Wormwood Box: Curious Stories From The Bible
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WORMWOOD BOX: CURIOUS STORIES FROM THE BIBLE - As the second Millennium AD drew to a close, The Residents began to take stock on a couple of thousand years of reasonably fruitful human endeavour. One text, they felt, had inescapably set the tone and dominated the narrative throughout the Western world for most of that period, often clouding the view as they looked back. Sure enough, The Bible, Testaments Old and New, seemed like fertile ground for a confused, anonymous band approaching their fourth decade. Throughout 1998 and 1999, The Residents set about writing, recording and extensively touring a set of songs based around some of the more curious, unsettling and downright messed up stories they found upon revisiting their old Sunday School Bibles, and present here the results of those industrious years. Complete with demos and sketches, two full live recordings, a live-in-the-studio reworking and the usual assorted ephemera plus later live recordings, 'The Wormwood Box' showcases a project the band still think of very fondly, and have often revisited. Join us and marvel as the Eyeball Oddballs somehow cram murder, rape, incest, vengeance, slaughter and, erm, circumcision into a radio friendly pop format! Spread across an inescapably unwieldy 9CDs at the group's insistence, 'The Wormwood Box' is the final, definitive word on The Residents' Millennially-challenged adventures and explorations within The Good Book. Or so it says here. Remastered, expanded, and pREServed for future generations, this is the latest in a series of archival Residents' re-issues that will continue throughout 2022 as the band celebrate their 50th Anniversary. Look out for forthcoming deluxe vinyl re-issues of the classic 1970s albums, a brand new OST recording for a forthcoming film and further pREServed releases as the year unfolds. The Residents will also be touring extensively - why not go keep them company one evening.
Tracklist
1
In the Beginning
2
Fire Fall
3
They Are the Meat
4
Melancholy Clumps
5
How to Get a Head
6
Cain and Abel
7
Mr Misery
8
Tent Peg in the Temple
9
God's Magic Finger
10
Spilling the Seed
11
Dinah and the Unclean Skin
12
Bathsheba Bathes
13
Bridegroom of Blood
14
Hanging by His Hair
15
The Seven Ugly Cows
16
Burn Baby Burn
17
KILL HIM!
18
I Hate Heaven
19
Judas Saves
20
Revelation
21
Waterfall
22
Squid
23
Sleepy Time
24
Silvershield
25
Sausage City
26
Sassy Bassy
27
Racking
28
Possum
29
Pickle
30
Nutrasweet
31
Movie
32
Michael
33
Log Dam
34
Indo
35
Humer
36
France
37
Earth Man
38
Dooky Town
39
Choppy
40
Chihuahua
41
Cabbage
42
Beta
43
Beach
44
Anything
45
All Flash
46
Adenoids
47
In the Beginning Sketch
48
Skull2 Un-American Band
49
SkullBiz Sketch
50
Just a Whore (SkullBiz)
51
Headsketch
52
Job Meets the Monsters
53
Abe Medley Sketch
54
King of Kings Sketch
55
King of Kings (Francis)
56
Jesus Saves (version 1)
57
Jesus Saves (version 2)
58
Mr Skull Superstar
59
In the Beginning
60
KILL HIM!
61
How to Get a Head
62
Hanging by His Hair
63
Mr Misery
64
Tent Peg in the Temple
65
God's Magic Finger
66
Dinah and the Unclean Skin
67
Cain and Abel
68
Burn Baby Burn
69
Fire Fall
70
The Seven Ugly Cows
71
Melancholy Lumps
72
Bathsheba Bathes
73
Bridegroom of Blood
74
They Are the Meat
75
I Hate Heaven
76
Judas Saves
77
Revelation
78
Smelly Tongues
79
Moisture
80
Picnic Boy
81
Walter Westinghouse
82
Un-American Band
83
How to Get a Head (Road)
84
Hanging by His Hair (Road)
85
God's Magic Finger (Road)
86
Tent Peg in the Temple (Road)
87
Fire Fall (Road)
88
Cain and Abel (Road)
89
Dinah and the Unclean Skin (Road)
90
Abraham (Road)
91
Burn Baby Burn (Road)
92
Judas Saves (Road)
93
In the Beginning
94
Welcome to Wormwood
95
Mr Skull's Rave 1
96
How to Get a Head
97
Mr Misery
98
Tent Peg in the Temple
99
Mr Skull's Rave 2
100
God's Magic Finger
101
Dinah and the Unclean Skin
102
Cain and Abel
103
Mr Skull's Rave 3
104
Burn Baby Burn
105
Fire Fall
106
King of Kings
107
Skull Prayer
108
Mr Skull's Rave 4
109
Abraham
110
Bridegroom of Blood
111
Mr Skull's Rave 5
112
David
113
Judas Saves
114
Old Time Religion
115
Jesus Loves Me
116
In Between Screams
117
Nober
118
Bridegroom of Blood (SF, 2001)
119
Burn Baby Burn (SF, 2001)
120
They Are the Meat / Mr Misery (Australia, 2005)
121
Burn Baby Burn (Australia, 2005)
122
They Are the Meat (Oslo, 2011)
123
Hanging by His Hair (Munich, 2013)
124
Bathsheba Bathes (Munich, 2013)
125
They Are the Meat (NYC, 2014)
126
Judas Saves (Laussanne, 2014)
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