Maximum Money Monster

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Maximum Money Monster
Maximum Money Monster.jpg
Original 1990 Artwork
Studio album by
Released1990
Recorded19881989
1990 (reissue material)
StudioStudio TAKE, Tokyo [1]
Antiknock, Tokyo (reissue material)
Genre Noise rock, industrial metal
Length46:03
64:18 (reissue)
Label Pathological
Cold Spring (reissue)
Producer Kazuyuki K. Null, Takashi Iwamoto
Zeni Geva chronology
Vast Impotenz
(1988)
Maximum Money Monster
(1990)
Total Castration
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Brainwashed favorable [2]
Chain D.L.K.Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Compulsion Onlinefavorable [4]

Maximum Money Monster is a 1990 album by Zeni Geva. It is a re-release of their 1989 album Maximum Love and Fuck, with additional songs. The Pathological CD release had the whole album as one track. In 2007, it was reissued by Cold Spring with three bonus previously unreleased recordings from a 1990 show at Antiknock in Tokyo, and all songs as separate tracks.

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Reception

Though not reviewed by many publications, the album has received some praise among critics. Likening the band to noise rock and industrial music, the album was compared to groups stylistically such as Swans and Godflesh and it was noted that the "metal riffage...is stripped of excess" in a review written for Compulsion Online. [4] Writing for Chain D.L.K., Maurizio Pustianaz similarly noted hardcore punk, industrial, and free jazz influences. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by KK Null, unless where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slam King" (from Maximum Love and Fuck) 16:03
2."Honowo (Blaze)" 1:51
3."Blackout" 1:46
4."Sweetheart" 5:45
5."Guystick Bodie" (from Maximum Love and Fuck) 4:35
6."Skullfuck" (from Maximum Love and Fuck) 3:15
7."War Pig" (from Maximum Love and Fuck) 6:51
8."On Suicide" Bertolt Brecht/Hanns Eisler 5:58
2007 Cold Spring reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."War Pig" (live)7:29
10."Skullfuck" (live)4:10
11."Dead Car, Sun Crash" (live)6:37
Total length:64:18

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References

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