Jane’s Addiction challenged retail censorship of the nude original artwork for their 1990 album Ritual de lo Habitual by issuing an alternative ‘clean cover’ that quoted the US First Amendment. On its back, the band included a provocative anti-censorship statement invoking Hitler’s control of the media, arguing that limits on expression could lead to more serious restrictions; the dispute reinforced the group’s confrontational artistic identity.

Despite some conservative American retailers refusing the original cover, the album became both a critical and commercial success, reaching number 19 on the Billboard 200, selling over two million US copies and gaining double-platinum certification. Its singles ‘Stop!’ and ‘Been Caught Stealing’ became among the band’s best known, although internal tensions and drug use contributed to Jane’s Addiction splitting in late 1991.