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Biography

1000 Homo DJs was a side project of industrial music band Ministry (band)|Ministry . It is best known for its cover version|cover of Black Sabbath|Black Sabbath's " Black Sabbath, Vol 4|Supernaut ." The project was released through industrial label Wax Trax& #33; Records .

1000 Homo DJs began as a side project to release outtakes from Ministry (band)|Ministry's The Land of Rape and Honey .

Members

The members of 1000 Homo DJs are identified by pseudonyms in the CD liner notes . However, the identities of most members are fairly certain.

Buck Satan: Al Jourgensen

Officer Agro: speculated to be Jeff Ward (musician)|Jeff Ward ,

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Ike Krull: Mike Scaccia

The Temple of Drool Choir: Mike O'Connell, Wes Kidd , Brian St. Clair , Herb Rosen, Joe Kelly, Jerry Rodgers

Wee Willie Reefer: William Rieflin

Viva Nova: likely Pamela Manning (stage name Viva Nova),

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Count Ringworm: Jello Biafra

Trent Reznor|Trent Reznor's possible contribution to "Supernaut" (see below) is uncredited.

Origin of name

In a 2004 interview, Jourgensen explained that when he played demos (presumably those which became Apathy ) for Wax Trax& #33; co-owner Jim Nash, Nash replied, "No one's gonna buy this. It'll take one thousand homo DJs to play this for one person to buy it."

However, according to the Wax Trax& #33; box set Black Box - Wax Trax& #33; Records: The First 13 Years|Blackbox released in 1994, Jourgensen and Nash were in the label's office listening to an unauthorized remix of the Revolting Cocks ' single " Big Sexy Land|We Shall Cleanse the World ". Nash comforted Jourgensen's disapproval of the remix's existence by assuring him that it would only ever be heard by "a thousand homo DJ's."

Trent Reznor's involvement

The nature of Trent Reznor|Trent Reznor's contribution to 1000 Homo DJs' records has been debated. What is certain is that Reznor recorded the original vocals for "Supernaut." This performance was not officially used because Reznor's label TVT Records refused to allow his appearance on the release. Reznor's version would ultimately be released as "Supernaut (Trent Reznor Vocal Version)" by TVT four years later on the retrospective Black Box - Wax Trax& #33; Records: The First 13 Years after TVT's purchase of Wax Trax!.

Jourgensen's immediate response to TVT's ultimatum is uncertain. An oft-repeated story tells that instead of recording new vocals, Jourgensen merely ran Reznor's performance through a Distortion#Audio distortion|distortion effect to mask its identity. According to this story, every WaxTrax& #33; recording of "Supernaut" contains Reznor's vocals. However, a dissenting group claims this is an urban legend , and that Jourgensen did record new vocals for the EP—albeit in a similar style to Reznor's initial performance.

Statements made by both Reznor and Jourgensen seem to confirm the latter view. In a 1992 Prodigy (ISP)|Prodigy post regarding "Supernaut," Reznor said,

I finally told Al to redo it without me. The version that Wax Trax put out is Al, the version on the NIN bootleg single is me.

Reznor refers to the two-track Suck bootleg recording|bootleg , which contains the recording of "Supernaut" that later appeared on Black Box . Jourgensen made a similar statement in a 2003 interview. When asked whose vocals appear on "Supernaut," Jourgensen replied,

That would be me on the original, on WaxTrax& #33; The later version released on TVT was Trent Reznor... then the remixed version had my vocals on it.

referring to the WaxTrax& #33; EP, Black Box , and Greatest Fits versions, respectively. This corroborates that only the Trent Reznor Vocal Version contains Reznor's performance, and Jourgensen in fact sings on most versions of the song.

Discography

Releases

Apathy (1988, 12-inch single|12" single )

Supernaut (1990, 12" single, CD extended play|EP ).

# "Supernaut" ( Black Sabbath cover) – 6:42

# "Hey Asshole" – 8:09

# "Apathy" – 4:36

# "Better Ways" – 5:23

Compilation appearances

V/A - Black Box - Wax Trax& #33; Records: The First 13 Years (1994).

*Contains "Supernaut (Trent Reznor Vocal Version)"

V/A - Nativity in Black|Nativity in Black: Tribute to Black Sabbath (1994)."

Ministry (band)|Ministry - Greatest Fits (2001).

*Contains remix of "Supernaut."

Ministry - Side Trax (2004).

Ministry & Co-Conspirators Cover Up (Ministry album)|Cover Up (2008)

*Contains remix of "Supernaut"

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