1000 Homo DJs
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| 1000 Homo DJs | |
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| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Genre(s) | Industrial rock |
| Years active | 1988, 1990 |
| Label(s) | WaxTrax! |
| Associated acts | Ministry |
| Former members | |
| Buck Satan Officer Agro Ike Krull Wee Willie Reefer Viva Nova Count Ringworm |
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1000 Homo DJs is a side project band of industrial musician Al Jourgensen. It is best known for its cover of Black Sabbath's "Supernaut." The band recorded on famous industrial label Wax Trax! Records.
1000 Homo DJs began as a side project to release outtakes from Ministry's The Land of Rape and Honey.[1]
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[edit] Members
The members of 1000 Homo DJs are identified by pseudonyms in the CD liner notes. However, the identities of most members are fairly certain.
- Buck Satan: Al Jourgensen
- Officer Agro: speculated to be Jeff Ward,[2] but possibly Paul Barker or Martin Atkins[3]
- Ike Krull: Mike Scaccia
- The Temple of Drool Choir: Mike O'Connell, Wes Kidd, Brian St. Clair, Herb Rosen, Joe Kelly, Jerry Rodgers
- Wee Willie Reefer: William Rieflin
- Viva Nova: likely Pamela Manning (stage name Viva Nova),[3][4] but often claimed as Patty Jourgensen[2]
- Count Ringworm: Jello Biafra
Trent Reznor's possible contribution to "Supernaut" (see below) is uncredited.
[edit] Origin of name
In a 2004 interview,[5] Jorgensen explained that when he played demos (presumably those which became Apathy) for Wax Trax! co-owner Jim Nash, Nash replied, "No one's gonna play this, it's gonna take a thousand homo DJs to play this for anyone to buy it."
[edit] Trent Reznor's involvement
The nature of Trent Reznor's contribution to 1000 Homo DJs' records has been debated. What is certain is that Reznor recorded the original vocals for "Supernaut." This performance was not officially used because Reznor's label TVT Records refused to allow his appearance on the release.[6] Reznor's version would ultimately be released as "Supernaut (Trent Reznor Vocal Version)" by TVT four years later on the retrospective Black Box - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years after TVT's purchase of Wax Trax!.
Jourgensen's immediate response to TVT's ultimatum is uncertain. An oft-repeated story tells that instead of recording new vocals, Jourgensen merely ran Reznor's performance through a distortion effect to mask its identity.[7][8] According to this story, every WaxTrax! recording of "Supernaut" contains Reznor's vocals. However, a dissenting group claims this is an urban legend, and that Jourgensen did record new vocals for the EP—albeit in a similar style to Reznor's initial performance.
Statements made by both Reznor and Jourgensen seem to confirm the latter view. In a 1992 Prodigy post regarding "Supernaut," Reznor said,
[I] finally told Al to redo it without me. The version that Wax Trax put out is Al, the version on the NIN (bootleg, i might add) single is me.[9]
Reznor refers to the two-track Suck bootleg, which contains the recording of "Supernaut" that later appeared on Black Box. Jourgensen made a similar statement in a 2003 interview. When asked whose vocals appear on "Supernaut," Jourgensen replied,
That would be me on the original, on WaxTrax! The later version released on TVT was Trent Reznor... then the remixed version had my vocals on it.[10]
referring to the WaxTrax! EP, Black Box, and Greatest Fits versions, respectively. This corroborates that only the Trent Reznor Vocal Version contains Reznor's performance, and Jourgensen in fact sings on most versions of the song.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Releases
- Apathy (1988, 12" single)
- Supernaut (1990, 12" single, CD EP). CDEP includes the Apathy single.
[edit] Compilation appearances
- V/A - Black Box - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years (1994).
- Contains "Supernaut (Trent Reznor Vocal Version)."
- V/A - Nativity in Black: Tribute to Black Sabbath (1994)."
- Ministry - Greatest Fits (2001).
- Contains remix of "Supernaut."
- Ministry - Side Trax (2004).
[edit] References
- ^ Greene, Jo-Ann. "Ministry", Goldmine, 1993-04-02. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ a b 1000 Homo DJs. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ a b 1000 Homo DJs: The Players. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ Myspace.com - Vivanovachicago. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ "Concert Review: Ministry", Orlando CityBeat reprinted in Pollstar, 1993-04-02. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ Bains, Jon. "Nine Inch Nails", Convulsion. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ Nine Inch Nails Biography. music.yahoo.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-22. “TVT ordered Reznor's vocals removed from ["Supernaut"], but Jourgensen actually just altered them slightly and said he'd re-recorded it.”
- ^ Ministry FAQ: 1000 Homo DJs. Retrieved on 2007-10-22. “No matter what you hear, Trent sings on all the versions of Supernaut out there. … Al went back into the studios and just distorted Trent's vocals to confuse the lawyers, label and so on...”
- ^ Trent Reznor's Posts on Prodigy. The Nine Inch Nails Article Archive. Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
- ^ Warren, James. "Ministry Interview: 20 Questions with Al Jourgensen", ministrymusic.org (official Ministry website) via Internet Archive, 2003-05-21. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
[edit] See also
Revolting Cocks, Lard, Acid Horse, PTP, Pailhead
| Ministry |
| Al Jourgensen |
| Tommy Victor | John Bechdel | Tony Campos | Aaron Rossi | Mike Scaccia | Sin Quirin |
| Paul Barker | Bill Rieflin | Chris Connelly | Kevin Ogilvie | Martin Atkins | Louis Svitek | Rey Washam | William Tucker | Max Brody | John Monte | Mark Baker | Stephen George | Paul Raven | Joey Jordison | Dave Ellefson | Jimmy DeGrasso |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: With Sympathy | Twitch | The Land of Rape and Honey | The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste | Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs | Filth Pig | Dark Side of the Spoon | Animositisomina | Houses of the Molé | Rio Grande Blood | The Last Sucker |
| Live, Remix and Compilation albums: Twelve Inch Singles | In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up | Greatest Fits | Sphinctour | Early Trax | Side Trax | Rantology | Rio Grande Dub Ya | Cover Up |
| Related Bands: Special Affect | Revolting Cocks | Pailhead | Lard | 1000 Homo DJs | PTP | Acid Horse | Pink Anvil | Lead Into Gold | Pigface | Skrew Society 1 |
