A Haunting Foreshadowing
Their 5th album, Street Survivors, reached gold within ten days of its release and would eventually go double platinum. The two notable songs, “What’s your name” and “That Smell,” helped the album climb to the No. 5 spot. The album marked a new era for the guys. Part of their success meant leasing a new Convair CV-240 aircraft to help them get between shows easier.
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The original album cover happened to be very controversial. The cover depicted the band members in an alleyway, covered in flames. Van Zant and Gaines (two of the three band members to die in the crash) are completely engulfed in flames in the artwork, whereas the rest of the band are standing around in the streets of fire. It was a haunting foreshadowing of an event that was about to take place.
-An event that occurred only three days after the album’s release.