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Revolting Cocks, also known as RevCo, is an American industrial rock band that began as a musical side-project for Richard 23 of Front 242, Luc Van Acker, and Al Jourgensen of Ministry.

History

The group was founded by Richard 23 and Luc Van Acker with Al Jourgensen as their producer. According to Jourgensen, the band got their name after a fight in a Chicago bar in 1983. Jourgensen, Richard 23 and Luc Van Acker celebrated the formation of the new band with a few drinks. The evening then ended up in a brawl, with bar stools being thrown through the establishment's windows. As he was throwing the trio out, the owner, a man Jourgensen recalls was named Dess, shouted, "I'm calling the police! You guys are a bunch of revolting cocks!" The trio subsequently decided to use the name for their band.

Their first release was No Devotion on Wax Trax records in 1985. The single was quickly followed by an album, Big Sexy Land (1986), featuring a mix of Wax Trax-industrial, hard rock, and EBM with dominating sampling and strong synthesized beats.

Losing Richard 23 due to creative differences, the group's remaining two members were augmented by a rapidly changing set of musicians centered around Chris Connelly (Fini Tribe, later solo work, Murder Inc., and Damage Manual), Paul Barker (Blackouts, Ministry, later Pink Anvil, U.S.S.A., and Flowering Blight), and Bill Rieflin (Blackouts, Ministry, now playing for R.E.M. and Robyn Hitchcock), with around twenty others as irregular contributors or guest artists.

The following live album, You Goddamned Son of a Bitch (1988), featured a return to Ministry-like industrial rock - the Big Sexy Land tracks embedded in shouting and noise . This trend continued on Beers, Steers and Queers (1990), layering sample over sample and pushing ever further into distortion. ''Linger Ficken' Good'' (1993) was released by Sire records and is a tamer affair, most tracks returning to the less layered material. Included was a cover of Rod Stewart's ''Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?, also released as a single. A tour was planned, but cancelled, and the band quietly came to an end.

In 2004, Jourgensen, with former Cock Phildo Owens (Skatenigs, Snow Black), revived the group and released iterations of Prune Tang to disappointing responses from fans. An album titled Purple Head was due in 2004, but was delayed until 2006 with a change in title, Cocked & Loaded. Caliente (Dark Entries), a cover of sorts of Dark Entries by Bauhaus, with vocalist Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers), was featured on the soundtrack to Saw II in 2005.

After assembling a touring line up to open for Ministry on the MasterBaTour of 2006, Jourgensen chose vocalist Josh Bradford (Stayte, Simple Shelter, V.H.S.), keyboardist Clayton Worbeck (Stayte, Simple Shelter), and guitarist Sin Quirin (Society 1, later Ministry and ReVamp) as the new full time members for the Revolting Cocks, now simply being called "RevCo". The group recorded Sex-O Olympic-O, which was originally set to be released in October of 2008, but was delayed until the following February, and was officially released on March 3, 2009.

The Revolting Cocks are also known for their perverse lyrics and raunchy live shows, which made them a target for angry moralists in the late '80s / early '90s. In the mid '80s, their song No Devotion was put on the PMRC's "banned list", and in 1990, Britain's Home Secretary Douglas Hurd tried to stop the band from performing in the UK by refusing them work permits.

Members

Current line-up

  • Al Jourgensen - programming, production, voices, and various instruments (1985-1994, 2004-present)
  • Josh Bradford - vocals (2006-present)
  • Sin Quirin - guitars, bass, keyboards (2006-present)
  • Clayton Worbeck - keyboards, bass, remixing (2006-present), additional guitar (live: 2009)

Former members

  • Richard 23 - vocals (1985-1986)
  • Luc Van Acker - vocals & various instruments (1985-1993, 2006), remixing (2007, 2009)
  • Bill Rieflin - drums, programming (1986-1994)
  • Paul Barker - bass, keyboards, programming, voices (1987-1994)
  • Chris Connelly - vocals, programming (1987-1994)
  • Nivek Ogre - vocals (live: 1988, studio: 1989)
  • Jeff Ward - drums (studio: 1988-1989, live: 1990)
  • Phil Owen - vocals (1989-1991, 2004-2006), remixing (2007)
  • Mike Scaccia - guitar (live: 1990; studio: 1993, 2004-2005)

Studio members


  • Patrick Codenys - keyboards (1985)
  • Kim Assaley - voices (1993)
  • Roland Barker - saxophone, keyboards, programming (1993)
  • Duane Buford - keyboards, voices (1993)
  • Patty Jourgensen - voices (1993)
  • Timothy Leary - voices (1993)
  • Louis Svitek - guitar (1993)
  • Mark Baker - drums, backing vocals (2004-2005)
  • Billy Gibbons - guitar (2004-2005)
  • Stevie Banch - vocals, guitar, bass, programming, backing vocals (2005)
  • Jello Biafra - vocals, backing vocals (2005)
  • Gibby Haynes - vocals (2005)
  • Rick Nielsen - guitar (2005)
  • Robin Zander - backing vocals (2005)
  • Paul Raven - bass (2007)

Live members


  • Louanne Ponder - dancer (1987)
  • Gina Tubetop - dancer (1987)
  • Michael Balch - keyboards (1990-1991)
  • Mark Durante - guitar (1990-1991)
  • Trent Reznor - vocals (1990)
  • Seven Antonopoulos - drums (2006)
  • Anna Kjellberg - bass (2006)
  • Murv Douglas - bass (2009)
  • Aaron Rossi - drums (2009)

Discography

Albums

  • Big Sexy Land (1985)
  • You Goddamned Son of a Bitch - Live (1988)
  • Beers, Steers, and Queers (1990)
  • ''Linger Ficken' Good (1993)
  • Cocked and Loaded (2006)
  • Cocktail Mixxx (2007)
  • Sex-O Olympic-O (2009)
  • Sex-O MiXXX-O (2009)

Singles

  • No Devotion (1985)
  1. "No Devotion"
  2. "Attack Ships..."
  3. "...On Fire"

  • You Often Forget (1986) (UK Indie #13)first=Barry
  1. "You Often Forget (Benign Side)"
  2. "You Often Forget (Malignant Side)"

  • Stainless Steel Providers (1989)
  1. "Stainless Steel Providers"
  2. "At the Top"
  3. "T.V. Mind [1]" (CD only)

  • ''(Let's Get) Physical (1989)
  1. "(Let's Get) Physical"
  2. "(Let's Talk) Physical"

  • Beers, Steers, and Queers (The Remixes) (1991)
  1. "Beers, Steers & Queers Your Britches Mix" / "Beers, Steers & Queers 'Em Right Off Mix"
  2. "Stainless Steel Providers [2]"
  3. "Public Image [2]"

  • ''Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (1993)
  1. "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
  2. "Sergio Guitar"
  3. "Wrong Sexy Mix"

  • ''Crackin' Up (1994)
  1. "Crackin' Up (Video Edit)"
  2. "Crackin' Up (Amyl Nitrate Mix)"
  3. "Gila Copter (Version 2)"

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