The Joy of Gunz is an album by the American aggrotech band, Combichrist. The album shows the very first sound of Combichrist ‒ a mixture of power noise and harsh electronic body music ‒ which later evolved into what LaPlegua dubbed techno-body-music (TBM). Compared to later Combichrist works, The Joy of Gunz is also very limited as far as vocals are concerned and features many audio samples from various sources.
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Intruder Alert"
3:41
2.
"Joy to the World"
4:17
3.
"You Will Be the Bitch Now"
3:25
4.
"Winteryear"
3:36
5.
"Play Dead"
4:07
6.
"Turmoil"
2:54
7.
"Master Control"
3:45
8.
"Vater Unser"
4:27
9.
"The Line to the Dead"
4:57
10.
"Bulletfuck"
3:32
11.
"Human Error"
2:50
12.
"God Wrapped in Plastic"
3:56
13.
"History of Madness"
4:49
14.
"Shrunken Heads For All Occasions"
7:05
15.
"This is the Joy of Gunz"
4:07
Trivia
"Intruder Alert" contains a line from the movie Star Trek: the Motion Picture, during which the Enterprise computer goes on full red alert mode when entering an enormous cloud. The "intruder alert" line is also known from the arcade game Berzerk, Combichrist used the game's iconic robots for "Intruder Alert" t-shirt design.
"Joy to the World" contains audio from an interview with Charles Manson.
"Play Dead" contains a line from the film Pet Sematary, during which the character of Louis Creed taunts the dying cat, Church.
"Master Control" contains a line from the film Dazed and Confused by Rory Cochrane as Slater: “Did you ever look at a dollar bill, man? There's some spooky stuff goin' on on a dollar bill, man. I mean, and it's green too!”
"Bulletfuck" contains a line from the film If....: "One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place."
"Vater Unser" contains a line at the very end from the film Braindead
"God Wrapped in Plastic" contains audio from the pilot episode of Twin Peaks: "(She's dead.) Wrapped in plastic.", the line "Of course you realize this means war" comes from the cartoon Bully For Bugs.
"Shrunken Heads For All Occasions" contains a sample from late-‘60s TV commercial for a shrunken head kit from Pressman Toy Corporation. Pressman says, “Now, shrunken heads for all occasions, collect ‘em, swap ‘em, give ‘em to your witch doctor friends. (...)”
"This Is the Joy of Gunz" is not listed on the album itself.
