Never ever believe what Wikipedia tells you! The original (and best) Revolting Cocks were Belgians Luc van Acker and Richard 23 (from Front 242) with Ministry's Al Jourgenson on production duties. The fact that they are now labelled as an industrial metal band with Jourgenson taking the lead has very little bearing on the original line up, after all compare Ministry's early work with that of Front 242. If it wasn't for Van Acker, Jourgensen would still have been churning out sub standard new wave dance/pop.
Released on the UK arm of Chicago's Wax Trax label, this monstrous and at times disturbing album was one of the landmarks of the dim musical years of the mid-80's.
Stand out tracks are the growling disco beat of No Devotion and the two damning "tributes" to American corporate mass murderers Union Carbide.
Tracklisting:
1. 38
2. We Shall Cleanse The World
3. Atack Ships On Fire
4. Big Sexy Land
5. Union Carbide (West Virginia Version)
6. TV Mind
7. No Devotion
8. Union Carbide (Bhopal Mix)
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Thank u 4 sharing!
ReplyDeletewonderful stuff thanks
ReplyDeleteLiving in Chicago, and already having had gone to concerts by the group before the album was released, I can tell you that they most certainly were not released in Europe first. We were on the dancefloor with "No Devotion" churning before anyone in London had even heard of them.
ReplyDeleteI do tend to agree with you about Luc Van Acker, though. He was a mess - and completely wild. He MADE the band. By the way, he used to play with Ministry in those days, too...
thanks for the album - you don't happen to have the 12" version of "no devotion"?
ReplyDeletedoh! file deleted. i wasnt aware that Rev Co was around at this time.
ReplyDeleteagain. thanks for this blog.