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Banksy defaces the socialite's debut album sleeve
Hundreds of copies of socialite Paris Hilton's debut album have become a victim of "guerrilla artist" Banksy after he made less than flattering alterations to the star's debut album artwork and deposited them into record shops around the UK.

Banksy, who designed the sleeve for Blur's 2003 album 'Think Tank', changed the artwork by superimposing a dog's head on top of Hilton's topless body. He also attached a sticker on the cover, claiming the LP contained the songs 'Why Am I Famous?', 'What Have I Done?' And 'What Am I For?'.

Banksy also replaced the CD inside with music from an artist only known as DM, and left the original barcode attached so people could buy the CD without realising it had been interfered with.

The 500 albums where taken to 48 record stores around the country.

A spokeswoman for Banksy told The Independent: "They're very subtly done and do look like the original albums. You have to look quite carefully to see what he's done.

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Get in Banksy.

If I knew who he was I'd shake the fucker's hand and invite him on Saturday...

EDIT: I WANT ONE!!!
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they're going for 300 on ebay already :shock:

it's a brilliant action tho :D
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found it here
http://www.clockworkdisco.com

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Kagey wrote:found it here
wow, you found the link that davemac posted in font size huge..
you rock at the internet dude!
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Superb stunt, and those that found out they had one of the Banksy versions is now a rich person - 310 quid! :shock:
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wow, you found the link that davemac posted in font size huge..
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guess its not just the fish i'm gonna stand on !
http://www.clockworkdisco.com

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Kagey wrote:Banksy defaces the socialite's debut album sleeve
Hundreds of copies of socialite Paris Hilton's debut album have become a victim of "guerrilla artist" Banksy after he made less than flattering alterations to the star's debut album artwork and deposited them into record shops around the UK.

Banksy, who designed the sleeve for Blur's 2003 album 'Think Tank', changed the artwork by superimposing a dog's head on top of Hilton's topless body. He also attached a sticker on the cover, claiming the LP contained the songs 'Why Am I Famous?', 'What Have I Done?' And 'What Am I For?'.

Banksy also replaced the CD inside with music from an artist only known as DM, and left the original barcode attached so people could buy the CD without realising it had been interfered with.

The 500 albums where taken to 48 record stores around the country.

A spokeswoman for Banksy told The Independent: "They're very subtly done and do look like the original albums. You have to look quite carefully to see what he's done.

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Banksy has always been a bit of a Hero of mine....even moreso now! What a legend! :D

check his other work here
"You know, just simple lines intertwining, you know, very much like - I'm really influenced by Mozart and Bach, and it's sort of in between those, really. It's like a Mach piece, really"
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I'd love one of those CDs.... :D

Willsy, I assume you've got 'Wall and Piece' then? ;)
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Dog wrote:I'd love one of those CDs.... :D

Willsy, I assume you've got 'Wall and Piece' then? ;)
Actually no i have'nt...i must get myself a copy!
"You know, just simple lines intertwining, you know, very much like - I'm really influenced by Mozart and Bach, and it's sort of in between those, really. It's like a Mach piece, really"
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Dog wrote:I'd love one of those CDs.... :D
check ebay if you've got hundreds of quid to burn ;)
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hippy dave wrote:
Dog wrote:I'd love one of those CDs.... :D
check ebay if you've got hundreds of quid to burn ;)
Only one small flaw with that suggestion.... ;)
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Dog wrote:
hippy dave wrote:
Dog wrote:I'd love one of those CDs.... :D
check ebay if you've got hundreds of quid to burn ;)
Only one small flaw with that suggestion.... ;)
what, that you don't know what ebay is? try here... http://www.ebay.co.uk
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My mate Naz (who some of you know) did a (fake) interview with Banksy for the Uni newspaper @ Bristol. The real Banksy contacted him afterwards as he was a bit angry about it! :lol:
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