LA SEXORCISTO: DEVIL MUSIC, VOL. 1 [1992]
“La Sexorcisto” is the third studio album from White Zombie, and is arguably the record that propelled the band into the wider public consciousness commercially and artistically.
This was the first album to be released on Geffen Records with whom the band signed after releasing previous White Zombie albums with Caroline Records and on their own label Silent Explosion.
The band were joined by Jay “J” Noel Yuenger on guitar who replaced John Ricci. Ricci had previously appeared on the White Zombie album “Make Them Die Slowly”. “La Sexorcisto” would be the last to feature drummer Ivan De Prume.
The album gave the band it’s first entry onto the Billboard chart, with a peak position of 26. In total “La Sexorcisto” was on the Billboard 200 charts for 44 weeks.
The single Thunderkiss 65, saw the band nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
“La Sexorcisto” eventually earned them double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the US.
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Album Tracklist
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Title | Length | Lyrics | Listen* | |
1 | Welcome to Planet Motherfucker/Psychoholic Slag | 06:17 |
[Intro]
(Demonic noises, shrieks)(“Fuckin’ kiss me”)Woven in the surface a premonition of a land erupting A sparkling occasion of a city crashdown overhead Revolv’n in a whirlpool a drag-o-rama Walk’n on the sidewalk so let me see ya Howl’n through the keyhole, “God damn, swept away”[Chorus] She shouted—(“Now let’s move”) She love it—(“Let’s take the back door”) Get in away yeah!I concentrate the midnight without the benefit of ceremony Whoever said, “The one who strips your soul is The one that got away” A weather-beaten angel descending to embrace the cemetery Got love—so mystifying “God damn, swept away”[Chorus](“Oh, wow!” “Cool it.” “What’s that, jock?” “Beat it.” “You wanna start a rumble?”)Voodoo beat on the mind, the digs too deep to find Something has got to give, man (psych-out) Racketeer or star, you are just what you are Don’t play the misty, baby! (get you) Into a river sky, electro nation cry, “I need another… Now”Drift beyond the sleeping the moon is shift’n Shadows on her fig- Ure—swamptime locomotion “I can’t take it, anymore!” Sunlight through the shutters illuminating moment to the moment Buzz a halo over “god damn, swept away”[Chorus](“Do you have to open graves to find girls to fall in love with?”)Planet pretty kill Motherfucker hang me on the thrills Psychoholic slag Tomorrow yeah it’s another dragPicnic in the homeland — like a jesus super-star Yeah! Kiss me deadly, baby (baby) I know who you are (Come on) planet pretty kill Motherfucker hang me on the thrillsNo small heaven I got the left Hand of the keeper—Meet me in St. Louis “god” a one- Way ticket’s cheaper yeah! Time-travel i’m walk’n (Walk’n) i got a white line zombie fever (fever) yeah! Time bomb the hero (hero) yeah get down[Outro] (“Hula fast shorts, swing with a gassy chick Turn on to a thousand joys, smile on what happened Then check what’s gonna happen, you’ll miss what’s happening Turn your eyes inside and dig the vacuum Tomorrow, drag”) |
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2 | Knuckle Duster (Radio 1-A) | 00:21 |
[Intro]
(“Ahorre, no compre sin visitar Empori”) (“We know how fast we can go”) (Clarion…) (Italian singing) (“These are the facts as we know them, there is an epidemic of mass- (Oh! Oh no! oh!) -murder being committed by a virtual army of unidentified assassins”) (Oh my God!) |
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3 | Thunder Kiss ’65 | 03:53 |
Well, sweet little sista’s high in hell cheat’n on a halo
Grind in a odyssey holocaust heart kick on tomorrow Breakdown—agony said “ecstacy” in overdrive She come a riding on the world, thunder kiss’n 1965 Demon-warp is coming alive in 1965Livin’ fast and dying young like a endless poetry My motor-psycho nightmare freak out inside of me My soul salvation liberation on the drive The power of the blaster move me faster 1965(“You’re all shook up, aren’t you baby?”) (“I never try anything. I just do it.”) (“Wanna try me?”)Roll’n like a supersonic, another fool that get down on it Pig sweat a million miles, I got a heart atomic style I make it look easy, that’s what I said Blast of silence explodes in my headStep to the moonshine frenzy hail: the resurrection What’s new, pussycat? Can you dig the satisfaction? Well you can’t take it with you but you can! In overdrive Some like it hot and twist’n 1965 |
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4 | Black Sunshine | 04:49 |
[Intro Voiceover: Iggy Pop]
Gripping the wheel his knuckles went white with desire The wheels of his Mustang exploding on the highway like a slug from a .45 True Death: 400 Horsepower of maximum performance piercing the night This is Black Sunshine[Verse 1: Rob Zombie] Yeah! Move me in the silence Baltic motorway Hang me on the edge before I fall away Apocalypse is dawnin’ action on the mile A ‘can-do’ revolution, earth to the river (nile)[Chorus] Sweet’n the ride Black Sunshine Sweet’n the ride, yeah! Sweet’n the ride Black Sunshine Sweet’n the ride, yeah![Verse 2: Rob Zombie] Cry a river ‘cosmic’, moon in Scorpio Feel her body ‘breathe’, acid radio Tell me that you like it, when I’m going down! Tell me that you like it, move to the speed of (sound)[Chorus] Sweet’n the ride Black Sunshine Sweet’n the ride, yeah! Sweet’n the ride Black Sunshine Sweet’n the ride, yeah![Verse 3: Rob Zombie] Go! Slide into, I said ’44’ cool heart can A hypnotize dream into infinity, I turned the love to lies Crawl across the water, wave and sink into the sea Reflecting onto everything, that you can never be ‘Check-out!’, yeah! To the devil a daughter comes 200 worlds away, yeah Born to lose the love you choose, destroy another day Check out!![Chorus] Sweet’n the ride Black Sunshine Sweet’n the ride, yeah! Sweet’n the ride Black Sunshine Sweet’n the ride[Verse 4: Rob Zombie] Stare into the T.V. kiss off the pain Wonderland is falling, no sing, no rain momentary Damage into the high drift me to the circuit sky[Outro Voiceover: Iggy Pop] Finally nothing moves. High noon Black top rolling below the asphalt drive A concrete fascination scraping the edge of nothing This is Black Sunshine |
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5 | Soul-Crusher | 05:07 |
(“Drop it, buster.”)Leatherneck’n down the street like “Hey I’m joyrid’n”
Like a bad dog — come on “Burn in!”Demon got my soul and I said “Drive!” Come on — speed kills — but I’m alive yeah! In my Durango 95 Yeah! Casino on the edge she move like a twister Gravity crank — solo my sista — Come on She said “Take me away” Away Away Shout!I’m deadly on the eyes an astro-spyder, baby A powertripp’n no, no, no, maybe? Come on – Angel trumpets again yeah!Motherfucker scream “horrorshow” time A diamond ass right on my line Come on – She said “Take me away” away away, shoutBurning like fat in the fire the smell Of red, red kroovy screamed mega-flow A stalking ground without prey A flash of superstition whimpering like a crippled animal Dogs of the Soul-Crusher, pulling closer Like the blue steel jaws of hellDigg’n in my heart I find a human generator Duke of N.Y. See Yeah! Eliminator All you need is love – Yeah! Like A cool and crazy freak machine she twanged Off and out like I never seen I’m gonna take her, I’m gonna take her Down, her down, her down, watch out!Shack’n out in my skin, flesh ‘n’ waves they begin I’m going out like a holiday (shout it!) Then my mind generate a weepy young “D” to terminate Takin’ a trip, I said, “Straight to hell” (shout it!)Real country dark the street, hog the road, swamp the beat She gonna know just what I mean, yeah! Trip back on the serpent move, Z-man slowly bang the groove Takin’ a trip — “a real kick” to hell (shout it!) Think’n that when she die spirit go up to the sky Devil come a stepp’n, brainiac a look’n below, yeah! |
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6 | Cosmic Monsters Inc. | 05:13 |
“Meanwhile, behind the façade of this innocent-looking bookstore…”How big is life? Can it ride like the butterfly?
Star in the dust — rocketman — supersky Sugar on the hill — Explode and never die I think I will — Come on take it![Chorus] High — I gotta O yeah! Come on So high — I gotta O yeah! Come on! So loosely illustrated — A trick of light — I demonstrated Right to you what you do! (“You’re all shook up, aren’t you baby?”) 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![Chorus]Deaf to the ear — Fat city slang Bloody ma growls “concentrate the bang” Broadway do — The winter kills Astro-Creep’n you untilOvercome the devil — Deluxe the game One, sweep, spun “I got no name” Paper thin cut — On the edge of hell Wrestle with heaven but I never Fell (“They come from the bowels of hell The transformed recent walking dead Zombies guided by a master plan For complete domination of the Earth.”) Sink to a level realize no direction West of the moon — I got no reflection Blood on the stone — I do not surrender Wait’n for someone — I do not remember [Chorus] Cosmic monsters waited — Turn around incorporated Right to… (“The only thing square about this world are the cats what live in it!)” |
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7 | Spiderbaby (Yeah-Yeah-Yeah) | 05:01 |
Jukebox paranoid insider Blaze they gaze — Amaze at the razor Stranglehold L-O-V-E laze or[Chorus] Power Breakdown — Get on it Stateside crazy – Get with it Sista told ya — you ain’t nothin’, yeah, yeah, yeahShadow make a move and it goes right through me Gun Styl’n planet – Do me!! Sling the ring they sting on the outside Chrome crank’em ’til they’re singing rawhide[Chorus](Chanting #1)Well deep-dish on the body Spinout sugar – devil Wayward road of losing 6-pack’n the evilWell macabro on the body Roulette blast a roddin’ Reptile rhythm voodoo Journey to the tide and…?(Chanting #2) |
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8 | I Am Legend | 05:08 |
[Verse 1]
When I’m in the sky, I’m too far away [Gotta] kick in to feel it Terminate another, no one is my brother Yeah, the sun burns on me, well Hell is home, tomb, city, stone Nail me to another cross, yeah[Chorus] Pour the gasoline, yeah, burn the fucker clean Tell me who’d she coo I want her Like a suicide flex, hit the run and hide Tell me who’d she coo, shine the body[Verse 2] Omega-Man say, “It’s all gone away, I cannot believe it.” Well I am the one, a God with a gun Well I am legend Planet, grave, hard, kill the slave Nail me to another cross, yeah[Chorus][Verse 3] Yeah, a vampire sharpshooter “O,” I said, “a messenger for the damned.” I got a holy gun, come a loaded To kill everything that I am Well I am the only nitty-gritty Ride a rail and look at the crime, yeah! Well I am the only—god? one they can find[Chorus] |
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9 | Knuckle Duster (Radio 2-B) | 00:25 |
(“Now what we have to ask is ‘Why is it that God has admonished us to hate evil? Well, first of all, God…”)
(“Y cuando tu vuelvas…”) [?] (“And strangled them and finally dismembered their bodies…”) [?] (“The homelessness and all that…”) (“And now, the voice you’ve been waiting for…”) |
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10 | Thrust! | 04:05 |
Thrust in deep, there are no limitations
Wing shaped constellations everywhere now Creep, babe, creep your life’s a suicide And I said “I’m gonna ride it” She don’t care now[Chorus] Yeah! Maybe — the night ride gonna bleed Yeah! Maybe — this is what ch’all need!Sink’n deep into your destination Dig the demolition everywhere, now Creep, babe, creep into your ring ‘o’ fire Burned out on the wire — She don’t care, now[Chorus](“It has been established that persons who have recently died have been returning to life and committing acts of murder. Widespread investigation of reports from funeral homes, morgues, and hospitals has concluded that the unburied dead are coming back to life and seeking human victims. It’s hard for us here to believe what we’re reporting to you, but it does seem to be a fact.”)Yeah! Open the darkness an hour later to the minute Move under the guilty she went deep into the corner Snap dog city hypnotize and break the mercury Rig test — Oil inject freak hallucination Shot through the backdoor buzz a whirling locomotion West straight to another, through the sea of loveLife on the line, still in time, you will find “She has gone away.” Don’t ask why, super sky, live or die, “She has gone away.” Figure this, no more, sis, Spanish kiss, “She has gone away.”Thrust into a diamond generation Dexceleration everywhere Up from hell a missile to the moon and Zero to the 3 and 4 and 5 and[Chorus]How fast can you really move me Come on, come on, come on, come on, yeah! A ritual electro-nation – yow!! |
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11 | One Big Crunch | 0:21 |
Only parts of the corpse have been removed
Only parts of the corpse have been removed Only parts of the corpse have been removed Only parts of the corpse have been removed He steps to the water and plunges in Making far more impression on his skull than on the lady |
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12 | Grindhouse (A Go-Go) | 04:05 |
Listen to the dream of life — a conversation
Hustle me beneath a spark — flesh or reflection Faith can’t hold insto-matic soul — trapped the light A fool for love stand’n still — deep is the night[Chorus] Jump in the back — a pack attack — Gimme that — dig in Lethal mind — fugitive kind — Hustle!Steal’n back the past ahead – that’s how I’m roll’n Trick racer so desperate — that’s how I’m living Dead heat shred the midway air — I see forever Drag-O-Rama kick’n in — no say never[Chorus]Scrimshaw motherfucker bazooka 5-star cat a howl’n Kitten got a whip but no escape to bait the prowl’n If hell is like a woman, said “Take me to the fire” Shot down! Another desperate love crucifier Yeah! Boiling out of nowhere — crazyhead decision Skintight on the action grind into collision yeah! Breath’n seeped into my head — the gang is bang’n Pump the creature daddy-o — spring-loaded hang’n Everything ya always need — right for the taking Shoot the works the haunted hill house is a shak’n |
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13 | Starface | 05:02 |
(“One. We are one. One is the beginning.”
“Are you one, Herbert?” “I am not Herbert.”)(“X minus 5 seconds 4…3…2…1”)September in the rain — her sweat come a frozen onto my skin Eliminate the outerspace and come and get I’m swing’n down it again Synchronize me — fall away — I believe that I’m wicked on the way Look alive now![Chorus] Yeah! Stars explode my eyes — Well, “I been down a long time” Days crawl away and die — “Forever is a long time”Remember howling “crazy” like at the moonlight superfly A penetrating powerman “O baby” I’m painted in the sky Iron fister on the hour Paralyzing demon flower[Chorus]Surround the pain the love’s insane got a pseudo-systematic gain Careening through the neon side — a horizontal “mind collide” Harum scarum holiday — Double deal’n on the ones who say “Collapse me with a powerblast” Groung to zero roll’n fast Ride the glide — treasure slide — got a wooden symbol soul inside “Freeze” the heart — a razor tear pack she doesn’t care If the pillow jacob sky snatch the pad I don’t deny Been a long time — been a long timeStep into the wind and watch a red girl come alive She scream’n to the world “I’m diggin’ on the fact that you will not survive!” Radiate me — walk away — you shook the devil’s dig deep hand today[Chorus]A million miles an hour – a million miles an hour A million miles an hour – let’s get inside(“Oh, Herbert, you are stiff!”) |
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14 | Warp Asylum | 06:42 |
Been down, yeah! Well I look down and my
Mind blows away deep in the darkness “illuminate” Beyond a million miles — Something slid up to my head Circling around my eye, eye, eyes[Chorus] And I said, smooth operator says Get up, get up, and outta here Smooth operator saysLights band the traffic thunder Two blocks west of the rest Tore away the bottom and saw Life is a test Beyond a million miles Well I ricocheted through my head One hand kills and the other’s cra-a-azy[Chorus]Sail into night, ghost ship a tripping Struck by the plunge something to see yeah Bootleg the girl, she is a looker Pure is the fear that breaks awayStraight to the sun I am a walk’n State of the art — all that I see New gods move whipp’n the shore and Dash on the reef — surf cityI walk alone and stare, man Right in the sun Tear-jerk asylum and Cemetery run How’d I ever get this far man? Smooth curves switchback the sweat Underneath the body, baby Where what you see is what you See and What you Get(“Thank you so very much. God bless you. Have a ball! And goodnight.” “A few of these sentences have already begun to take root in your subconscious mind, haven’t they? If you play the record a few more times, you’ll be amazed at how easily you have begun to understand.”) |
Album line-up and album details
LABEL:Geffen
RELEASED:March 17, 1992












CENTERSPREAD COURTESY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, USA.
IGGY POP APPEARS ON BLACK SUNSHINE COURTESY OF VIRGIN RECORDS AMERICA, INC.
DIALOGUE EXCERPTS FROM FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL! KILL! AND MUDHONEY/RUSS MEYER FILMS. “IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED…” FROM NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
LYRICS REPRINTED BY PERMISSION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1992 THE DAVID GEFFEN COMPANY
ALL MUSIC: | White Zombie |
ALL LYRICS: | Rob Zombie |
ALL SONGS: | Publishing Designee |
PRODUCED BY: | Andy Wallace |
ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY: | Andy Wallace |
ASSISTANT ENGINEER: | David Carpenter |
MASTERED BY: | Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, NYC |
RECORDED: | May 1991 at 321 Studios, NYC |
ALL ILLUSTRATIONS: | Rob Zombie |
ART DIRECTION: | Rob Zombie, Sean Yseult, Michael Golob |
PHOTOSHOP: | Michael Golob |
PHOTOGRAPHY: | Alison Dyer |
LIVE PHOTOS: | Kristin Callahan |
A&R: | Myriam Santos-Kayda |
MANAGEMENT: | Andy Gould |
SPECIAL THANKS: | Michael Alago, Daniel Rey, Iggy Pop, Toni Quirk, Jim Thirwell, Russ Meyer, ESP, Gibson and the Zombie Squad-Gregg Skoorka and Damien Ierino |