Grease Paint and Monkey Brains
All you want to know about Grease Paint and Monkey Brains
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| Studio album by White Zombie | |||||
| Released | April 11, 1995 | ||||
| Recorded | 1995 at NRG Studios, Los Angeles | ||||
| Genre | Heavy metal Groove metal |
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| Length | 52:01 | ||||
| Label | Geffen | ||||
| Producer | Terry Date | ||||
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Astro-Creep: 2000 - Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head (or simply Astro-Creep: 2000) is the fourth and final studio album by White Zombie. It was released through Geffen Records in 1995. This album is their last original work, as Supersexy Swingin' Sounds is merely a remix of this album.
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Production
The album was highly anticipated due to the surprise success of the band's previous release La Sexorcisto. Ivan DePrume, the drummer on La Sexorcisto, had left the band to start Burningsound studios during their touring sessions for that album. The band later recruited former Exodus and Testament drummer John Tempesta for the recording of this album. Also they had hired Terry Date (Deftones, Pantera, Soundgarden) to produce Astro-Creep: 2000 for them. According to J., the album is 72 track recording, 48 analog and 24 digital.[1] The entire album took three months to write and another three to record. For the album, the band had a much bigger recording budget and more freedom in time.
Music and lyrics
Musically, the album is much heavier than La Sexorcisto, taking away much of the old punk/metal stylings of the previous album in turn for a heavier, darker thrash metal based sound, or, as it has been called, "white-trash-on-acid metal." The band also down-tuned the guitars and bass to give it the darker sound the songs required, going from standard E tuning to dropped C# (1.5 steps below standard E).
Much of the lyrics are also darker and more disturbing than on the previous album, and are arranged more like twisted poetry than La Sexorcisto's pseudo-rap scores, dealing with murder, the undead, blasphemy, Satanic elements, and other such topics.
Rob has said he favors this album to the last one, stating that "I was never that happy with it [La Sexorcisto]. In some respects, it was probably the best thing we could do at the time under the circumstances." and that this record was exactly what he wanted it to sound like.[2]
Release and reception
The album is White Zombie's best-selling album, being certified Double Platinum by the RIAA and selling over 2,600,000 copies in America since its release. There was also a limited 50,000 pressings of this album on see-through blue vinyl. The album was nominated the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album and it's biggest hit, "More Human Than Human", nominated the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1996.
To promote the album, music videos for "More Human Than Human", "Electric Head Pt. 2 (The Ecstasy)", and a live video for "Super-Charger Heaven" were released. In 1995, "More Human Than Human" won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video and was considered by Rob to be his favorite White Zombie video. There were also plans to start filming a video for "Blood, Milk and Sky" after Christmas as well as eventually filming a video for every song on the album.[3] However, these plans were scrapped when the band dissolved.
Accolades
Entertainment Weekly (4/14/95, p.64) - "Zombie pushes its monster metal to giddy new heights. Fiercer grooves, scarier samples, and extra-pulverizing guitar riffs are smacked home with almost industrial precision. As for lyrics, the album title says it all." - Rating: B+
Q magazine (7/95, p.131) - 3 Stars - Good - "...relentless metal grind... peppered with soundbites from B-movie horror flicks, tunefully-manipulated feedback and a healthy interest in musical experimentation that manifests itself in a whirlwind of sound effects...stand out from their hirsute peer group."
| Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerrang! | United Kingdom | "Albums of the Year"[4] | 1995 | 2 |
| Rocksound | France | "Albums of the Year"[5] | 1995 | 20 |
| OOR | Netherlands | "Albums of the Year"[6] | 1995 | 23 |
| RAW | United Kingdom | "90 essential albums for the 90s"[7] | 1995 | * |
| Kerrang! | United Kingdom | "100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"[8] | 1998 | 20 |
| Pause & Play | United States | "The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums"[9] | 1999 | 11 |
| Visions | Germany | "The Most Important Albums of the 90s"[10] | 2005 | 91 |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer | United Kingdom | "The 200 Greatest Albums of the 90s"[11] | 2006 | * |
Track listing
All lyrics written by Rob Zombie, all music composed by White Zombie.
| # | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Electric Head Pt. 1 (The Agony)" | 4:54 |
| 2. | "Super-Charger Heaven" | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Real Solution #9" | 4:44 |
| 4. | "Creature of the Wheel" | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Electric Head Pt. 2 (The Ecstasy)" | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Grease Paint and Monkey Brains" | 3:49 |
| 7. | "I, Zombie" | 3:31 |
| 8. | "More Human Than Human" | 4:28 |
| 9. | "El Phantasmo and the Chicken-Run Blast-O-Rama" | 4:13 |
| 10. | "Blur the Technicolor" | 4:09 |
| 11. | "Blood, Milk and Sky" | 11:18 |
Personnel
- Charlie Clouser - Programing, Keyboards
- Terry Date - Producer, Mixing
- Lamont Hyde - Recording and Mixing Assistant
- Ted Jensen - Mastering
- Wade Norton - Recording and Mixing Assistant
- John Tempesta - Drums
- Ulrich Wild - Recording
- J. - Guitar
- Sean Yseult - Bass, Art Direction
- Rob Zombie - Vocals, Lyricist, Art Direction, Illustrations, Sleeve Illustration
Chart positions
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | The Billboard 200 | 6 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | "More Human Than Human" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 10 |
| 1995 | "More Human Than Human" | Modern Rock Tracks | 7 |
| 1995 | "Electric Head Pt. 2 (The Ecstasy)" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 27 |
| 1996 | "Super-Charger Heaven" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 39 |
References
- ^ Veneris, Andreas. "Interview: White Zombie/J". VIBE. December 8th, 1995 at Rosemont Horizon, Chicago. cited October 31, 2008
- ^ Engleheart, Murray. "White Zombie Monster Cars & Monster Music". Rip. October, 1995. cited October 30, 2008
- ^ Miller, Gerri. "White Zombie Live & Backstage". Metal Edge Magazine. March, 1996. cited October 30, 2008
- ^ "Kerrang! - Albums of the Year". Kerrang!. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
- ^ "Rocksound - Albums of the Year". Rocksound. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
- ^ "OOR - Albums of the Year". OOR. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
- ^ "RAW - 90 essential albums for the 90s". RAW. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
- ^ "Kerrang! - 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". Kerrang!. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
- ^ "Pause & Play - The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums". Pause & Play. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ "Visions - The Most Important Albums of the 90s". Visions. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ "Acclaimed Music - Classic Rock and Metal Hammer 200 List". AcclaimedMusic.net. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
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