Something Bitchin' this Way Comes
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Something Bitchin' This Way Comes is the sole album
by Lock Up
, released in July 1989. It is the first label-released album to feature Tom Morello
.
The title of the album is an allusion to Ray Bradbury's novel Something Wicked This Way Comes
, which in turn takes its title from William Shakespeare
's Macbeth
.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Lock Up
Lock Up (US band)
Lock Up was a rock band that featured Tom Morello on guitar before Rage Against the Machine was formed.The band was founded by the original guitar player Mike Livingston and Kevin Wood on bass. They had previously played together in the band Ella and the Blacks, which also included Brian Grillo...
, released in July 1989. It is the first label-released album to feature Tom Morello
Tom Morello
Thomas Baptiste "Tom" Morello is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, his acoustic solo act The Nightwatchman, and his newest group, Street Sweeper Social Club...
.
The title of the album is an allusion to Ray Bradbury's novel Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel)
Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1962 novel by Ray Bradbury. It is about two 13-year-old boys, Jim Nightshade and William Halloway, who have a harrowing experience with a nightmarish traveling carnival that comes to their Midwestern town one October. The carnival's leader is the mysterious "Mr...
, which in turn takes its title from William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
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Track listing
- "Can't Stop the Bleeding" (Lock Up) – 4:11
- "Nothing New" (Grillo, Livingston) – 3:10
- "Punch Drunk" (Lock Up) – 3:37
- "Everywhere I Go It Looks Like Rain" (Grello, Grillo) – 4:14
- "24 Hour Man" (Lock Up) – 4:46
- "Don't Wanna Talk About It" (Lock Up) – 3:47
- "Half Man, Half Beast" (Lock Up) – 3:45
- "Tell Me When It's Over" (Lock Up) – 5:32
- "Kiss 17 Goodbye" (Grillo, Livingston) – 4:14
- "Where the Sky Meets the Street" (Lock Up) – 3:19
- "Maniac" (Grillo, Morello) – 3:34
- "Peacekeeper" (Lock Up) – 3:47