Revolting Cocks

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Revolting Cocks

Background information
Origin	USA
Genre(s)	Industrial rock Alternative rock
Years active	1985 - 1994, 2004 - present
Label(s)	Wax Trax 13th Planet Records
Members
Mark Baker Billy Gibbons Gibby Haynes Al Jourgensen Rick Nielsen Mike Scaccia Clayton Worbeck Josh Bradford Jello Biafra Luc Van Acker Robin Zander Jeff Ward Sin Quirin
Former members
Chris Connelly Paul Barker Trent Reznor Bill Rieflin Richard 23

Revolting Cocks, also known as RevCo, is an American industrial rock band that began as a musical side-project for Alain Jourgensen (Ministry) and Luc Van Acker.

1 History
2 Members
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
- 3.2 Singles
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The group was founded in 1985 by Al Jourgensen and Luc Van Acker, along with Patrick Codenys and Richard 23 of Front 242. The first release was No Devotion on Wax Trax records.

The origin of the group's name is uncertain. One story claims that the name was the result of the original lineup participating in a night of extremely heavy drinking which resulted in a bar owner throwing the drunk group out and calling them a bunch of "revolting cocks." Another, possibly equally apocryphal, tale goes that Al Jourgensen and Chris Connelly were drinking in a bar where they were accused by girls who overheard their discussion and called them "revolting cocks." Still another rumor is that the name was originally that of a Belgian street gang based in Brussels.

Losing Richard 23 and Patrick Codenys due to creative differences, the group's remaining two members were augmented by a rapidly changing set of musicians centered around Chris Connelly (Fini Tribe, later Damage Manual), Paul Barker (Ministry), Duane Buford, and Bill Rieflin (who is now playing for REM and Robyn Hitchcock), with around twenty others as irregular contributors or guest artists.

The single was quickly followed by an album Big Sexy Land in 1986, followed by a live album You Goddamned Son of a Bitch in 1987 and Beers, Steers, and Queers in 1989. After a lengthy hiatus, Linger Ficken' Good, was released in 1993 - this would be the Cocks' last album for over 10 years.

The first album was a mix of Wax Trax-industrial, hard rock, and EBM with dominating sampling and strong synthesized beats. The live album, with the change in personnel, featured a return to Ministry-like industrial rock - the Big Sexy Land tracks embedded in shouting and noise. This trend continued on Beers, Steers and Queers, layering sample over sample and pushing ever further into distortion. Linger Ficken' Good was released by Sire records and is a tamer affair, most tracks returning to the less layered material. Included was a cover of Rod Stewart's Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?, also released as a single.

In 2004, the band released iterations of "Prune Tang" to disappointing responses from fans. An album titled "Purple Head" was due in 2004, but was delayed until 2006 with a change in title, "Cocked & Loaded." The first single, "Caliente (Dark Entries)," a cover of sorts of "Dark Entries" By Bauhaus, with vocalist Gibby Haynes, was featured on the soundtrack to Saw II in 2005.

The Revolting Cocks are also known for their perverse lyrics and raunchy live shows, which made them a target for angry moralists in the late '80s / early '90s. In the mid '80s, their song "No Devotion" was put on the PMRC's "banned list", and in 1990, Britain's Home Secretary Douglas Hurd tried to stop the band from performing in the UK by refusing them work permits.

[edit] Members

Seven Antonopoulos (drums; live 2006-)
Kim Assaley (backing vocals, 1993; tours of 1990-1991)
Mark Baker (drums, backing vocals; 2004-)
Paul Barker (bass, keyboards, programming, voices; 1987-1993)
Roland Barker (saxophone; 1993)
Jello Biafra (voices, backing vocals; 2006)
Josh Bradford (vocals; live 2006-)
Stevie Banch (vocals, songwriter, guitar, bass, programmer, backing vocals; 2006)
Duane Buford (keyboards; 1993)
Chris Connelly (vocals; 1987-1993)
durantula (guitar; tours of 1990-1991)
Billy Gibbons (guitar; 2006-)
Gibby Haynes (voices; 2006-)
Al Jourgensen (voices & various instruments; always a member)
Patty Jourgensen (backing vocals; 1993)
Anna Kjellberg (bass; live 2006-)
Timothy Leary (voices; 1993)
Rick Nielsen (guitar; 2006-)
Phil Owen (voices, 1990 & 2005-; tours of 1990-1991, 2006-)
Kevin Ogilvie (voices, 1990; tours of 1990-1991)
Louanne Ponder (backing vocals; tour of 1987)
Trent Reznor (backing vocals, keyboards; tour of 1990)
Richard 23 (vocals; 1985-1986)
Bill Rieflin (drums, programming; 1985-1993)
Mike Scaccia (guitar; 1990-1993, 2004-)
Louis Svitek (guitar; 1993)
Gina Tubetop (backing vocals; tour of 1987)
William Tucker (guitar; tours of 1990-1991)
Luc Van Acker (keyboards; 1985-1993, vocals, remixing; live 2006)
Jeff Ward (drums; 1990-1993)
Clayton Worbeck (keyboards, remixing; live 2006-)
Robin Zander (backing vocals; 2006-)
Sin Quirin (guitar; 2006-)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Big Sexy Land (1985)
You Goddamned Son of a Bitch - Live (1988)
Beers, Steers, and Queers (1990)
Linger Ficken' Good (1993)
You Goddamned Son Of A Bitch - Live Rerelease (2004)
Cocked and Loaded (2006)
Cocktail Mixxx (2007)
Got Cock? (Not yet released, 2008?)

[edit] Singles

"No Devotion" (1985)
"You Often Forget" (1986) (UK Indie #13)^[1]
"Stainless Steel Providers" (1989)
"(Let's Get) Physical" (1989)
"Beers, Steers, and Queers (The Remixes)" (1991)
"Crackin' Up" (1993)
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" (1993)

[edit] References

^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1999. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.

[edit] External links

Fabryka Industrial Rock webzine Interview with Phil Owen (2006)

Ministry

Al Jourgensen

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