ZODIAC MINDWARP AND THE LOVE REACTION: Tattooed Beat Messiah LP sleazy hard rock check Video!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction play a sleazy style of commercial hard rock featuring big riffs and choruses, as was the trend in the band’s heyday of the mid-to-late 80s and early 90s. The highly camp lyrics are intended as self-parody, and can be seen as either humorous by those who "get the joke", or offensive by those who take them at face value, for their often lascivious and misogynist tone. Song titles like "Back Seat Education", "Feed My Frankenstein", "High Heeled Heaven", and "Trash Madonna" illustrate Mindwarp's tongue-in-cheek approach. Lyrical content also exhibits a send up of cult worship, often of Zodiac Mindwarp's self-proclaimed raging libido, with the frontman claiming the titles, sex fuhrer, love dictator, and high priest of love. Songs such as "Holy Gasoline", "President of the United States of Love", "Messianic Reprise", and "Elvis Died for You" are similarly inclined. Although often overlooked, Zodiac has written songs such as Hoodlum Thunder, from the album of the same name, that offer a scathing take on the then-current political actions of western powers, particularly commenting on war and imperalism.
The act produced a UK Singles Chart Top 20 hit with the breakthrough record "Prime Mover", a song that was inspired musically by Hawkwind's 1977 track "Quark, Strangeness and Charm", itself heavily inspired by the German group NEU!
They toured the US supporting Alice Cooper and Guns 'n Roses on dozens of dates in 1988. After a few gigs, they were moved up to the middle of the bill between Alice and Guns 'n' Roses. Cobalt, Slam and Flash were also featured in the film "Decline of Western Civilization 2" performing with Slash, Axl and Alice Cooper, in an encore from this tour featuring Alice's hit "Under My Wheels".

. Cuts like "Tattooed Beat Messiah," "Prime Mover," "Planet Girl" www.youtube.com/watch?v=knpTEy9-VIo
"Let's Break the Law," and "Driving on Holy Gasoline" -- as well as a cool cover of "Born to Be Wild" -- rev up the engines, and it's a sleazy greasy ride into guitar riff oblivion

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sleazy,sexy,sumptuous ... bloody marvellous!,
My goodness! From afar did I worship at the temple of Mr. Manning & his crazy friends. You will not be disappointed by this cacophony of rock, screeching guitars & double-entendre lyrics. It surely is a must for people with ears. (But not of nervous disposition!) For extra insight into his world, read the books. (Not on a full stomach!) WOW!

1. Prime Mover
2. Skull Spark Joker
3. Back Seat Education
4. Bad Girl City
5. Untamed Stare
6. Tattooed Beat Messiah
7. Let's Break The Law
8. Spasm Gang
9. Driving On Holy Gasoline
10. Planet Girl
11. Kid's Stuff
12. Messianic Reprise