Karl Koch, 22 January 2002, explaining the Beach Boys inspiration for the Blue Album cover:

"…when the Blue Album was being recorded, there was a lot of brainstorming going on as to what this record would look like … Rivers dug out a cassette … a cheapo Best of Beach Boys collection called Do It Again … the cover was really cool in its own rather hokey way, featuring the Beach Boys smiling for the camera, standing in a line of sorts, with a soothing blue background. Rivers said we had to achieve this effect on our cover, and so the idea of lining the guys up in striped shirts in front of a blue background took form.

"The guys actually went out and found four matching striped button down shirts, and in fact in late 1993 played at least one show wearing them, much to the contempt of the LA scenesters … the guys started [a photo] shoot in the striped shirts, but everyone later concluded that the photos looked better with everyone wearing regular clothes… It just goes to show how difficult it is to do something new by doing something old."