VOYAGE TO THE VOODOO MOON: WHITE ZOMBIE : ASTRO CREEP

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Voyage to the Voodoo Moon: White Zombie: 1985-1992
ASTRO-CREEP 2000:
songs of love, destruction, and other synthetic delusions of the Electric Head (1994)

[Astro Creep front] [Astro Creep back]

COLLECTOR'S CORNER:
release date: April 1994
Geffen Records release on CD, cassette, and vinyl
3 versions of LP: purple, blue, + black vinyl
a double CD set with La Sexorcisto was released for a limited time in Australia
a double CD set with the Electric Head pt. 2 single was released for a limited time in Australia
the artwork for the album was edited soon after its release due to copyright infringements.[{The edited version has black star-shapes over the Masked Riders' faces in the Blur the Technicolor artwork, and the 3M logo is not present on the front cover. Follow [this link] to see the uncensored art}
Bootleg Info:
no known bootleg versions exist
Track listing:
1)Electric Head Pt 1 (The Agony) 2)Super-Charger Heaven 3)Real Solution #9 4)Creature of the Wheel 5)Electric Head Pt. 2 (The Ecstasy) 6)Grease Paint & Monkey Brains 7)I, Zombie 8)More Human Than Human 9)El Phantasmo and the Chicken-Run Blast-O-Rama 10)Blur The Technicolor 11)Blood, Milk and Sky. HIDDEN TRACK: Where The Sidewalk Ends, The Bug Parade Begins

Once the La Sexorcisto tour wound down in December of 1994 (!), White Zombie took some time for the holidays (a much deserved break after a tour that lasted over 2 years) and then began writing material for their next album, which would be the sensory overload that is Astro-Creep 2000. The only material that ended up on Astro-Creep 2000 (hereafter mentioned as AC2K) from the La Sexorcisto tour was the song Blur the Technicolor and the intro to Grease Paint & Monkey Brains. They were even playing a rough version of Blur the Technicolor live on the La Sexorcisto tour, when time in the set allowed. The intro to Grease Paint & Monkey Brains was an intro they had used as a soundcheck to make sure all systems were go before launching into their first song of the La Sexorcisto set. Of course, the songs I Am Hell and Feed The Gods were written during the La Sexorcisto tour for the Beavis & Butthead Experience and the movie Airheads, respectively. (White Zombie also makes a cameo appearance in Airheads during a club scene. It has always been White Zombie's style to write after touring, as there is usually too much going on during a tour to concentrate on writing.

After the end of the tour, drummer Philo was let go, and John Tempesta was stripped from former tour-mates Testament. John proved to the zombies that he could swing as well as rock, which made him a perfect addition for the band and the new sound that was evolving on AC2K.
The songs and artwork flowed from Rob Zombie and White Zombie during the few months following the tour, generating one of the most thickly layered displays of visual and aural decadence ever assembled by a band. They ended up having to foot the bill for the majority of the album insert because Geffen would only pay for a limited number of pages! Also, the song Real Solution #9 (a tribute to Charles Manson) was recorded at the last minute in the studio. Rob uses a very special piece of equipment to get that distorted vocal sound, too: Power Rangers Walkie Talkies!
April 1994 came quickly and the AC2K tour started soon thereafter. More Human Than Human was released as the first single from AC2K, with a video directed by Rob Zombie. The album topped the likes of Hootie and the Blowfish and other bands garnishing far more airplay than White Zombie. Rob was proud of this fact and often thanked the crowds of people who came to the shows for making the album so successful.

The AC2K tour lasted for what the zombies must have felt was an eternity. Geffen sent out promo postcards with phrases like " The Tour That Wouldn't Die". After all, this is the Geffen philosophy on record sales...build a following by touring the band hard. The stage was unbelievable, 2 video screens, pyro, crucified clowns, pumpkins, gravestones--all these items were added gradually so that people coming to see the show more than once would have something new to see.

For me, AC2K was an instant classic. It epitomizes the need for music to have corresponding artwork in order to generate a fully involving experience. White Zombie broke up after the tour for AC2K, which some people feel was a terrible thing. Personally, I thought it was the best thing that could have happened. How could it be possible to top a CD like AC2K, especially with the techno-driven remixes and guest DJ's twisting the music around into danceable garbage? The memory of a band that has broken up is almost always far better than any band still together who's music has been altered so much from the original direction so as not to be even close to its original feel. White Zombie lives on much as the undead they emulated, as a wicked manifestation of memories.

The former members of White Zombie are all working on different projects now, check out the [POST-1992] page for the latest info on them! Also, check back on this page soon....there's lots more in my White Zombie archive that's Astro Creep related!!

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