72. Ministry, 'The Land of Rape and Honey' (Sire, 1988) Industrial mastermind Al Jourgensen ventured into rock territory on ‘The Land of Rape and Honey.’ While the album still places a more than heavy emphasis on electronic elements, it has the distinction of being one of the most inf...
I mention emerging artists on the rise like Ghanaian Black Sherif and Jay Bahd and also artists who are less known internationally but are local legends like Erigga in Nigeria. The objective is also to put forward artists on whom I bet to shine in 2023 like the South African nugget Buzzi ...
The lyrics don't explicitly mention any murderers or victims, but it's clear from the title of this Sonic Youth song that the tragic events involving Charles Manson played a role in the song's creation. Kim Gordon herself had a potential tie to Manson: her older brother's ex-girlfriend,...
This time he’s reworked “On The Road Again” into the mindless and indolent “On The Boat Again.” You can probably guess how this goes. If there was ever a song that deserves to be infested by zebra mussels and red tagged by the game warden, it would be this one. Somebody should...
A lot of people complain that the lyrics in this song sound kind of rape-y, but I think they're actually kind of sexy. It's just a song about a guy using the bad weather as an excuse to get his girl to stay and snuggle, right? Don't worry—I'm not that naïve, and I can...
The following year, he was arrested for alleged rape. The charges were later reduced and he was fined, but by that point, Epic had had enough and dropped him from the label. Paycheck moved over to AMI, where he had a number of small hit singles between 1984 and 1985. Later in 1985...
“Real World” is one of two explicit anti-rape songs onMetal Circus, two more than any other male bands would dare at the time. Mould foams at the mouth with rage, screaming, “I can’t think of anything that makes me more upset!” Don’t worry — he thought of more things to ...
No matter that the music is absolutely “unsingable” to the average congregation (it sounds great on the radio where thousands of dollars have been spent to sync, digitize, loop and process each song); the lyrics trite and shallow; not to mention that the keys are pitched for high-...
Eva Hendricks: I didn’t want to go so far with being specific that people are like, “Oh, this is the song about rape.” That was really scary to me, because I do want anybody to be able to relate to the song, whether it’s about sexual assault or a manipulative person you’re...
During an appearance on The Howard Stern Show in 2014, Gaga said that “Swine” was about “rape,”“demoralization,” and “rage and fury and passion.” It’s a fast but jerky, even nasty, song with a mesmerizing chorus: “I know, I know, I know, I know you want me / You’re...