That many people would pick La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 (1992) over Astro Creep 2000 is yet another proof of mankind's ineptitude.
For this album, White Zombie's 4th, kept the hell-bending, booty-shaking grooves of La Sexorcisto and the countless movie samples, but added an industrial tinge which sometimes reminds me vaguely of Die Krupps. The album's Wikipedia page claims the exact opposite, that this album is less industrial than La Sexorcisto but I humbly disagree.
Pantera/Soundgarden producer Terry Date also came on board to give the band their heaviest sound ever, and former Testament drummer John Tempesta luckily replaced the lacklustre Ivan de Prume.
None of the involved have worked on an album this good ever since. Guitarist Jay Yuenger may have produced a great Fu Manchu record (The Action Is Go, 1997) but hasn't done much else worth paying attention to. Bassist Sean Yseult is nowhere to be seen. Which is a bummer considering how hot she is.
Rob Zombie's solo career (which included Tempesta on drums) started off well with 1998's Hellbilly Deluxe but went pear-shaped soon after that. Educatued Horses? Ha! Don't make me laugh. At least his movies are alright.
I only got to see White Zombie live once, at Globen in Stockholm in 1995, where Mudhoney, Kyuss, Blind Melon and some other band I can't remember (Sponge, perhaps?) played and White Zombie and Soundgarden headlined. As much as a I love Soundgarden, their show was one of my most anticlimactic concert experiences after seeing White Zombie's high octane Mad Max-meets-Tim Burton stage antics.
(mp3) White Zombie - Electric head pt. 1 (The agony)
(mp3) White Zombie - Super-charger heaven (recommended!)
(mp3) White Zombie - Blood, milk and sky
Buy Astro Creep @ Amazon.com, why don'cha.
The video for Super-charger Heaven:
4 comments:
I'm glad to see this album on the countdown. It's killer and really one of the best albums of the 90's.
About Sean Yseult: She's a designer inspired of the 60's hippie/psychedelic area- http://www.yseultdesigns.com/
I remember getting kinda sleepy but when WZ came on stage I got excited. I wasn't a fan, but anyway. Soundgarden was really boring to watch but they sounded good.
Yes Sponge. Also Reef. http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~ptn/mudhoney/tourbook/1995.html
Wow, Reef and Pennywise played too? I have no recollection of that at all. They must have been AMAZING!
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