Mondo Bizarro

Occupation

Mondo Bizarro is the twelfth studio album by the American punk band the Ramones. It was taken from 20 January 1992, was released in September of the same year.

Genesis

Mondo Bizarro was after brain drain, the first studio album by the band for three years and is the first, on which the new bassist CJ Ramone is heard. Its predecessor and founding member Dee Dee Ramone controlled despite his departure from the band at three compositions on the album. As a producer acting for the first time since the album Too Tough to Die again Ed Stasium. The working title for the album initially the name Condemned To Live and Mondo Deprovados were used.

The opinion of the band themselves for their work is unclear. In an interview with an Argentine newspaper of guitarist Johnny Ramone 1992 said:

In contrast, a statement Johnny Ramones is in an interview for the documentary End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones:

The music tracks on the album (selection)

  • Censorshit deals with the action taken in the United States since 1985 " parental controls " of the Parents Music Resource Center ( PMRC ), which had prevailed that music albums as " offensive " calculating them content had to wear the envelope a self-addressed parental warning sticker on the front. One of the founders of the committee, Tipper Gore (wife of Al Gore ), is in the lyrics repeatedly notably addressed ( " Tipper, what's that sticker stickin ' on my CD Is that some kind of warning to protect me? " - German: " Tipper what is this sticker on my CD? is this a kind of warning to protect me? "). The title of the play is a pun on " Censorship ", the English term for censorship; the lyrics of the song called in the chorus with Frank Zappa and Ozzy Osbourne two other opponents of the PMRC.
  • Take it as it Comes is a cover version of the play the group The Doors from their eponymous debut album. On the version of the Ramones plays Joe McGinty, former member of The Psychedelic Furs, keyboard.
  • Poison Heart, Strength to Endure and Main Man were written by Dee Dee Ramone. He sold the rights to the band 's compositions to be able to afford a lawyer who helped him get free from custody, he had had to compete on suspicion of drug possession.
  • Strength to Endure and Main Man sung by CJ Ramone.
  • The song Cabbies on Crack is inspired by a risky taxi ride of the singer through Manhattan. In the studio recording plays Vernon Reid, guitarist of the band Living Colour, the guitar solo.
  • Heidi is a Headcase is a "continuation" of earlier compositions of the Ramones, Judy is a Punk ( from the album Ramones, 1976), Suzy is a Headbanger ( Leave Home, 1977) and Sheena is a Punk Rocker ( Rocket to Russia, 1977).
  • Touring was first released on this album, however, was already in 1981., The original version can be heard on the 2002 re-release of the album appeared Pleasant Dreams. About the play contributed Flo & Eddie (Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan ), singer of the band The Turtles, choir singing with.

Title list

Single releases

  • Poison Heart (June 1992)
  • Strength To Endure ( October 1992 )

Chart positions

The album reached # 190 on the Billboard 200 The single Poison Heart stood 12 weeks in the charts, reaching on 31 October 1992 # 6 the best placement ( Genre Alternative Songs).

Record label Chrysalis Records Punk subculture Rock music Electric guitar Bass guitar Electronic keyboard John Densmore Road to Ruin (Ramones album) Subterranean Jungle Animal Boy ¡Adios Amigos!
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