La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1
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| Studio album by White Zombie | ||||
| Released | March 17, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | May, 1991 at 321 Studios, New York | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, groove metal, alternative metal | |||
| Length | 57:30 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Andy Wallace | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone |  [2] |
La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 is the third album by metal band White Zombie. It is the last album to feature drummer Ivan de Prume.
[edit] Album information
The album's sound is a mix of groove metal and funk metal with lots of B-movie samples. Rob Zombie explained he "wanted to keep a groovable dance element in the music", a trait which is often absent in metal music. Contrary to rumors, a "Devil Music, Vol. 2" was never planned for recording or release. Almost every song on the album made an appearance on the 1994 video game Way of the Warrior.
[edit] Release and reception
The album was both a critical and commercial success for White Zombie, climbing up the charts in the US and gaining massive MTV video airplay and mainstream rock radio airplay with "Thunder Kiss '65" and "Black Sunshine." It was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA.It has been certified by CAN gold.
Jacob N. Lunders of Allmusic praised the album with 4.5 out of 5 stars and claimed "Perhaps co-defining the future of heavy metal, White Zombie's major-label debut nearly equals fellow classics Guns N' Roses's Appetite for Destruction, The Cult's Electric, and Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger in significance".[1]
[edit] Accolades
| Year | Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank | |
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| 1996 | Visions | Germany | "The Eternal Readers Charts" | 36 | [3] |
| 2006 | Rock Sound | United Kingdom | "Les 150 Albums De La Génération" | 95 | [4] |
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[edit] Track listing
All lyrics written by Rob Zombie, all music composed by White Zombie.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Welcome to Planet Motherfucker/Psychoholic Slag" | 6:21 |
| 2. | "Knuckle Duster (Radio 1-A)" | 0:21 |
| 3. | "Thunder Kiss '65" | 3:53 |
| 4. | "Black Sunshine" | 4:49 |
| 5. | "Soul-Crusher" | 5:07 |
| 6. | "Cosmic Monsters Inc." | 5:13 |
| 7. | "Spiderbaby (Yeah-Yeah-Yeah)" | 5:01 |
| 8. | "I Am Legend" | 5:08 |
| 9. | "Knuckle Duster (Radio 2-B)" | 0:25 |
| 10. | "Thrust!" | 5:04 |
| 11. | "One Big Crunch" | 0:21 |
| 12. | "Grindhouse (A Go-Go)" | 4:05 |
| 13. | "Starface" | 5:02 |
| 14. | "Warp Asylum" | 6:44 |
Some pressings of the CD incorrectly divide tracks 12 and 13, beginning track 13 at 3:31 of "Grindhouse (A Go-Go)."
[edit] Song overview
[edit] "Welcome to Planet Motherfucker/Psychoholic Slag"
"Welcome to Planet Motherfucker/Psychoholic Slag" is the first track on the album. It is a two-part song, the first part having its own music video.
[edit] Audio Samples
- 0:25 - The explosion and sounds of growling is taken from the 1989 manga Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend
- 1:48 - "Now let's move", "but let's take the back door" and the sample right at the end of the song are from the 1965 exploitation film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
- 4:14 - "Do you have to open graves to find girls to fall in love with?" is taken from the horror film The Mummy (1932 film)
- 4:35 - "Get up and kill!" is taken from the 1978 zombie film Dawn Of The Dead
[edit] "Knuckle Duster (Radio 1-A)"
"Knuckle Duster (Radio 1-A)" is the second track and the first of two radio channel imitations on the album. It takes its name from a metal weapon worn over the knuckles used in hand-to-hand combat, otherwise known as brass knuckles. The track contains numerous short audio samples from movies and songs which play in a fashion similar to that of someone changing radio channels every few seconds.
[edit] Audio Samples
- 0:07 - "We know how fast we can go" is taken from the 1965 cult film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
- 0:17 - "These are the facts as we know them. There is an epidemic of mass murders being committed by a virtual army of unidentified assassins" is taken from the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead during a radio broadcast.
- 0:17 - The screaming in the background is from the 1978 horror film Halloween when Laurie Strode (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) is being attacked by Michael Myers in a closet.
[edit] "Thunder Kiss '65"
"Thunder Kiss '65" is the third track on the album. It helped the band gain some notoriety through its music video and chart success (and again through its inclusion in the first Guitar Hero game, thirteen years later) and was nominated the Grammy for Best Metal Performance of 1993.
[edit] Audio Sample
- 1:28 - "You're all shook up, aren't you baby?" is taken from the 1965 exploitation film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
[edit] "Black Sunshine"
"Black Sunshine" is the fourth track on the album. Though minimally successful as a single, the song has gone on to become a fan favorite and is still played live with Zombie's solo act as well as appearing on his greatest hits albums. The spoken intro and end were provided by Iggy Pop. It also appears in the video game Guitar Hero III and as downloadable content for the Rock Band series.
[edit] Audio Sample
- 3:25 - "I work on this baby the same way, trying to get maximum performance" is taken from the 1965 exploitation film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
[edit] "Soul-Crusher"
"Soul-Crusher" is the fifth track on the album. The lyrics "Speed kills, I'm alive yeah, in my ... Durango '95, yeah!" and "Motherfucker scream horrorshow!" are both references to Stanley Kubrick's classic 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. Also, the lyrics "Time a Diamond Ass right on my line" is a reference to their song "Diamond Ass" off the Soul-Crusher album. Iggy Pop speaks the words "Burning like fat in the fire the smell of red, red kroovy(krovvy) screamed mega-flow; a stalking ground without prey. A flash of superstition whimpering like a crippled animal. Dogs of the Soul-Crusher pulling closer like the blue steel jaws of hell" in the middle of the song. According to Rob, it was this song that inspired Geffen Records to sign the band to its label.[5]
[edit] "Cosmic Monsters Inc."
"Cosmic Monsters Inc." is the sixth track on the album.
[edit] Audio Samples
- 0:00 - "Meanwhile, behind the façade of this innocent-looking bookstore" is taken from the 1966 episode of Batman (TV series), the title of the episode being "Zelda The Great"
- 1:26 - "You're all shook up, aren't you baby?" is taken from the 1965 exploitation film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
- 3:20 - "They come from the bowels of hell..." is taken from the trailer for the 1959 science fiction film Plan 9 from Outer Space
[edit] "Spiderbaby (Yeah-Yeah-Yeah)"
"Spiderbaby (Yeah-Yeah-Yeah)" is the seventh track on the album. It takes its name from the 1968 cult film Spider Baby.
[edit] Audio Samples
- 0:00 - The bell sounds at the beginning of the song are from the 1988 horror film Hellbound: Hellraiser II
- 2:23 - The ominous chanting listeners hear is in fact the score from the 1976 horror film The Omen
- 4:00 - The other-language chanting is taken from the The Exorcist (film)
[edit] "I Am Legend"
"I Am Legend" is the eighth track on the album. The song is closely based on the 1954 horror novel I Am Legend, written by Richard Matheson. The song was featured in the trailer for the 2007 movie I Am Legend.
[edit] "Knuckle Duster (Radio 2-B)"
"Knuckle Duster (Radio 2-B)" is the ninth track and the second of two radio channel imitations on the album.
[edit] Audio Samples
- 0:00 - "Now, what we have to ask is why is it that God has admonished us to hate evil? Well, first of all, God loves ..." from a sermon by Atlanta pastor, Dr. Charles Stanley (pastor).
- 0:14 - "... And strangled them and finally dismembered their bodies"
- 0:20 - "homelessness and all that ..." sample are the words of the American radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
- 0:21 - "And now, the voice you've been waiting for ..."
[edit] "Thrust!"
[edit] Audio Samples
- 0:00 - The speaking at the introduction of this song is taken from the 1989 manga Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend
- 1:50 - "It has been established..." sample is taken from the 1968 zombie film Night Of The Living Dead
[edit] "One Big Crunch"
[edit] Audio Samples
- 0:00 - The music in the background is from the 1968 horror film Night Of The Living Dead
- 0:01 - "Only parts of the corpse had been removed" is from the 1974 horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
[edit] "Grindhouse (A Go-Go)"
"Grindhouse (A Go-Go)" is the twelfth cut on the album. It was featured in Woody Allen's 2002 film Hollywood Ending. In 2000, the song was covered by Habeas Corpus for the White Zombie tribute album Super-Charger Hell.
[edit] "Starface"
"Starface" is the thirteenth track on the album. The audio sample at the beginning of the track, "One. We are one. One is the beginning ...", is from the episode The Way To Eden from Star Trek: The Original Series. "X minus 5 seconds...4...3...2...1" is from the 1950 sci-fi film Rocketship X-M.
[edit] Audio Samples
- 0:00 - "One. One is the beginning..." and "Oh Herbert, you are stiff!" samples from the beginning and end of the song are taken from the 1969 episode of Star Trek: The Original Series entitled "The Way to Eden"
- 0:18 - "X minus 5 seconds..." sample is taken from the 1950 science fiction film Rocketship X-M
- 2:27 - In the background there is an eerie jingle playing, this is from 1979's Phantasm (film)
[edit] "Warp Asylum"
"Warp Asylum" is the fourteenth and last track on the album.
[edit] Audio Sample
- 0:00 - The creepy warped tune at the beginning of the song is from the 1987 horror film Hellraiser
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Band members
- Ivan de Prume - drums
- Sean Yseult - bass, art direction
- J. - guitar
- Rob Zombie - vocals, lyricist, art direction, illustrations, sleeve illustration
[edit] Technical crew
- Kristin Callahan - photography
- David Carpenter - assistant engineer
- Alison Dyer - photography
- Michael Golob - art direction, photoshop artist
- Iggy Pop - additional vocals ("Black Sunshine")
- Andy Wallace - producer, engineer, mixing
- Howie Weinberg - mastering
[edit] Chart positions
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Lunders, Jacob N. "((( La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r59115. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan. "White Zombie". November 2004. pg. 870, cited March 17, 2010.
- ^ "Visions - The Eternal Readers Charts". Visions. http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/vision50.htm#elc. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ "Rock Sound - Les 150 Albums De La Génération". Rock Sound. http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3172289350&frmid=0&msgid=660921. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ^ "Rob Zombie: I Find It Distracting To Hear My Own Music". ultimate-guitar.com interview. Cited December, 2008.
- ^ a b "White Zombie – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/white-zombie-p14717/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
- ^ a b "White Zombie – Billboard Singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/white-zombie-p14717/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
- ^ White Zombie in New Zealand Charts. Charts.Org.NZ. Retrieved on June 3, 2009.
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