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"Fucking Hostile"
Song by Pantera
from the album Vulgar Display of Power
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1992
Recorded1991
Genre
Length2:48
LabelAtco
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Terry Date

"Fucking Hostile" is a song by the American heavy metal band Pantera. It was released in 1992 on their album Vulgar Display of Power, and is considered by many to be among the band's best songs. It was also a live favourite for the band.[5]

Background

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"Fucking Hostile" is a protest song that criticizes those who abuse their authority and power, such as political figures, religious leaders and parents.[6]

The song's distorted vocals were inspired by Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like a Hole".[7]

Reception

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Loudwire ranked "Fucking Hostile" the third best Pantera song, due to that it "operates off a punk-rock battery and is one of the band's fastest".[8]

Dom Lawson of Metal Hammer ranked "Fucking Hostile" number 8 on his list of the 50 best Pantera songs. He wrote that it "was so much more extreme than anything else mainstream metal had to offer in 1992 that it took your breath away. Today, it still makes us want to run through a brick wall."[9] Malcolm Dome, also of Metal Hammer, considered it to be among the 10 best Pantera songs of all time.[10]

Billboard included the song on their list "10 of Vinnie Paul's Hardest-Rocking Songs, From Pantera's Picks to Hellyeah's Hits". They wrote that the song proved that Paul "was just as great as a straight-ahead thrash drummer, and it's one of the reasons this is one of Pantera's best-known songs."[11]

Metal Hammer included the song on their list "The top 10 best 1990s thrash songs" and stated its "OTT energy" and "attitude" is "total manic thrash to the max."[12]

Covers

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The American rock band New Years Day covered "Fucking Hostile" in 2018 on their EP Diary of a Creep.[13] In 2019 the band performed an acoustic cover of the song.[14][15]

Slayer and Phil Anselmo would perform a cover of the song live in Athens, Greece on July 2, 2013, after the band invited him on stage in celebration of his 45th birthday.[16]

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "How Pantera's Vulgar Display Of Power Saved American Metal". Kerrang!. February 25, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "27 Years Ago, Pantera Take Metal to a New Level with Vulgar Display of Power". February 25, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  3. ^ Hammer, Dom Lawson2016-08-16T13:00:00Z Metal (August 16, 2016). "Every song Pantera's Vulgar Display Of Power ranked from worst to best". Metal Hammer Magazine.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Hart, Josh (May 15, 2012). "GW Blog: Pantera Release 'Vulgar Display of Power' 20th Anniversary Edition Today". Guitar World. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (October 2, 2006). The encyclopedia of popular music: Indexes. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Crilly-Mckean, Alex. "Top 10 Pantera Songs". WatchMojo. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  7. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (June 26, 2018). "Pantera's 'Vulgar Display of Power': The Epic Story Behind a Hostile Masterpiece". Revolver. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  8. ^ Sciarretto, Amy (December 8, 2014). "10 Best Pantera Songs". Loudwire.
  9. ^ Hammer, Dom Lawson2019-02-04T13:05:16Z Metal (February 4, 2019). "The 50 best Pantera songs ever". Metal Hammer Magazine.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Hammer, Malcolm Dome2018-06-25T09:25:00 175Z Metal (June 25, 2018). "The 10 best Pantera songs of all time". Metal Hammer Magazine.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "10 of Vinnie Paul's Hardest-Rocking Songs, From Pantera's Picks to Hellyeah's Hits". Billboard.
  12. ^ Chantler, Chris (September 20, 2022). "The top 10 best 1990s thrash songs". Metal Hammer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  13. ^ Childers, Chad (January 3, 2018). "New Years Day Salute Influences With 'Diary of a Creep' EP". Loudwire.
  14. ^ "Watch New Years Day Perform Acoustic Cover Of Pantera's "Fucking Hostile"". Theprp.com. March 2, 2019.
  15. ^ "Watch New Years Day Perform Acoustic Cover Of Pantera's F*cking Hostile". Kerrang!. March 4, 2019.
  16. ^ Pasbani, Robert (July 2, 2013). "PHIL ANSELMO & Slayer Cover PANTERA's "Fucking Hostile"". Metal Injection. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
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