DETROIT -- Four Shriners from the Detroit area were not amused when they saw their picture on a record album titled Frankenchrist by a hard-core California punk rock group called The Dead Kennedys.

Calling the album and an accompanying surrealistic poster depicting 10 sets of male genitalia obscene, the Shriners are suing the rock group, Newsweek magazine and two local retailers for $45 million.

The suit was filed Tuesday in Wayne County Circuit Court by Shriners Melvin Morris of Westland, William Wells of Southfield, Clarence Sheets of Melvindale and Joseph Pagan of Dearborn Heights.

They are shown dressed in their traditional red-tasseled fezes and driving miniature cars in a photograph taken during a parade. Their lawsuit claims the picture was published in Newsweek 10 years ago and sold by the magazine for $175 either to The Dead Kennedys or their record company.

Also named in the lawsuit for selling the album are two local retailers, Harmony House Records & Tapes and Sam's Jams. Harmony House, one of Michigan's largest independent record store chains, yanked the album from 20 outlets Wednesday.

Jerry Adams, Harmony House executive vice president, said he was responding to a demand by the Shriners' lawyers, and expected the chain would be dropped as a defendant in the lawsuit. He also noted that Harmony House had ordered the album without the poster insert.

Sam Milgrom, owner of Sam's James, a Ferndale record store, said early shipments of the album contained the poster but later ones did not.