Gods on Voodoo Moon [1985]

Gods on Voodoo Moonis the debut release from New York based White Zombie.

Initially released in 1985 independently on White Zombie’s own label Silent Explosion, in 1989 it was reissued by Carolina Records as a cassette and featured two previously unreleased tracks “Black Friday” and “Dead or Alive“. It was limited to just 300 pressings, with 100 being sold.

However Sean Yseult “hand-photocopied 300 copies at the Parsons campus print shop in 1985.”

The EP featured White Zombiefounding members Rob Zombie– at the time credited on the album as Rob Straker – and Sean Yseult. Paul “Ena” Kostabi featured on guitar and Peter Landau on drums – but it was their only appearance on a White Zombie release.

Gods on Voodoo Moon enjoyed a re-release in 2016 when Numero Group compiled it, with White Zombie EP’s, as part of the It Came From NYCretrospective box set.

According to Numero Group the album was “recorded in two hours as the cheapest studio in the phone book“.

EP Tracklist

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	Title	Length	Lyrics	Listen*
1	Gentleman Junkie	02:13	Click for Lyrics Priests gathered at the graves No souls were saved, fooling With the young man’s pain The childs’ mind had gone insane Born in heaven, raised in hell An angel of death that never Fell, trapped in a world I never Made-I watch the sky turn black And fade. The scene of the crime Was empty-nothing left for you To see, but you could hear the Sound of the bodies breaking the ground Plague of zombies run away- Remember hell came today-Scream Scream and scream again-my days Of terror shall begin-. In the Hills they beat a song of how All was lost and – all was gone, see The figures glowing in the night-shadows Dancing in flaming light
2	King of Souls	02:19	Click for Lyrics I’m the Scarecrowman, I’m swingin’ Swingin’-I’m the Scarecrowman Swingin’ swingin’ from the hangin’ Tree-the clock-clock-clock On the wall is ticking away My time-the sentence is Past, now I’m paying for my Crimes-I reach out-out for the Hands of time, but they’re Out of reach-I said I reach out- Out for the setting sun but It’s out-gone out of my reach- The dust in the wind is blowing its Way back to Horror Hill-little girls Voodoo dolly sitting-on the windows sill- The broken glass sparkles in the light-sign On the door tells me No One Home Tonight- Said I’m the Scarecrowman wasting Away and I’m swingin’ swingin’ On the hangin’ tree
3	Tales From the Scarecrow Man	03:17	Click for Lyrics How big is life? Can it ride like the butterfly? Star in the dust Rocketman Supersky Sugar the hill Explode and never die I think I will Come on take it! High I gotta, O yeah! So high I gotta, O yeah! Come on! So loosely illustrated A trick of light I demonstrated right to you what you do! How high is up? Can it reach at the butterfly? Rise in the howl hit me cold Supersky Witness the kill explode! Never die I think I will Come on take it! High I gotta, O yeah! So high I gotta, O yeah! Come on! So loosely illustrated A trick of light I demonstrated right to you What you do! Yeah! Deaf to the ear Fat city sang Bloody Ma growls
4	Cat’s Eye Resurrection	01:40	Click for Lyrics Blowing around, turning over and out Blood into dreams and a supersonic high Get running now Two hours to die What’s with this guy gonna think you’re alive Yeah, I am the one Destroying you, every mother’s son Yeah, I am the one King of the world as the devil’s son, yeah, yeah I am alive, roll in my maze Staying a step from the human race The more I love, the more I die The more I’m down, I wonder why Yeah, I am the one Destroying you, every mother’s son Yeah, I am the one King of the world as the devil’s son, yeah, yeah Run baby, run baby, run away Run baby, run, escape L.A Who do you love, you wouldn’t know I would kill, atomic flow I am the one, demon red American dreams explode in my head Yeah, I am the one Destroying you, every mother’s son Yeah, I am the one King of the world as the devil’s son, yeah, yeah Run baby, run baby, run away Run baby, run, escape L.A Run baby, run baby, run away Run baby, run, escape L.A Run baby, run baby, run away (yeah, I am the one) Run baby, run, escape L.A Run baby, run baby, run away (yeah, I am the one) Run baby, run, escape L.A
5	Black Friday*	03:08	Click for Lyrics I say when the world cracks open And you’re my last go And the blood in your eye Falls to the floor And there’s nowhere left for you to hide Your endless parties then kick the dieView is from hell in a human zoo Our lives in the streets are waiting for you [Batter] is written across the bay And the shadows merge into a violet face And I ran to my window – What did I see? I said to the man… I said, are you really Could you really be Mister Joe JesusAw, and all the children scream in pain And the bloody [skin] in the devil’s reign And the burning bodies are piled high Filled up flashes in the sky And clouds of the smoke travel to the south Solid scream in victim’s mouthAnd I ask you to your face Are you really there Why I said why Why is the sky turning black Aw, and I ask am I Coming backThe electrical fading light in the city’s [eyes went out of sight] And there’s no one left to let me know How it all goes away And it all came down when it fellAnd it all came down when it fellAnd the sky’s gone wild The sky got black It all turns black on Fri- FridayFri-day	Streaming unavailable
6	Dead or Alive*	01:44	Click for Lyrics (One, two, three). Am I dead or alive? It’s time for me to make my stand. Am I dead or alive? Creature-man killer get her ready to fly. Burn a cross. A hero, he’s gonna die. I pick a man, target your head. I pick up, pick up your dead. Am I dead or alive? I got blood on my hands. Am I dead or alive? Splashin’ from a screamin’ man. Am I dead or alive? Split skulls align the walls. Great big baby hidin’ in the hall. A brainless baby crime in the halls. Split skulls linin’ the walls. And the clock rolls over, and I begin to fall, fall.	Streaming unavailable