Worlock
Song by Skinny Puppy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Worlock is a single by the band Skinny Puppy from the album Rabies.[2] The song uses a sample of the guitars in "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles, as well as a vocal sample of Charles Manson singing the song.[3] Vocalist Nivek Ogre considered it one of the band's better songs.[4][5][6]
_cover.png)
| "Worlock" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
| Single by Skinny Puppy | ||||
| from the album Rabies | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1988–1989 | |||
| Studio | Vancouver Studios and Chicago Trax Studios | |||
| Genre | Electro-industrial | |||
| Length | 21:28 | |||
| Label | ||||
| Songwriter | Skinny Puppy | |||
| Producers | ||||
| Skinny Puppy singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Audio sample | ||||
A mispressed CD release exists that contained Sinéad O'Connor's "The Emperor's New Clothes."[2]
Music video
A video was created for this song that, in part, consisted of many graphic scenes from films, largely of the horror and giallo genres. The films used include: Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Deep Red, Suspiria, Dario Argento's World of Horror, Tenebrae, Combat Shock, Demons, Phenomena, Opera, The Beyond, Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Bad Taste, Dead & Buried, Luther The Geek, Maniac Cop, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Phantasm II, From Beyond, Re-Animator, Parents, Death Warmed Up, Hidden Crimes, Intruder, Dune, Eraserhead, and Altered States.[7]
The X-rated version opens with a transmission sound from Videodrome.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Worlock (Ed)" | 6:42 |
| 2. | "Worlock (LP mix)" | 5:00 |
| 3. | "Tin Omen 1" | 4:46 |
| 4. | "Brak Talk" | 5:00 |
| Total length: | 21:28 | |
Personnel
All credits adapted from liner notes.[8]
Skinny Puppy
- Nivek Ogre – vocals
- cEvin Key – synthesizers, programming, engineering, production
- Dwayne Goettel – synthesizers, programming, engineering, production, editing
Additional personnel
- Dave Ogilvie – production, editing
- Marc Ramaer – mixing (2, 3)
- Steven R. Gilmore – artwork