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| Released | 1990 | |||
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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Leader of the Banned is the third Sam Kinison comedy album released in 1990. The first side consists of stand-up comedy, and the second side consists of covers of classic rock songs by bands such as AC/DC, Mountain, Cheap Trick, and The Rolling Stones.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Detox This" | |
| 2. | "Shopping for Pets" | |
| 3. | "Sex, Videotape and Zoo Animals" | |
| 4. | "Jerry's Bastard Kid" | |
| 5. | "Lenny Bruce's Mom" | |
| 6. | "Casual Users of Terrorism" | |
| 7. | "Old People Must Die" | |
| 8. | "Grilled Cheese Sandwich" | |
| 9. | "Phone Call from Hell" | |
| Total length: | 33:01 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Gonna Raise Hell" (Cheap Trick cover) | 4:18 |
| 11. | "Mississippi Queen" (Mountain cover) | 4:06 |
| 12. | "Under My Thumb" (The Rolling Stones cover) | 3:52 |
| 13. | "Highway to Hell" (AC/DC cover) | 3:56 |
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Kinison thought of himself as a "rock & roll comic" -- he had some success in 1988 with a novelty version of the Troggs' "Wild Thing" -- and he took this perception to extremes with horrible hair metal versions of Cheap Trick's "Gonna Raise Hell," Mountain's "Mississippi Queen," the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb," and AC/DC's "Highway to Hell."