Skrillex Responds to From First to Last Stolen Artwork Claim
Yesterday, Skrillex released his first song with former band From First to Last in a decade, “Make War.” It came with a cover artwork, created by designers Sus Boy and Jabbathekid, depicting a peach wrapped in barbed wire. Not long after the song dropped, San Francisco-based band Culture Abuse took to social media to point out the similarities between the “Make War” artwork and the artwork for their own 2016 album Peach. (Find a tweet comparing the two covers, as well as subsequent tweets from the band below.)
Now, Skrillex has responded with a statement posted to his Twitter account. “Just wanted to convey we were unaware of the band Culture Abuse’s cover art with a peach similar to ours for From First to Last that we released yesterday,” it reads. “It was a complete coincidence, and we would never disrespect or appropriate another artist’s work. Shoutout to Culture Abuse, and as a positive to come from this, hopefully people will go check out their music and show them some love.”
From First to Last: “hey, can I copy your homework?”@cultureabuse : “sure, just don’t make it too obvious” pic.twitter.com/yLS5bGKC3N
— Kelen Capener (@KelenKeller38) January 16, 2017
If you are the big tree
We are the small axe
Sharpened to cut you down
Ready to cut you down…— CULTURE ABUSE (@cultureabuse) January 16, 2017
Our music & our art means everything to us. we do this out of pure passion. Not for money, not for approval. nothing will stop us
— CULTURE ABUSE (@cultureabuse) January 16, 2017
.@cultureabuse @FFTLAST pic.twitter.com/xMK3SSqnrx
— SKRILLEX (@Skrillex) January 16, 2017
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