In April 1995, Belly made the cover of Rolling Stone. Earlier that year the first single "Now They'll Sleep" came out and their second album King was released. It's not my favorite record but it has some good songs and it should've done better than it did.
One thing that I've always thought led to the failure of King was the Rolling Stone cover. While it's attractive and a nice photo, it makes the band seem kind of dopey. Plus, on the cover they're called "The Shiny Happy People of Post-Punk Power Pop". Remember that REM song and how much everyone hated it? I think the entire cover was a gigantic turn-off for people.
Note: I wonder if it was intentional to have Donelly's thumb look like a penis.
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