Diet for a New America [Explicit Lyrics]

58 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Beyond Records
• ASIN: B00004T0N4
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,281 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Laugh (You Might Be Next)

2. El Paso

3. Piece of Candy

4. Shopping Cart Jesus

5. Queer

6. Song to Slit Your Wrists By

7. Stormy

8. Killing Joke

9. All of My Heroes Are Dead

10. Alone Again (Naturally)

11. Who We Are

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 58 miles from Motley, June 21, 2000

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jim brogan (Jupiter, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diet for a New America (Audio CD)

Motley is one of my favorite bands. They are not deep in the way of social depth, however they are fun and tongue and cheek and I like that. I bought 58 with some trepidation. I read decent reviews but the talk of all that spoken word [BS] made me nervous. But I have faith in Nikki Sixx. Just because I like Motley, don't label me a total metal head, but if you are this might not be your thing. 58 is more like Beck meets Beatles meets Prodigy. It's a very hybrid sound that gels very nicely together, a perfect oxymoron, I would call it organic electronic rock. What irritates me is that if this album was promoted on alternative radio, it would be a monster hit, however since it's Sixx's project, it gets pigeon holed as some hair band trying to be something he is not. The industry wears blinders and it's sad because this album is really freakin good. And it goes to show how some artists really can stretch and grow. Don't we all?

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Motley's bassist gets a new crew with an older sound, June 1, 2003

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Henrik "da laffin tlhIngan" (in the Anime aisle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diet for a New America (Audio CD)

Anybody expecting to hear Motley Crue music on 58's "Diet for a New America" will have to listen REALLY closely.
This CD sounds more like the stuff that influenced Nikki Sixx-- Mott the Hoople, "Satanic Majesties"-era Rolling Stones, Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie, and of course Iggy Pop. And the Crue? Sometimes. You'll have to listen to the "Motley Crue" CD to get even close.
This is a great breath of fresh air for Nikki. It's too bad that this is the only thing they've released to date.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, December 23, 2000

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"kingofrock379" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diet for a New America (Audio CD)

Diet for a New America is completely amazing. It's a great side project from Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue, which are one of my favorite bands. This album is a work of art. It can't be put into one genre of music nor can it really be described. The only way to get the true effect is to buy it and listen to it. This album also features Dave Darling of the Boxing Gandhis, Steve Gibb, son of Barry Gibb, and session drummer Bucket Baker. The album opens with Don't Laugh (You Might Be Next). It features Dave on vocals like most of the album and the song could be described somewhat as techno rock. El Paso is follows. It is a poem read by Nikki over another techno hip hop beat. Don't let the spoken word part scare you, this song is fantastic and the words are amazing. The next song and first single is Piece of Candy. It is probably the most radio ready song. It is a mellow rock song. It is really good. Shopping Cart Jesus starts with a distorted bass intro, before kicking into a heavy techno beat. Queer is the next song, it is very catchy lyricly and musically. The first song to surface from this project Song to Slit you Wrist By is next. It stays within the same style of the album except this is a lot more techno. Stormy is a song written about Nikki's son. This is also more commercial than the rest of the album. It's like a mid tempo techno ballad. Killing Joke is another uptempo techno influenced song. All of My Heroes are Dead is a slow moody song. It is probably my least favorite track on the record. Alone Again (Naturally) is a great song. It is a rap influenced mellow rock song. It is a really good track. The album closes with Who We Are. This song is really heavy. Not only is there heavy guitar but there is a really heavy techno rap beat, this song is somewhat reminicent of Tommy Lee's Methods of Mayhem album. This album is amazing but it's not reccommended to anyone without an open mind about music. 58 is a great band it's just a shame that radio didn't pick up on this album because I think it would have been really popular on alternative radio.