''Cocked and Loaded'' is an LP released February 14, 2006 by the

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Track listing

Promo and Europe

Retail

Personnel

All track numbers refer to the retail version.

Revolting Cocks

* Alien Jourgensen -

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(1, 5, 11),

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(1, 4-11), bass (1, 3-7, 9-11),

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(1, 2, 5-7, 9-11), chorus guitar, chorus bass & percussion (2),

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(3-7, 9, 10),

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...

(4, 6),

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

(4),

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(5, 6),

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(6, 7, 10), programming (8),

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(9),

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, mixing *

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- vocals (1-3, 11), background vocals (1, 11) *

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- vocals (6, 10) *

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- surf guitar (5), second slide guitar lead (6), guitar & "

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" vocals (11) *Phildo Owen -

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(2), vocals (4), background vocals (4, 6, 9, 10),

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" &

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(9), "noises" (10) *Stevie Banch - chorus vocals (2), vocals (5, 7-9), background vocals (5, 7, 9), lead & rhythm guitar (7, 8), bass & drum programming (8) *Mark Baker - drums (1, 3, 4, 9, 11), background vocals (3, 4)

Additional Cocks

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- lead guitar (4), first slide guitar lead (6) *

Robin Zander Robin Wayne Zander (born January 23, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Cheap Trick, but is also a solo artist. Zander was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 as a ...

- background vocals (7) *David Garza -

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(4) *

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- verse guitar & verse bass (2), guitar (3), wah guitar (4), "sample" guitar (10) *Darrel James - programming, background vocals

Revolting Pussies

*Mackey Apple - background vocals (2, 11) *Aretha Jay - gospel vocals (2), background vocals *Lady Monster - background vocals, spoken word (11) *Marla Manning - background vocals *Vanessa Martinez - background vocals *Nadja Plagens - background vocals *Carolina Rhodes - background vocals *Maureen Miller - background vocals

Strap-on Cox

*Marco A. Ramirez - background vocals,

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*Chuy Flores - background vocals *Rene Garza - background vocals *Robert Manning - background vocals *Austin Rhodes - background vocals *Hector Saenz - background vocals *Bobby Torres - background vocals, assistant engineer *Gil Elguezabal - background vocals, assistant engineer *Ron Bissell - background vocals *Jesus Reyes - background vocals

Additional personnel

*"Earth, Wind & Satan" - horns (2, 11) *"The Hell Paso Texass Symphony Orchestra" - backing vocals (11) *Justin Leeah - engineer *Dave Donnelly - mastering *Lawton Outlaw - artwork design & layout

Additional information

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, with vocalist

, was featured on the

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to ''

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'' in 2005. A new track, "RevColution Medley", has displaced "Fire Engine" as the first track from the promo on the album, moving it to track 5. Oddly enough, the same two members of

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also appear on ''

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'' by

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. The song "Revolting Cock au Lait" (appeared in the Retail Version of the album) is a mishmash of many songs considered hard rock classics. The intro uses the sampled "stomp-clap" from

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" and in the middle there is a simultaneous mashup parodying both the chorus from

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" and

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's "Immigrant Song", alluding topics like

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("We don't need some masturbation... aaaaah... Go fuck yourself! We don't need no cock control... aaaah... You fuck yourself!") and

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s ("Preachers... Leave those kids alone!"). At one point a transposed version of the guitar solo from Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" can be heard. Also, the melody used for this song (chords and compases) are based on

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". "RevColution Medley" is a shorter version of "Revolting Cock au Lait", before the parody of this

song.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cocked And Loaded 2006 albums Revolting Cocks albums Albums produced by Al Jourgensen Albums recorded at Sonic Ranch