The 90s were an innocent time where the idea of a guy removing a rib in order to suck himself off was the most outrageous thing we could imagine.

Shock marketing and the release of hyper gory “banned” vhs tapes was a big marketing tactic for music in the early 90s. There’s a great NIN documentary that covers this.

I wouldn’t be surprised to find out this rumor was somehow disseminated by labels.