Shotgun Messiah - Violent New Breed (1993)

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Shotgun Messiah - Violent New Breed (1993)

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Shotgun Messiah - Violent New Breed (1993)

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Year : 1993
Style : Industrial Rock , Hard Rock
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 139 mb


Bio:

Shotgun Messiah were a glam metal band originally from Sweden; they crossed over to industrial rock music during the early 1990s. In 2012, Zinny J. Zan and Stixx reunited as Shotgun to celebrate Shotgun Messiah's legacy.Sweden Rock Magazine has named Shotgun Messiah #38 on their "The Best Rock Bands Of Sweden Ever" list.The band originally went under the name "Kingpin" while in Sweden, recording the album Welcome To Bop City; the line-up featured Zinny J. Zan (vocals), Tim Skold (going by "Tim Tim") (bass), Harry K. Cody (guitar) and Pekka "Stixx Galore" (later simply "Stixx") Ollinen (drums). This would become the original line-up of Shotgun Messiah as the band changed their name and relocated to Hollywood, California. The album they released under the "Kingpin" name was re-recorded and released as Shotgun Messiah's self-titled debut album, Shotgun Messiah. The style of this album was glam metal typical of early 1980s American bands such as Mötley Crüe and Ratt.Frontman Zinny J. Zan departed the band in 1990 leaving Tim Skold to take over vocal duties; Shotgun Messiah drafted in American bassist, Bobby Lycon, to fill Skold's former position. In 1991, the band's follow up album Second Coming was released, spawning their most famous hit "Heartbreak Blvd". Stylistically, due to Skold's less conventional singing style, this era saw the band playing sleaze glam-styled hard rock, closer to Guns N' Roses and Faster Pussycat than their previous effort.A punk rock influence is also notable during this period. The band released I Want More, an EP featuring cover versions of songs by the Ramones, The Stooges and the New York Dolls; they were also known to cover the Sex Pistols live.1993 was the final year for the band; Harry K. Cody and Tim Skold were left as the only members of Shotgun Messiah and created what would be the last Shotgun Messiah album Violent New Breed. This album is significantly different from the previous efforts as it focused heavily on industrial rock stylings, bringing in live players for the "Violent New Breed" tour. Soon after the tour, the band split permanently citing artistic differences as the reason.After Shotgun Messiah, Tim Skold's acitivies have been the most notable. Building on the industrial rock of the band's last album, Violent New Breed, he released a solo album entitled Skold; this was followed by joining bands such as KMFDM, MDFMK and The Newlydeads. From 2002 to 2008, Skold joined the band Marilyn Manson creating two albums; he also replaced Twiggy Ramirez as the tour bassist and later became the tour guitarist. His latest release is a collaboration with KMFDM entitled Skold vs. KMFDM. Tim Skold stated in an interview that a Shotgun Messiah reunion is "very, very unlikely to happen."Harry Cody went on to form the band Coma with Saigon Kick singer Matt Kramer but the project was short-lived. In 1996, he teamed up with Rhino Bucket singer Georg Dolvio to make Das Cabal but the band only made it as far as to record a 3-track demo only to split up later because, according to Dolvio in an interview, Cody didn't want to play live. Cody later put together a 6-track demo called Stark and tried submitting it to various record labels but to little results. Recently, Cody has been collaborating with Tom Waits and appearing on his most recent albums Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards and Real Gone performing guitar and banjo.Zinny J. Zan has released a solo album and two albums with his new band "Zan Clan".Zinny J. Zan and Stixx reunited in 2012 referring to themselves as Shotgun to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Welcome to Bop City, the original debut album from the bands first incarnation as Kingpin before changing their name to Shotgun Messiah. They have also assembled Rob Marcello and Chris Laney to the line-up. Shotgun Line-up Zinny J. Zan - Vocals Rob Marcello - Guitar backing vocals Chris Laney - Bass backing vocals Stixx - Drums backing vocals.

Album:

When you check out a band you’ve seen on Sleaze Roxx you can be sure of two things; first that it’s rock and second that it’s either hard rock, sleaze rock or hair metal – anyway you call it. Now we all know that the majority of the best bands from this genre started somewhere between the mid 80’s and early 90’s, and by the mid 90’s almost all were extinct – eradicated by the ever-changing trends in music. The ones that did survive quickly discovered the ‘in’ music tastes. Several of them decided to stick to their guns, but majority went on with a radical change of sound. Superstars like Warrant, Motley Crue and Skid Row released albums that sounded totally different than their earlier releases, trying to give their music more of a grunge feel, with little success. Anyhow, one day last summer after visiting Sleaze Roxx I decided to check out a band called Shotgun Messiah. They caught my attention after I had seen glam shots of Marilyn Manson‘s Tim Skold sporting a full mane of hair and looking tanned like a Filipino. The first CD of theirs I laid my hands upon was a record called Violent New Breed. The album title sounded pretty cool so I decided to give it a spin, and after a few moments I was pretty surprised. Violent New Breed doesn’t really sound like a sleaze rock release. From the opening track “I’m A Gun” to the closing “I Come In Peace” it sounds like a cleaner and faster version of Manson. The truth is that this CD is not really a sleaze rock record at all. Being aware of the 90’s grunge invasion Shotgun Messiah decided to change their sound. But instead of choosing a grunge sound, like a lot of bands at the time did, they went for… Industrial! The band that recorded this record compromised only of Tim Scold and Harry Cody, gone were the drummer and additional bass player. More than that, there were no live drums used during the recording sessions. The drums were programmed by some guy called Ulf “Cybersank” Sandquist. Secondly, and most importantly, everything except the guitars, bass and vocals was digitally programmed. Hell, even the live instruments were beefed up using the computers. I can tell you Violent New Breed sounds totally different that any other CD from a sleaze rock band that you have ever heard. But that doesn’t mean it’s crappy at all. The songwriting is great, the guitars sharp, and Skold‘s voice is as gritty and aggressive as it gets. One thing you can say about the guy’s voice is that it is really unique, I haven’t heard anyone who sounds like him. His yells remind me of drunk, aggressive British football hooligans, eager to pick a fight anywhere and with anyone. Skold‘s voice is the epitome of power, a big ass sledgehammer straight between the eyes (or maybe ears). The best songs on this album, in my opinion, are the aggressive “I’m A Gun”, the equally fast and powerful “Monkey Needs”, and “I Come In Peace”. There isn’t ballad here, which isn’t really necessary, especially when you have a CD entitled Violent New Breed. This record shows that the man behind Shotgun Messiah at this time was Skold, as it is pretty similar to Skold‘s 1996 solo record. It is a one of a kind mixture of sleaze and industrial, with a lot of computers, shouting, sharp guitars, and is very aggressive. It is a good CD if you’re looking for a soundtrack for breaking stuff. I give Violent New Breed a solid thumb up, but hardcore sleaze rock fans may be little upset by the industrial feeling. Anyway, it’s really worth a listen.

Line Up:

Tim Skold – vocals, bass and programming
Harry Cody – guitar and programming
Ulf “Cybersank” Sandquist – programming

Production:

Produced by Cybersank and Shotgun Messiah.

Tracklist:

01. I’m A Gun
02. Come Down
03. Violent New Breed
04. Enemy In Me
05. Revolution
06. Monkey Needs
07. Rain
08. Jihad
09. Side F/X
10. Sex
11. Overkill
12. I Come In Peace


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