PxlDan

The iconic cover art of Minor Threat's self titled debut album (1981) featured the band's lead singer, Ian MacKaye, hunched over his tattered combat boots. Nike felt the need to 'appropriate' the cover with a pair of Nikes replacing the boots. Their mistake was trying to assimilate the identity of what is arguably the only punk band not to be swayed by big money corporate deals. A posting on Dischord’s website reads “Nike never contacted Dischord to obtain permission to use this imagery, nor was any permission granted. Simply put, Nike stole it and we're not happy about it.”, and in response to fan backlash Nike issued an apology stating “Every effort has been made to remove and dispose of all flyers…”
I think I'll have to go dig this vinyl out of the basement...

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