in 1984, the band played a session on the bbc's john peel show. emi were displeased with the band's high travel costs and by norbert hähnel publicly parodying their million-selling artist heino at a toten hosen concert. heino successfully obtained a court order to cease and desist. die toten hosen left emi and signed to virgin records. their second album "unter falscher flagge" (under false colours), was released in 1984. the title explained the front cover of the lp, which carried a picture of the band members dressed as pirates aboard a ship. the original back cover featured the skeleton of a dog sitting in front of a gramophone, a caricature of the his master's voice artwork used by emi. legal action by emi prompted the album cover to be changed to the skeleton of an eagle, which, along with the jolly roger, became a band logo.