Fucking Hostile

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

"Fucking Hostile" is a song by American heavy metal band Pantera. It was released in 1992 on their album Vulgar Display of Power , and is a live favorite of the band. [5]

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Background

"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 the Nine Inch Nails song "Head Like a Hole" and were achieved by running the mic through a Tascam 4-track cassette recorder and turning up the preamp. [7]

Reception

Loudwire ranked "Fucking Hostile" the third best Pantera song, stating 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 writes 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", and stated it's proof 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]

Covers

American rock band New Years Day covered "Fucking Hostile" in 2018 on their EP Diary of a Creep. [12] In 2019 the band performed an acoustic cover of the song. [13] [14]

American thrash metal band Slayer and Phil Anselmo performed a cover of the song live in Athens, Greece on July 2, 2013, after the band invited him on stage to celebrate his 45th birthday. [15]

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Chantler, Chris (September 20, 2022). "The top 10 best 1990s thrash songs". Metal Hammer. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  2. ↑ Hart, Josh (May 15, 2012). "GW Blog: Pantera Release 'Vulgar Display of Power' 20th Anniversary Edition Today". Guitar World . Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ KITTS, JEFF. "25 GREATEST PANTERA SONGS". Revolver . Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  4. ↑ Ennis, Eli. ""FUCKING HOSTILE": 15 GREATEST "FUCK" SONGS OF ALL TIME". Revolver . Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  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. ↑ Childers, Chad (January 3, 2018). "New Years Day Salute Influences With 'Diary of a Creep' EP". Loudwire.
  13. ↑ "Watch New Years Day Perform Acoustic Cover Of Pantera's "Fucking Hostile"". Theprp.com. March 2, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Watch New Years Day Perform Acoustic Cover Of Pantera's F*cking Hostile". Kerrang!. March 4, 2019.
  15. ↑ Pasbani, Robert (July 2, 2013). "PHIL ANSELMO & Slayer Cover PANTERA's "Fucking Hostile"". Metal Injection. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
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