Stills Seeing Skulls on New Album

Rock 'n' roll goes with skulls like those 'Hills' girls go with glitter. No one need tell the Stills this. The Montreal quintet feature an embossed snazzy gold -- and real -- human cranium against the plain black background on the cover of their latest album, 'Oceans Will Rise,' and its origin is an unlikely source.

"Our friend bought it on eBay for his girlfriend and then he gold-leafed it and had his friend photograph it," singer-guitarist Tim Fletcher tells Spinner. "It's a guy who was excavated from a high Chilean mountain cliff. There were some crowns and hoards of jewelry found around him, so it can be assumed he was once a great king. I'm sure that person did not think they would end up on a Stills record in 2008."

So how much does a human skull go for these days? Fletcher doesn't know, but says his friend is not a "penthouse-living millionaire."

Of course, the obvious question is is it legal to buy and sell body parts on eBay? "You can," Fletcher says. "There are some limitations as to what you can do because it becomes a little illegal. It's a black market and all about organ sales, so you gotta watch out."