1000 Homo DJs

Infobox musical artist
Name = 1000 Homo DJs


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Origin = Chicago, Illinois, USA
Genre = Industrial rock
Years_active = 1988, 1990
Label = WaxTrax!
Associated_acts = Ministry
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Past_members = Buck Satan
Officer Agro
Ike Krull
Wee Willie Reefer
Viva Nova
Count Ringworm

1000 Homo DJs is a side project band of industrial musician Al Jourgensen. It is best known for its cover of Black Sabbath's "Supernaut." The band recorded on famous industrial label Wax Trax! Records.

1000 Homo DJs began as a side project to release outtakes from Ministry's "The Land of Rape and Honey". [cite news
last = Greene
first = Jo-Ann
title = Ministry
publisher = "Goldmine"
date = 1993-04-02
url = http://prongs.org/minfiles/tour/Interview-Goldmine-4-2-93-pg3.jpg
accessdate = 2007-08-13 ]

Members

The members of 1000 Homo DJs are identified by pseudonyms in the CD liner notes. However, the identities of most members are fairly certain.

*Buck Satan: Al Jourgensen
*Officer Agro: speculated to be Jeff Ward,cite web
title = 1000 Homo DJs
url = http://prongs.org/ministry/homo
accessdate = 2007-08-13 ] but possibly Paul Barker or Martin Atkinscite web
title = 1000 Homo DJs: The Players
url = http://www.nodevotion.com/ohdjs/players.html
accessdate = 2007-08-13 ]
*Ike Krull: Mike Scaccia
*The Temple of Drool Choir: Mike O'Connell, Wes Kidd, Brian St. Clair, Herb Rosen, Joe Kelly, Jerry Rodgers
*Wee Willie Reefer: William Rieflin
*Viva Nova: likely Pamela Manning (stage name Viva Nova),x] [cite web
title = Myspace.com - Vivanovachicago
url = http://www.myspace.com/vivanovachicago
accessdate = 2007-08-13 ] but often claimed as Patty Jourgensenx]
*Count Ringworm: Jello Biafra

Trent Reznor's possible contribution to "Supernaut" (see below) is uncredited.

Origin of name

In a 2004 interview, [cite news
title = Concert Review: Ministry
publisher = "Orlando CityBeat" reprinted in Pollstar
date = 1993-04-02
url = http://www.pollstar.com/reviews/reviews.cgi?Page=Detail&Artist=MINIST&Post=464&Sort=PerformanceDate
accessdate = 2007-08-13 ] Jourgensen explained that when he played demos (presumably those which became "Apathy") for Wax Trax! co-owner Jim Nash, Nash replied, "No one's gonna play this, it's gonna take a thousand homo DJs to play this for anyone to buy it."

Trent Reznor's involvement

The nature of Trent Reznor's contribution to 1000 Homo DJs' records has been debated. What is certain is that Reznor recorded the original vocals for "Supernaut." This performance was not officially used because Reznor's label TVT Records refused to allow his appearance on the release. [cite news
last = Bains
first = Jon
title = Nine Inch Nails
publisher = "Convulsion"
url = http://www.obsolete.com/convulsion/interviews/convulse/1.5.html
accessdate = 2007-08-13 ] Reznor's version would ultimately be released as "Supernaut (Trent Reznor Vocal Version)" by TVT four years later on the retrospective "" after TVT's purchase of Wax Trax!.

Jourgensen's immediate response to TVT's ultimatum is uncertain. An oft-repeated story tells that instead of recording new vocals, Jourgensen merely ran Reznor's performance through a distortion effect to mask its identity. [cite web
title = Nine Inch Nails Biography
publisher = music.yahoo.com
url = http://music.yahoo.com/ar-259781-bio--Nine-Inch-Nails
accessdate = 2007-10-22
quote = TVT ordered Reznor's vocals removed from ["Supernaut"] , but Jourgensen actually just altered them slightly and said he'd re-recorded it.] [cite web
title = Ministry FAQ: 1000 Homo DJs
url = http://www.prongs.org/minfiles/faq/faq.html#1000
accessdate = 2007-10-22
quote = No matter what you hear, Trent sings on all the versions of Supernaut out there. … Al went back into the studios and just distorted Trent's vocals to confuse the lawyers, label and so on... ] According to this story, every WaxTrax! recording of "Supernaut" contains Reznor's vocals. However, a dissenting group claims this is an urban legend, and that Jourgensen did record new vocals for the EP—albeit in a similar style to Reznor's initial performance.

Statements made by both Reznor and Jourgensen seem to confirm the latter view. In a 1992 Prodigy post regarding "Supernaut," Reznor said,

[I] finally told Al to redo it without me. The version that Wax Trax put out is Al, the version on the NIN (bootleg, i might add) single is me. [cite web
title = Trent Reznor's Posts on Prodigy
publisher = The Nine Inch Nails Article Archive
url = http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=327
accessdate = 2007-11-07]

Reznor refers to the two-track "Suck" bootleg, which contains the recording of "Supernaut" that later appeared on "Black Box". Jourgensen made a similar statement in a 2003 interview. When asked whose vocals appear on "Supernaut," Jourgensen replied,

That would be me on the original, on WaxTrax! The later version released on TVT was Trent Reznor... then the remixed version had my vocals on it. [cite news
last = Warren
first = James
title = Ministry Interview: 20 Questions with Al Jourgensen
publisher = ministrymusic.org (official Ministry website) via Internet Archive
date = 2003-05-21
url = http://web.archive.org/web/20070313071503/http://www.ministrymusic.org/interviews/james.php4
accessdate = 2007-08-13 ]

referring to the WaxTrax! EP, "Black Box", and "Greatest Fits" versions, respectively. This corroborates that only the Trent Reznor Vocal Version contains Reznor's performance, and Jourgensen in fact sings on most versions of the song.

Discography

Releases

*"Apathy" (1988, 12" single)
*"Supernaut" (1990, 12" single, CD EP). CDEP includes the "Apathy" single.

Compilation appearances

*V/A - "" (1994).
**Contains "Supernaut (Trent Reznor Vocal Version)."
*V/A - "" (1994)."
*Ministry - "Greatest Fits" (2001).
**Contains remix of "Supernaut."
*Ministry - "Side Trax" (2004).

References

ee also

Revolting Cocks, Lard, Acid Horse, PTP, Pailhead