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It was asked to Edmund Zagorski, the convicted murderer who had opted for the electric chair instead of a lethal injection, if he had any say before he died and he replied, "Come on, rock." (FILE )
The first person to die in the electric chair since 2007 in Tennessee has become the inspiration for the new album cover of the popular group.
The Black Keys announced the release of a new album on June 28, with the murderer's last words, and the cover is an electric chair.
Edmund Zagorski, who had opted for the electric chair instead of the lethal injection, was asked if he had anything to say before he died last November, and he said, "Come on, rock."
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Aged 63, he alternated between grinning and smiling when a metal helmet and a salty wet sponge were placed on his head, then a black shroud on his face. He was stuck in the chair and his feet were tied up.
Journalists who attended the execution said: "his fist would tense when the tension was reached and he did not move once the electricity stopped".
Zagorski, who was convicted of the murder of two men committed in April 1983 during a drug-related transaction, sliced his throat, called the electric chair the lesser of the two ills of the state .
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Dan Auerbach, one of the founders of Black Keys, explained to Rolling Stone the reasons for his macabre inspiration.
"Nothing makes you think more of life than death," said Auerbach, laughing.
Edmund DeMarche of Fox News contributed to this report.
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