Hot Animal Machine / Drive By Shooting EP [Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered]

Henry Rollins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 23, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Label: Buddha
• ASIN: B00002Z83Q
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,981 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Black and White

2. Followed Around

3. Lost and Found

4. There's a Man Outside

5. Crazy Lover

6. A Man and a Woman

7. Hot Animal Machine 1

8. Ghost Rider

9. Move Right In

10. Hot Animal Machine 2

11. No One

12. Drive by Shooting

13. Ex-Lion Tamer

14. Hey Henrietta

15. Can You Speak This

16. I Have Come to Kill You

17. Men Are Pigs

18. There's a Man Outside (Reprise)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Henry Rollins's Last True Punk Albums, May 4, 2003

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Twitch (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot Animal Machine / Drive By Shooting EP (Audio CD)

Henry Rollins is now no longer the just the lead singer of the legendary and sadly depared Black Flag (my favorite punk band of all time), he now leads the successful and experimental Rollins Band, has recorded quite a few hillarious spoken word albums (a string of T.V. specials based in it followed), and has played parts in many movies. Though he does all of that very skillfully, he has yet to capture the intensity and rawness of his solo recordings "Hot Animal Machine" and "Drive By Shooting E.P." (both make their home on this lovely C.D.). Even though he seems not to have found his niche at this point in time, Henry still shines with this extreme and intelligent record. Besides Rollins's voice and writing ablity, "Hot Animal Machine" contains many memorable riffs but some shakey drum work. The songs on the album range from flat out in-your-face punk music ("Black and White", "Followed Around") to a more experimental sound reminisent of his later years ("A Man and a Woman", "No One"). I for one love this record. It is original and - though there are many references to what his has done and is currently doing - different than anything he has ever done. The best tracks on 'Hot Animal Machine' are "There's a Man Outside", "Followed Around" (my favorite), "A Man and a Woman", and "Ghost Rider" (Suicide cover). Also, the cover of the blues classic "Crazy Lover" is golden.

For the 'Drive By Shooting" E.P., Rollins and Haskett (Chris, guitar) try all sorts of different things. The cool-as-he ll opener 'Drive By Shooting' has a surf rock type guitar riff playing with very ...er...um... differnt lyrics than you might expect. Also, it shows Henry at his vocal peak! The genius "Can You Speak This" is the highlight of the dual album. It is for the most part spoken word, but just brilliant. Also, the message behind "Men are Pigs" would not make that many ment happy (listen to it and you'll know what I mean). As the title implies (well blatantly states), this is the last punk album that Rollins recorded, so all you Black Flag fans will be happy!Though I perfer Black Flag and the Rollins Band to this, it makes a mark on music just the same. A must buy for diehard Rollins fans!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This burns...., February 6, 2000

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Darren Cox - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Animal Machine / Drive By Shooting EP (Audio CD)

This is real punk rock, hard, gritty and funny.I listen to this cd alot.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The comic side of Rollins, June 10, 2003

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Tara Kelley (Miller Place, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Animal Machine / Drive By Shooting EP (Audio CD)

Screaming laughter: how else can you react to the 'b'-side of this cd, the work of the fictitious "Henrietta Collins and the Wife-Beating Child Haters"?! This album rocks _and_ has you rolling on the floor, from the bastardized Beach Boys frolic "Drive By Shooting" (complete with "First Gear/Second Gear" homage) to the bass-heavy Queen outtake "I Have Come To Kill You".

Oh - and "Black and White" is pretty good, too. ;)