White Zombie - La Sexorcisto

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (dtfan4ever)

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:38:10 GMT

Yup...I remember wanting that album and my parents saying no. That is a great record and I do own it now.

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (MGD King)

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:36:12 GMT

ORIGINAL: hokkyhed
I think, the accordian ranks up there as one of the most neglected instruments in metal.

Great article on the greatest album by Zombie! A lot of people I know think AstroCreep was better, but AstroCreep (along with Zombie's solo material) is only 1/10th as good as LaSexorcisto. This album has, and always will be, on of my favorites to blast in my car whilst driving insane speeds down the freeway.

+1

Great review Doc!

And let's not forget the Banjo is the most neglected instrument in metal!

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (M is for METAL)

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 07:09:23 GMT

awesome review!! but I dont think Chaos AD and Burn my eyes are groove based danecable thrash?

also give 2 thumbs up to Astrocreep 2000. miss this band big time.

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (hokkyhed)

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:42:25 GMT

ORIGINAL: DoctorX

one of the more neglected instruments in metal.

I think, the accordian ranks up there as one of the most neglected instruments in metal.

Great article on the greatest album by Zombie! A lot of people I know think AstroCreep was better, but AstroCreep (along with Zombie's solo material) is only 1/10th as good as LaSexorcisto. This album has, and always will be, on of my favorites to blast in my car whilst driving insane speeds down the freeway.

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (NeiloMac)

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:13:49 GMT

On the subject of Black Sunshine...you know the spoken word bit that starts 'Fiiinally, nothing moves...'? Does anyone else feel the urge to go 'Fiiiinally...the Rock HAS COME BACK to...'

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (drum9let)

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 04:20:16 GMT

I almost forgot completely about White Zombie until just a few minutes ago. As a kid, I was a huge fan of theirs and I had a rabid crush on Sean when I was in junior high. They were defintely different than most rock bands and they had a cool stage show to boot.

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (Meteornotes)

Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:51:11 GMT

I love this CD, though I think the second one is even better. Sucks that the band is gone...

dt

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (PincheJoto)

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:59:25 GMT

ORIGINAL: DoctorX

Still the coolest thing he's done since the Stooges.

Beside You makes me mushy

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (DoctorX)

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:57:31 GMT

I love his crazed madman personnae in that video, plunking away on the typewriter at some insane rate, like he's Jim Thompson on speed. The way he reads at the end, with his voice pitch-shifted DOWN...

Still the coolest thing he's done since the Stooges.

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (PincheJoto)

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:54:52 GMT

Yay! For Iggy Pop on that album!!

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (NeiloMac)

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:33:25 GMT

Fucking GREAT album.

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (Salmacis)

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:21:29 GMT

THIS IS BLACK SUNSHINE.....

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (DoctorX)

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:08:52 GMT

ORIGINAL: Cyclopssss

Great post! I miss da Zombie!!!

So do I, but I seriously doubt they're ever coming back. Sean and Rob were in an on again/off again relationship, and I hear that it ended badly. At the time of the band's breakup, they supposedly weren't speaking to each other anymore.

That, and Ivan DePrume was fired for some less than wonderful reason, possibly alcoholism.

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (Vintage Eyes)

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 01:02:12 GMT

i concur, La Sexorcisto is one of the raddest albums i own. nice post, good sir

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (Cyclopssss)

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:53:54 GMT

Great post! I miss da Zombie!!!

RE: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (Liquid Acid Base)

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:19:29 GMT

Sweet review Doc, and White Zombie kicks ass.

White Zombie - La Sexorcisto (DoctorX)

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 23:50:06 GMT

For lack of a better obscenity, his album fuckin' rocks. It is the main reason really I miss these guys. Sure, Rob Zombie has his movies and his techno metal solo albums, but they only hold passing novelty, containing not even 1/10th of the intensity displayed here. These tracks are unbelievably vicious third generation thrash from a band that knows how to play, and play HARD. It's sharp, it's smart, and damned funny.

With White Zombie, there are no songs about demons, or devils, or nuclear annihilation. They lusted not for the glamor of classic metal lyrical cliches, but rather pure pathetic crap. Rob snarls about monster truck rallies, professional wrestling, bad horror flicks, and cheap porno. These were the elements of daily life for people like Beavis and Butthead, and the snarky sense of humor made the band popular with cynical hipsters in the post-Nirvana era.

A well kept secret, is that in a punk-obsessed, post-metal pop culture, White Zombie could really play. They didn't put on mathematical virtuoso displays like Megadeth or Iron Maiden, but the skill was thick as a slab of concrete, and obvious if you paid attention. Jay Yuenger was a shredhead like no other, displaying a weird blend of Slayer and Trouble, set in layer upon layer of multiple tracks. Ivan DePrume was the ideal groovemonster for this mutant. Though it was his last album with the band, and he was replaced by a drummer with more impressive credentials (John Tempestra), DePrume seemed to fit into the band's rhythms in natural lockstep, without ever sacrificing taste or feel. Then there was Sean Yesseult. One of the few prominent female figures in metal, Sean amusingly helped Rob found the band because she was a fellow art Student with Rob at a southern California university, and because she was his girlfriend. She had never picked up a bass before the Voodoo Moon EP, but had clearly earned her keep by this time. Black Sunshine is the most obvious example of her talents, which were well above par for one of the more neglected instruments in metal. Sean has also displayed the most interesting career of all former Zombie members, escaping the lackluster supergroup Famous Monsters, in order to found Rock City Morgue. It is her current band which most resembles the original incarnation of White Zombie, a sleazy post-punk outfit, full of morbid fascinations. The trailblazing work she was once part of has given way to the basic concepts she began with.

In all fairness, White Zombie weren't alone in creating groove-based, danceable thrash. Pantera had already begun the trend with Cowboys From Hell, while Helmet and Prong were not far behind. Within the next two years, Sepultura hopped on the bandwagon with Chaos AD, and Machine Head released Burn My Eyes. This album just happens to be one of the first and best from the last wave of thrash metal. The techniques, sound, style and aesthetics of White Zombie had a profound effect on the budding nu metal scene, and helped launch Rob Zombie's more famous (but less innovative) solo career. La Sexorcisto was the moment of glory.