Snake Boy

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Snakeboy
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1985
RecordedMarch 1985
Studio Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin
Genre Noise rock, post-hardcore
Length38:14
Label Touch & Go
Producer Steve Marker
Killdozer chronology
Intellectuals Are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite
(1984)
Snakeboy
(1985)
Burl
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Kerrang! Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Snakeboy is the second album by Killdozer, released on September 29, 1985 through Touch and Go Records. The album deals with many personalities and figures but is mostly about the lead singer's encounter with a man Bill Reisman [3] Fan favorites such as "King of Sex" and the cover version of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl" make their appearance on this release. The CD release of this album is coupled with Intellectuals Are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite , appearing on the latter half.

Killdozer was an American rock band, formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1983, with members Bill Hobson, Dan Hobson and Michael Gerald. They took their name from the 1974 TV movie, directed by Jerry London, itself based on a Theodore Sturgeon short story. They released their first album, Intellectuals are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite, in the same year. The band split in 1990 but reformed in 1993, losing guitarist Bill Hobson and gaining Paul Zagoras, and continued until they split up in 1996. Their farewell tour was officially titled "Fuck You, We Quit!", and included Erik Tunison of Die Kreuzen in place of Dan Hobson on drums and Jeff Ditzenberger on additional guitar. The band released nine albums, including a post-breakup live CD, The Last Waltz.

Touch and Go Records is an American independent record label based in Chicago. After its genesis as a handmade fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s underground and alternative rock scenes. Touch & Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous noise rock by the likes of Big Black, the Butthole Surfers, and The Jesus Lizard. Touch & Go helped to spearhead the nationwide network of underground bands that formed the pre-Nirvana indie rock scene. Touch and Go helped preside over the shift from the hardcore punk that then dominated the American underground scene to the more diverse styles of alternative rock emerging at the time.

Neil Young Canadian singer-songwriter

Neil Percival Young is a Canadian singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in the 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles, where he formed Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and others. Young had released two solo albums and three as a member of Buffalo Springfield by the time he joined Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969. From his early solo albums and those with his backing band Crazy Horse, Young has recorded a steady stream of studio and live albums, sometimes warring with his recording company along the way.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Killdozer, except "Cinnamon Girl" by Neil Young.

Cinnamon Girl original song written and composed by Neil Young

"Cinnamon Girl" is a song by Neil Young. It debuted on the 1969 album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, which was also Young's first album with backing band Crazy Horse. Released as a single the following year, it reached No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."King of Sex"3:32
2."Going to the Beach"4:08
3."River"2:45
4."Live Your Life Like You Don't Exist"4:24
5."Don't Cry"3:22
6."Cinnamon Girl"3:48
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Gone to Heaven"3:11
2."Revelations"5:03
3."Burning House"2:54
4."Big Song of Love"3:30
5."Fifty Seven"3:37

Personnel

Killdozer
Singing Act of producing musical sounds with the voice

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Production and additional personnel
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