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My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (often shortened to Thrill Kill Kult or TKK) is an American electronic industrial rock band originally based in Chicago and founded by Groovie Mann (born Frankie Nardiello) and Buzz McCoy (born Marston Daley). ...
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It was released in 1988 via
Wax Trax!
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The band's sound was initially an amalgam of heavy dance rhythms, ]horror film
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sampling, and quasi- Satanic imagery. Their early recordings were extremely popular in industrial
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dance clubs. A music video was released for the song, "...And This is What the Devil Does!", and appears on ''The Kult Kollection'' DVD. In 2004, the album was remastered and reissued with three bonus tracks, featuring two live tracks recorded on October 28, 1988, at The Riviera
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Critical reception
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'' wrote that "the dreary mix of electronic atmospherics, vaguely ominous chants, disco beats and B-movie samples aspires to sleaziness but never breaks (out in) a sweat."
Track listing
All tracks composed by Thrill Kill Kult and The Bomb Gang Girls
References
External links
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My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult albums
1988 debut albums
Wax Trax! Records albums