Memoirs of a Pain Junkie

Memoirs of a Pain Junkie
Studio album by Betty X
Released	June 6, 2006
Recorded	Black Studios, Seattle, WA
Genre	Industrial Metal
Length	43:58
Label	Anti-Social Records

Memoirs of a Pain Junkie is the 3rd studio album by industrial metal artist Betty X. The album was released on June 06, 2006 through Anti-Social Records. It is also her heaviest and hardest-hitting material to date. Experimental vocalization from whispers to blood curdling banshee screams to industrial tinged metal riffs and machine gun riffs.

Track listing

1. "Necrotic" – 4:15
2. "Chainsaw" – 3:50
3. "Bloodworm" – 3:59
4. "Ultraviolence" – 2:17
5. "Shoot'em Up" – 3:04
6. "Bleed" – 3:25
7. "The Snake Pit" – 6:15
8. "Ossuary 13" – 1:43
9. "Pain Junkie" – 6:02

Concept

"Memoirs of a Pain Junkie" were based on Betty X's fictional auto-biography of the same title. Released in summer of 2006, the album features a new version of "Shoot 'em Up" remixed by Martin Atkins of Pigface and features Chris Siebold of Hate Dept on lead guitar. "The Snakepit" is a drug induced frenzy with demonic vocalization and screams in the vein of Diamanda Galas. The character in The "Snakepit" is loosely based on Homer's Odyssey and inspired the creation of a Medusa and Kali hybrid demon Mons Venus, who is a recurring lyrical character throughout songs in Betty X's lyrics. She is also mentioned in Nick Cave's song "More News From Nowhere" on his 2008 release "Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!." Mons Venus name is also rumored to be taken from the Latin term and the sleazy infamous strip club in Tampa, Florida.