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Revolting Cocks, also known as RevCo, are an American industrial rock band that began as a musical side-project for
BelgianmusiciansRichard23(Front 242) and Luc van Acker with Ministry’s Alain Jourgensen in 1985.
Losing Richard 23 after some creative differences, the group’s remaining two members were augmented by a rapidly changingset
ofmusicianscenteredaround Chris Connelly (Fini Tribe, later Damage Manual), Paul Barker (Ministry), Duane Buford, andBill Rieflin (who isnow
playing for REM),witharound twenty others as irregular contributors or guest artists.
Their single "No De ...read more
Revolting Cocks, also known as RevCo, are an American industrial rock band that began as a musical side-project for
BelgianmusiciansRichard23(Front 242) and Luc van Acker with Ministry’s Alain Jourgensen in 1985.
Losing Richard 23 after some creative differences, the group’s remaining two members were augmented by a rapidly changingset
ofmusicianscenteredaround Chris Connelly (Fini Tribe, later Damage Manual), Paul Barker (Ministry), Duane Buford, andBill Rieflin (who isnow
playing for REM),witharound twenty others as irregular contributors or guest artists.
Their single "No Devotion" was quickly followed by an album Big Sexy Land in 1986, which on its turn was followed by a livealbum
YouGoddamnedSonof a Bitch in 1987 and a studio LP Beers, Steers, & Queers in 1989. After a hiatus, Linger Ficken’Good was released in
1993 -this would beRevoltingCocks’ last album for over 10 years.
The first album was a mix of industrial, dance and techno, with sampling and strong synthesized beats dominating. The livealbum, with
thechangeinpersonnel, featured a return to Ministry-like industrial - the Big Sexy Land tracks embedded inshouting and noise. This
trendcontinued onBeers,Steers, & Queers, layering sample over sample and pushing ever furtherinto distortion. Linger Ficken’ Good was
releasedby Sire records and is atameraffair, most tracks returning to the lesslayered material and only occasionally producing Ministry
noise.Included was a cover of Rod Stewart’s "DoYaThink I’mSexy", which was also released as a single.
In 2004, the band released iterations of Prune Tang to disappointing responses from fans. An album titled Purple Head wasdue in 2004,
butwasdelayeduntil 2006 with a change in title to Cocked & Loaded. The first single, "Caliente (Dark Entries)",a cover of sorts of Dark
Entries,with vocalistGibbyHaynes, was featured on the soundtrack of Saw II in 2005.
The Revolting Cocks are also known for their perverse lyrics and raunchy live shows. Due to their content, they were a targetfor
angrymoralists inthelate ’80s/early ’90s. In the mid ’80s, their song “No Devotion” was put on the PMRC’s “banning list”,and in 1990,
Britain’sHome SecretaryDouglasHurd tried to stop the band from performing in the UK by refusing them workpermits. They have also been
offensiveto thesongwriters/performers inwhich they chose to cover and satire, such as OliviaNewton-John and Rod Stewart (though the
former deniedthempermission entirely to perform theirwork outright).
The group has carried on strong since their 2006 affair Cocked & Loaded, releasing 2 remix albums and a full length. Theirnewest album,
GotCock?,isscheduled for a April 13 release.
The origin of the group’s name is uncertain. One story claims that the name was the result of the original lineup participatingin a
nightofextremelyheavy drinking, which resulted in a bar owner throwing the drunk group out and calling them a bunchof revolting cocks.
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