I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master
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I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master is the fourth album by the Detroit rock band Electric Six
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Music videos were made for the tracks "Down at McDonnelzzz" and "Randy's Hot Tonight!".
Electric Six
Electric Six is a six-piece metro Detroit-based band that plays what has been described as a brand of rock music infused with elements of "garage, disco, punk, new wave, and metal." The band met recognition in 2003 with the singles "Danger! High Voltage" and "Gay Bar", and subsequently recorded...
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Music videos were made for the tracks "Down at McDonnelzzz" and "Randy's Hot Tonight!".
Track listing
All lyrics written by Tyler Spencer, music composition noted below.- "It's Showtime!" (Shipps) – 1:53
- "Down at McDonnelzzzMcDonald'sMcDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
" (Spencer/Shipps) – 4:01 - "Dance Pattern" (Spencer/Shipps) – 3:41
- "Rip It!" (Spencer/Shipps) – 3:37
- "Feed My Fuckin' Habit" (Spencer/Shipps) – 2:11
- "Riding on the White Train" (Spencer/Shipps) – 2:48
- "Broken Machine" (Tait) – 3:16
- "When I Get to the Green Building" (Spencer/Shipps) – 3:54
- "Randy's Hot Tonight!" (Nash) – 3:04
- "Kukuxumushu" (Spencer) – 3:51
- "I Don't Like You" (Spencer) – 2:53
- "Lucifer Airlines" (Nash) – 2:49
- "Lenny Kravitz" (Spencer) – 3:06
- "Fabulous People" (Spencer/Shipps) – 2:27
- "Sexy Trash" (Nash/Shipps) – 2:08
- "Dirty Looks" (Nash/Shipps) – 4:46
Trivia
- The title of the album comes from a 1921 drawing by George GroszGeorge GroszGeorg Ehrenfried Groß was a German artist known especially for his savagely caricatural drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s...
, which depicts "a grotesque portrayal of a gloating capitalist with a porcine nozzle and cigar smoldering".. - The album artwork is taken from a painting called The Long Arm of the Law by Detroit artist Ron Zakrin, who was also behind the artwork for the band's follow-up album FlashyFlashy (Electric Six album)Flashy is the title of the fifth album by Detroit rock band Electric Six.The album was accompanied by a music video for track "Formula 409" which appeared online on July 30, 2008...
. - The song "Kukuxumushu" (or Kukuxumusu) is BasqueBasque languageBasque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
for "Flea's Kiss". KukuxumusuKukuxumusuKukuxumusu is a company from Pamplona, Navarra, Spain specialising in clothing and product design. Its name means flea kiss in Basque....
is also a SpanishSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
clothing brand. Tyler Spencer wrote the song after seeing a Kukuxumusu clothing shop whilst on tour and deciding that he liked the word and wanted to use it.
Charts
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Electronic Albums | 5 |
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 50 |
External links
- electricsixlyrics.co.uk: More information and rumours about the album