1000 Homo DJ's /Industrial/

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Origin of name
In a 2004 interview (pollstar.com), Jorgensen 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."

There are two different stories as to how this side-project came about... one is said that it was created through Al's distate of a poor mix of a Revolting Cocks song. Another was through his worry that the final mixes from THE LAND OF RAPE & HONEY would never see the light of day. Whichever story, thus was born that Jim Nash, co-founder of WaxTrax!, confided to him that "a thousand homo DJs would hear it!"
The project was later resurrected to release some tracks from the Mins Is A Terrible Thing To Taste period.

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, but possibly Paul Barker or Martin Atkins
  * Ike Krull: Mike Scaccia
  * Wee Willie Reefer: William Rieflin
  * Viva Nova: likely Pamela Manning (stage name Viva Nova), but often claimed as Patty Jourgensen
  * Count Ringworm: Jello Biafra

Trent Reznor's possible contribution to "Supernaut" (see below) is uncredited. However, many speculate that the Temple of Drool Choir credited on Supernaut's b-side, "Hey Asshole", refers to Reznor because of the parenthetical qualifier, "You Know Who You Are" (cf. track 5 on Head Like a Hole).




1000 Homo DJ's - Supernaut) (EP 12") -1990 Wax Trax Records
1. Supernaut (Black Sabbath Cover)
2. Hey Asshole
3. Apathy
4. Better Ways

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While the original B-side of this 12" single, "Hey Asshole," isn't exactly much — consisting of little more than a shouted loop of the song title and a crunching rhythm as background for an extended rant by a character playing, indeed, an asshole of a cop — the title track is something else again, one of Al Jourgensen's best efforts at creating completely over-the-top industrial death disco. While it doesn't do much in the way of reinterpreting the original Black Sabbath number — no lyric changes, same basic pace — the amped-up guitars, huge drum fills, dancefloor-oriented pounding, and distorted lyrical screaming (originally done by Trent Reznor, supposedly rerecorded by Jourgensen after problems with Reznor's then-record company, but later revealed to have apparently been Reznor's original vocal with slight changes) turn it into a massive, exhilarating crunch. The CD version adds the tracks from an earlier single: the industrial-by-numbers fuzz of "Apathy" and the similarly nondescript "Better Ways." — Ned Raggett





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 [6]. Reznor's version would ultimately be officially released by TVT Records on the Black Box retrospective of Wax Trax! Records, released in 1994 after TVT's purchase of Wax Trax!.

Jourgensen's immediate response to TVT's ultimatum is uncertain. An oft-quoted story is that instead of recording new vocals, Jourgensen merely ran Reznor's performance through a distortion effect to mask its identity (Ministry FAQ, yahoo.com NIN bio). According to this version, every recording of the song contains Reznor's vocals. However, a dissenting group claims this is an urban legend.

Although the vocal on the released version is very similar to Reznor's vocal style, the dissenters claim that the inflection and accent of the voice is that of Al Jourgensen. Jourgensen seems to confirm this view 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 (12") remixed version had my vocals on it." This corroborates that Reznor's vocals only appear on the Black Box set (i.e. "[t]he later version released on TVT") and Jourgensen in fact sings on most versions of the song. The TVT released track with Reznor's vocal has a similar vocal quality but a slightly different approach to the melody than Jourgensen's version. It is possible he intentionally mimicked aspects of Reznor's performance.

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http://www.nodevotion.com/ohdjs/
http://www.prongs.org/ministry/homo