US EditionWoman From Deftones’ 'Around the Fur' Album Art Looks Back: "Just Me Having a Kick-Ass Time, You Know?”
Lisa Hughes and photographer Rich Kosick clarify rumors and share how the jacuzzi shot became the iconic 1997 Deftones album cover, still popular on merchandise today.
- Jenkem tracked down Lisa Hughes and found that she rejected rumours of being a groupie, calling herself `this awesome chick from Auburn` and `just me having a kick-ass time`.
- Photographer Rich Kosick said he accompanied Deftones in Seattle and shot a candid, top-down fisheye jacuzzi frame at their Seattle condo; weeks later Maverick and Kevin Reagan reviewed mockups and chose that image for the cover.
- Kosick recalled he `went up and took a couple two photos` during sessions for 'Around the Fur' , and Hughes called the image `a little risqué` while dismissing minor details with `Who gives a shit?`
- The photograph has since become an enduring cultural image on t-shirts, while Deftones continue to record and tour, releasing Private Music last summer with a five-star NME review.
- Later this year the band will play huge shows in Dublin and Edinburgh as part of their 2026 UK and European headline tour, with frontman Chino Moreno calling Hughes `a friend we befriended while we were there in Seattle`.
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The Woman on This Iconic Deftones Album Cover Wasn’t a Groupie, She Was Just ‘Lisa’
When Deftones released their second album, Around the Fur, in 1997, the cover art gained a lot of attention. It’s a cool shot, using a unique angle and fisheye lens to capture a warped view of a woman seated on the edge of a jacuzzi. With time, the image cemented itself in music history. At the time, there was speculation about who the woman was. A groupie? A girlfriend? Maybe a professional model? Was the image staged and purposeful? Questions …
In 1997, Deftones released his second album Around the Fur, a work that on the cover had the image of a girl named Lisa M. Hughes, friend of Stephen Carpenter -guitarist of the band-. The cover consisted of a shot of a young girl in mesh, wet, sitting on the edge of a Jacuzzi. Now, in [...] See more news in Indie Hoy.
The Woman On Deftones’ ‘Around The Fur’ Cover Reflects On The Photo That Wouldn’t Let Go
Long before TikTok rediscovered Deftones and arena crowds started screaming every word again, Around the Fur already had a grip on the culture. Not just for ‘My Own Summer (Shove It)’ or ‘Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)’, but for that intimate, confrontational hot tub close up that stared back from record store shelves in 1997. With Deftones riding another massive wave of relevance, Jenkem has released a new video essay unpacking how the album’s i…
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Catch up with the cover model of Deftones' 'Around the Fur'
‘Around the Fur’ album artwork. (Maverick Recording Company) Nearly 30 years after Deftones released their 1997 album, Around the Fur, the record’s cover model has given an interview on its impact on her life. Lisa Hughes was photographed for the cover by Rick Kosick, who later became known for his work on the Jackass series and movies, during a party with the Deftones band members. The photo features an image of Hughes wearing a bikini and sitt…
Lisa Hughes. The name is not so big. Neither are those of the disc models such as Nevermind or Placebo. Anonymous people who have had different things once become the album on which their face was printed. In fact, both in the case of Nirvana and Placebo, both people ended up suing for the use of their image. Who did not go through it was Lisa Hughes, the woman who comes out on the cover of the Around The Fur, Deftons’ second album. The album th…
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