Hot Animal Machine is a hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

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 solo album by Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, comedian, publisher, actor, and radio DJ....

 which served as a pre-cursor to the Rollins Band

Rollins Band

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. It is only available now in the same 2-in-one package as Drive by Shooting

Drive by Shooting

Drive by Shooting is a hardcore punk solo E.P. by Henry Rollins, credited to "Henrietta Collins & The Wife-Beating Child-Haters", which served as a pre-cursor to the Rollins Band. This recording features a Wire cover, a re-vision of a Queen song and a parody of a Beach Boys style song...

. Notable for a number of cover songs; Suicide

Suicide

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's "Ghost Rider", Richard Berry

Richard Berry

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's "Crazy Lover" and The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

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's "I'm Gonna Move Right In". The cover was drawn by Mark Mothersbaugh

Mark Mothersbaugh

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, the frontman of the popular '80s group Devo

Devo

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Track listing

1. "Black and White" – 3:01
2. "Followed Around" – 2:48
3. "Lost and Found" – 2:04
4. "There's a Man Outside" – 3:13
5. "Crazy Lover" – 2:33 (Richard Berry
   Richard Berry
   Richard Berry was an African American singer, songwriter and musician, who performed with many Los Angeles doo-wop and close harmony groups in the 1950s, including The Flairs and The Robins....
   
   )
6. "Man and a Woman" – 3:59
7. "Hot Animal Machine 1" – 3:01
8. "Ghost Rider" – 2:27 (Martin Rev/Alan Vega) (Suicide
   Suicide (band)
   Suicide is an American electronic protopunk musical duo, intermittently active since 1970 and composed of vocalist Alan Vega and Martin Rev on synthesizers and drum machines. They are an early synthesizer/vocal musical duo....
   
   )
9. "Move Right In" – 2:43 (The Velvet Underground
   The Velvet Underground
   The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited...
   
   )
10. "Hot Animal Machine 2" – 3:31
11. "No One" – 6:03

Members

• Henry Rollins
  Henry Rollins
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   - vocals
  Singing
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• Chris Haskett
  Chris Haskett
  Chris Haskett is an American guitarist. He is probably best known for his membership in the Rollins Band from 1986 to 1997 and again for the band's reunion in 2006...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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• Bernie Wandel
  Bernie Wandel
  Bernie Wandel is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist for two Henry Rollins albums, Hot Animal Machine and Drive By Shooting....
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Mick Green - drums
  Drum kit
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