Powerman 5000 Tonight The Stars Revolt! CD

POWERMAN 5000 is an agreeably cartoonish metal/rap hybrid, distinguished by sci-fi and superhero imagery and lead singer Spider One's hilariously over-the-top declamations. Any similarity to White Zombie is totally intentional; in fact, Rob Zombie himself shows up on the aptly named "Blast Off to Nowhere." Other highlights include "When Worlds Collide" and "Nobody's Real," which have rather canny big chorus sing-along hooks, and don't miss a cover of The Cars' "Good Times Roll" that totally out-sinisters the original. Bottom line: exactly the kind of album Beavis and Butt-Head would have killed for.

Producers: Powerman 5000, Sylvia Massy, Ulrich Wild.

Personnel: Adam ?, M (guitar); Ginger Fish (piano); Al (drums); Statik, Statik Humphery, Marc LaCorte, Scott Humphrey (programming); DJ Lethal (turntables).

Audio Mixers: Frank Gryner; Scott Humphrey; Ulrich Wild.

Recording information: Sound City; Sunset Studios; The Chop Shop & Music Rinder.

Photographer: Chapman Baehler.

Powerman 5000: Spider One (vocals); Adam 12, M.33 (guitar); Dorian 27 (bass); Al 3 (drums).

Additional personnel: Rob Zombie, DJ Lethal, Ginger Fish.

CMJ (7/19/99, p.3) - "...tighter than a barbed wire noose wrapped around your neck....[TONIGHT] relies on sci-fi imagery and memorable hooks that are sharp enough to catch more than a few big, heavy fish."