Various Artists: TV Terror
Disc 1:
- Collide - Felix The Cat
- Numb - Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
- Alien Faktor w/Pain Station - Laverne & Shirley
- Institute of Technology - Mary Tyler Moore
- Christ Analogue - Happy Days
- 16 Volt - Love Boat
- 29 Days - Addams Family
- Electric Hellfire Club - Charles in Charge
- Kevorkian Death Cycle - One Day At A Time
- Battery - X-Files
- Hate Dept. - Facts of Life
- Society Burning - Magnum P.I.
- Terminal 46 - Three's Company
- Oneiroid Psychosis - Dark Shadows
- Idiot Stare - Brady Bunch
- Pinchpoint - Dukes of Hazzard
- Apolitiq - WKRP in Cincinnati
- Sweat Engine - Speed Racer
Disc 2:
- Liquid Sex Decay - Twin Peaks
- Cut.Rate.Box - The Jeffersons
- Loretta's Doll - Scooby Doo
- Kill Switch...Klick - Welcome Back Kotter
- Alien Sex Fiend - Batman
- Haloblack - Fat Albert
- Stone 588 - Creature Feature
- Ikon - Ballad of Gilligan's Island
- Ex-Voto - Barette
- Lick - Star Trek
- Wreckage - Spiderman
- Coin of the Realm - Outer Limits
- Triple Point - Dynasty
- Dystopia One - Knight Rider
- The Thessalopian Dope Gods - Maude
- Sullen - Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
- My Glass Besides Yours - Muppet Show
- Sofia Run - Josie & The Pussycats
Themed tribute and cover albums seem to be extremely popular these days as
well as solid money makers. This time around Re-Constriction Records in
association with Permission Magazine have put together a collection of
'Industrial' covers of, you guessed it television theme songs. Just when you
thought that your most feared television show had finally ceased to be
syndicated, along comes "TV Terror" to bring those childhood psychological
problems screaming back into reality.
Logically this release is broken into two distinct sections with the first disc
consisting of artists assembled by label slumlord Chase at Re-Constriction and
the second glued together at the seams by Rev. Jayson Elliot of Permission.
The key difference between these discs being that most of the bands on disc one
are signed to a label and are of a exceedingly higher production quality than
on the second disc. Nevertheless there are quite a handful of selections on
both discs which should both amuse and incite you to go postal near the
neighborhood kids.
Highlights include Electric Hellfire Club's sadistic rendition of 'Charles in
Charge' with "Charles Manson in charge of our guns and our knives", 29 Died's
dancefloor version of the 'Addams Family', Oneiroid Psychosis's terror inducing
look at 'Dark Shadows', Haloblack's satirical poke at 'Fat Albert' and Lick's
massacre of 'Star Trek'. So if you were like every other kid in the eighties
and spent more hours in front of the television per day that attending school,
you should get several hours of amusement out of this collection before the
novelty wears off and you start worrying about going through puberty again.
Contact:
Re-Constriction Records
4901-906 Morena Blvd
San Diego, CA 92117-3432
E-mail: chase@ttlnet.com
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