Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction - Tattooed Beat Messiah (Reissue, Remastered) (1988/2007)

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Title: Tattooed Beat Messiah
Year Of Release: 1988/2007
Label: Rock Candy
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Glam
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks)
Total Time: 01:05:33
Total Size: 160/509 Mb
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Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction - Tattooed Beat Messiah (Reissue, Remastered) (1988/2007)


Tracklist:

01. Prime Mover
02. Skull Spark Joker
03. Backseat Education
04. Bad Girl City
05. Untamed Stare
06. Tattooed Beat Messiah
07. Let's Break The Law
08. Spasm Gang
09. Driving On Holy Gasoline
10. Planet Girl
11. Kid's Stuff
12. Messianic Reprise

Bonus Tracks:
13. Laughing In The Face Of Death
14. Hangover From Hell
15. Mess With The Killer
16. Whore Of Babylon
17. Lager Woman From Hell
18. Messin' With My Best Friend's Girl
19. Dog Face Driver
20. Born To Be Wild
21. Go Go Baby Dream Show

Line-up:
Bass – Thrash D Garbage
Design – Jo Cole
Drums – Slam Thunderhide
Guitar – Cobalt Stargazer
Rhythm Guitar – Flash Bastard
Vocals, Guitar – Zodiac Mindwarp

Some rockers know from a very young age that their calling in life is to ride in limos and play to arenas full of Bic-wielding fans. For Zodiac Mindwarp, it was a calling that occurred later in life. Working as a graphic artist and editor at the British publication Flexipop, Mark Manning assumed the alter ego Zodiac Mindwarp, and set out to experience the fabled "rock & roll lifestyle" firsthand. Forming Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction in the mid-'80s, the singer has subsequently enlisted the aid of musicians with extremely colorful names over the years -- Cobalt Stargazer, Slam Thunderhide, Evil Bastard, Flash Bastard, and Trash D Garbage are but a few who have served in the Love Reaction ranks.

Appetite for Destruction Releasing several singles/EPs during 1986 and 1987 ("Wild Child," "High Priest of Love," "Prime Mover," and "Back Seat Education"), the group issued its self-titled full-length debut in early 1988. Reaching the U.K. Top 20 album chart, the album also managed to cause a mild buzz in the U.S., as Zodiac Mindwarp supported the release with dates opening for Guns N' Roses (who were just about to break big with Appetite for Destruction). The album did leave a substantial impression on shock rock trailblazer Alice Cooper, who was quite vocal about his appreciation of the band in interviews, and even enlisted Mindwarp himself to co-pen a track ("Feed My Frankenstein") on Cooper's 1991 star-studded release, Hey Stoopid.
Let It Bee It appeared that a promising future lay ahead for Zodiac Mindwarp, but the group appeared to completely fade away into obscurity, although it did manage to release a few more low-key releases in the '90s -- 1991's Hoodlum Thunder, 1993's Live at Reading, and 1994's One More Knife. Additionally, Mindwarp co-penned a track for the group Voice of the Beehive ("There's a Barbarian in the Back of My Car" on 1988's Let It Bee) and sang on the track "Fire Engine Red" on the Grid's 1992 album, 4,5,6. Mindwarp has also penned books -- both in collaboration with Bill Drummond and on his own. Despite such a long layoff between albums, Zodiac Mindwarp returned in the early 21st century with a pair of studio efforts, 2002's I Am Rock and 2005's Rock Savage, as well as the 2004 concert release Weapons of Mass Destruction.