http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-05-04/al-jourgensen-revolting-cocks-lard-surgical-meth-machine
Lard - Forkboy
Revolting Cocks - Crackin’ Up
Revolting Cocks - Da Ya Think I’m Sexy
Revolting Cocks - Gila Copter
1000 Homo DJs - Apathy
Acid Horse - No Name No Slogan
PTP - Rubber Glove Seduction
Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters - I Hate Every Bone In Your Body Except Mine
Pailhead - I Will Refuse
Surgical Meth Machine - I’m Invisible
Lard - Drug Raid at 4 AM
Surprisingly oldschool list, and nu-Revco in conspicuous in its absence. This is an interview Al gave barely over a month ago: http://www.joelgausten.com/2016/04/keep-rage-alive-inside-al-jourgensens.html
When you released RevCo’s Sex-O Olympic-O in 2008, you said that was the best record you ever did. Now that you’re a few records beyond that point, what are your thoughts on that album now?
I think it’s way up there; I think it’s really good as an album and in the way it flows. Yeah, I like that one. Some press thing had me list the Ministry albums in order [of quality]. There’s like two of them on there that are like Sex-O Olympic-O. My likes are different in that they don’t just come from a paradigm of what I feel is the best musical record. I also have insights and thoughts on the whole recording process, what problems we had during the making of it, what was going in my life and what was going on in the world. So there are favorites that may not necessarily be my favorite musically, but they were the most fun to make. For instance, my best album that I think I’ve ever made from a strictly selfish point of view is Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters. I had so much fun making that record [2012’s Bikers Welcome Ladies Drink Free], and I think it transferred to the actual recording of it. That one always holds a special place in my heart. The rest of them all have their merits to some degree – some of them a lot less, to an extent. But I guess they all have their purpose, or they wouldn’t have been released. But yeah, Sex-O’s a fine record. I approve that message!
WHEW!!! What a relief.
I was kind of afraid to click the link out of fear that he might let Paul Barker slide this time. But, no, he properly shit on him and made me proud, haha!
I’ve skipped “Gila Copter” for 20 years.
Interesting.
He never misses a chance to slag on Paul, huh? I didn’t realize he liked so much of Linger Fickin’ Good. Funny, nothing from the nuRevCo era though.
Nothing from the first three RevCo records either.
I’ve skipped “Gila Copter” for 20 years.
Me too. What a bore. But again, as he mentions, it’s not one of his favorites because it’s a good song, it’s one of his favorites because he gets to name drop Tim Leary again.
[reply]I’ve skipped “Gila Copter” for 20 years.
Me too. What a bore. But again, as he mentions, it’s not one of his favorites because it’s a good song, it’s one of his favorites because he gets to name drop Tim Leary again.[/reply]
I thought that track was awesome in 1993 or so, but back then I wasn’t very selective about anything that “fought the power”.
By contrast, I still like the one ‘Just One Fix’ remix with the full Burroughs recitation on it - not just because he’s a bigger influence on me than Leary, but it just feels more like the band put some thought into making an atmosphere appropriate to the voiceover.
Happy with the inclusion of Apathy. Nice to see him say it was recorded during the Twitch sessions instead of the LORAH sessions, as is usually reported. That and Better Ways were definitely of that era.
Other than that, much of this is stuff that isn’t high on my list. Though I actually have both Gila Copter versions on my mp3 player. It’s one of those tracks I should hate, but somehow don’t.
Happy with the inclusion of Apathy. Nice to see him say it was recorded during the Twitch sessions instead of the LORAH sessions, as is usually reported. That and Better Ways were definitely of that era.
Other than that, much of this is stuff that isn’t high on my list. Though I actually have both Gila Copter versions on my mp3 player. It’s one of those tracks I should hate, but somehow don’t.
when I used to blaze I thought it was a nice intro for the album. I would spark up to that album quite often. Now I have no use for the track
If I wanted to listen to a crusty old man ramble incoherently through a song, I’d listen to Lulu again.