Drive by Shooting
| Drive by Shooting | ||||
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| EP by Henrietta Collins & The Wife-Beating Child-Haters | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | October 1986 | |||
| Length | 19:33 | |||
| Label | Texas Hotel | |||
| Producer | Geoff Clout, Norm | |||
| Henrietta Collins & The Wife-Beating Child-Haters chronology | ||||
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Drive by Shooting is a solo EP by American hardcore punk musician Henry Rollins, credited as Henrietta Collins and The Wifebeating Childhaters. The EP served as a precursor to the Rollins Band.
This recording is a mix of original songs and Rollins's versions of material by others. There is a cover of "Ex Lion Tamer" originally by the UK punk band Wire and a re-vision of a Queen's "We Will Rock You" with different lyrics. The title song is a parody of a cheery 1960s Beach Boys-style song as written by a violent street gang ("We're gonna get in our car / Gonna go go go / Gonna drive to a neighborhood / Kill someone we don't know.")
The recording is exclusively available now in a double CD package with Hot Animal Machine, Rollins's first full-length solo recording.
Track listing
[edit]- "Drive by Shooting" (Henry Rollins, Chris Haskett) – 2:01
- "Ex-Lion Tamer" (Graham Lewis, Colin Newman) – 1:54
- "Hey Henrietta" (Rollins) – 3:00
- "Can You Speak This?" (Haskett) – 2:00
- "I Have Come to Kill You" (Rollins) – 5:21
- "Men Are Pigs" (Rollins) – 2:38
- "The Road Song" (re-titled "There's a Man Outside (Reprise)" on the 2002 re-release) (Rollins, Haskett) – 2:36
Original vinyl release
[edit]- "Drive by Shooting" – 2:01
- "Ex-Lion Tamer" (Lewis, Newman; Wire) – 1:54
- "Black and White" (instrumental mix)
- "Hey Henrietta" – 3:00
- "Can You Speak This?" – 2:00
- "I Have Come to Kill You" – 5:21
- "Men Are Pigs" – 2:38
- "Black and White" is not listed on the sleeve or label
Personnel
[edit]- Henry Rollins – vocals
- Chris Haskett – guitar
- Bernie Wandel – bass guitar
- Mick Green – drums