"brilliant monster," "art gangster," and "a real sick guy,"
“The Worst Of Monte Cazazza” is compilation of tracks by Monte Cazazza and associated acts.
Monte Cazazza conjures up a harsh, huge monster, who, if given the chance, will bite your head clean off. His music is harsh industrial in the purest sense. Opening with “Psychiatric Report,” an actual real life report of the man Monte himself, the album immediately sets the tone taken up by Throbbing Gristle of; 'let's be as offensive and disgusting as we can.' Indeed there are a few spoken word tracks on the album, from the eerily sincere “To Mom On Mother's Day,” in which Monte waxes lyrical about how great his mum is and how perverse he is, “Kick that Habit Man” - a song about Monte judging someone and forcing them to give up heroin, to “Rabid Rats,” the completely engrossing tale of how Vietnamese soldiers were inflicted with rabies, and how 'rabies is the worst way for a human to die.' The album really is a brutal and punishing exercise, not only in Cazazza's ability to make the music, but the listener's ability to take frightening and disgusting body blow after body blow. The great thing about the album though, and in general the first wave of industrial music, is the sense of humour of the musicians is directly in contrast to the horrendous and often disgusting subject matter. Cazazza, and his contemporaries Throbbing Gristle, are excellent examples of this sense of humour, prevalent in industrial music.
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“The Worst Of Monte Cazazza” is compilation of tracks by Monte Cazazza and associated acts.
Monte Cazazza conjures up a harsh, huge monster, who, if given the chance, will bite your head clean off. His music is harsh industrial in the purest sense. Opening with “Psychiatric Report,” an actual real life report of the man Monte himself, the album immediately sets the tone taken up by Throbbing Gristle of; 'let's be as offensive and disgusting as we can.' Indeed there are a few spoken word tracks on the album, from the eerily sincere “To Mom On Mother's Day,” in which Monte waxes lyrical about how great his mum is and how perverse he is, “Kick that Habit Man” - a song about Monte judging someone and forcing them to give up heroin, to “Rabid Rats,” the completely engrossing tale of how Vietnamese soldiers were inflicted with rabies, and how 'rabies is the worst way for a human to die.' The album really is a brutal and punishing exercise, not only in Cazazza's ability to make the music, but the listener's ability to take frightening and disgusting body blow after body blow. The great thing about the album though, and in general the first wave of industrial music, is the sense of humour of the musicians is directly in contrast to the horrendous and often disgusting subject matter. Cazazza, and his contemporaries Throbbing Gristle, are excellent examples of this sense of humour, prevalent in industrial music.
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