| Inzombia | ||||
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| Released | May 15, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 29:26 | |||
| Label | Dischord [1] | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau |  [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Inzombia is the second and final album by American punk rock band Slant 6. [5] It was released in 1995 by Dischord.
Inzombia is also the name of a short movie filmed by the band. [6]
Trouser Press called the album "a major disappointment," writing that "the tedious title track, which takes up a third of the short album, is an extended chunk of quasi-sci-fi film filler that feebly attempts to create horrific atmospheres through poorly executed pin-drop drama." [7] The Washington Post wrote that "the album does seem a little sillier than its predecessor; though as catchy and spry as the band's earlier material, such songs as 'Retro Duck' trade rage for playfulness." [8] CMJ New Music Monthly called Inzombia "highly recommended" and "short, sharp, smart and fun." [9]
Don Zientara, Engineer
Slant 6, Producer, Main Performer
Ian MacKaye, Producer
Alec MacKaye
Charles Steck, Photography
Christina Billotte, Guitar, Director, Drums, Vocals, Lyricist
Myra Power, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Lyricist
Aaron Jones
Marge Marshall, Organ, Piano, Drums, Vocals (Background), Lyricist, Vocals
Ee-an Sve-non-ee-us, Director
Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band, formed in 1980 in Washington, D.C. by vocalist Ian MacKaye and drummer Jeff Nelson. MacKaye and Nelson had played in several other bands together, and recruited bassist Brian Baker and guitarist Lyle Preslar to form Minor Threat. They added a fifth member, Steve Hansgen, in 1982, playing bass, while Baker switched to second guitar.
Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. Active since 1979, he is best known as the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label and the frontman of hardcore punk band Minor Threat and post-hardcore band Fugazi. MacKaye was also the frontman for the short-lived bands The Teen Idles, Embrace, and Pailhead, a collaboration with the band Ministry. MacKaye is a member of The Evens, a two-piece indie rock group he formed with his wife Amy Farina in 2001 and in 2018 formed the band Coriky with Farina and his Fugazi band mate Joe Lally.
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