0-275-97095-7}}</ref> the [[Bert Stern]] [[Marilyn Monroe]] photographs; a sandpaper sleeve that would scratch the album itself as well as anything else that it was shelved by (similar to ''[[Mémoires]]'' by [[Asger Jorn]] and [[Guy Debord]]);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/727492|work=metmuseum.org|title=Mémoires,1959 Asger Jorn}}</ref> as well as several other famous religious paintings; but these suggestions were either declined or found too expensive.<ref name=Jovanovic/>

The final front cover of the album was a picture of Edwards' left arm and chest. The arm had a tattoo of a rose with the words "useless generation" in capitals underneath, which was changed to "generation terrorists". This was not without problems, as the original pressing had made Edwards' flesh to be bright pink as opposed to the intended mustard. The back cover featured a design similar to their earlier [[New Art Riot|''New Art Riot'' EP]] cover, an [[European Community|EC]] Flag, though this time it was crumpled and in flames. The [[working title]] of the album was ''Culture, Alienation, Boredom & Despair'' (a lyric from the song "Little Baby Nothing").