Here is the soundtrack to the universally maligned 2nd sequel to Tobe Hoopers 1974 classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre, "Leatherface - Texas Chainsaw Massacre III". This movie tanked at the box office when it came out, mostly due to the lackeys at New Line Cinema heavily editing this movie because it was "too violent". In the words of Chas Balun, it's supposed to be a fuckin' massacre, not a picnic! Anyways, this movie deserves to be seen, as it is WAY better than these jackshit remakes they've been doing. The script for this was by splatterpunk author David Schow, writer of "The Kill Riff" and the great short story "Jerry's Kids Meet Wormboy" from the excellent zombie anthology "Book Of The Dead", also the screenwriter for "The Crow" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning"(which I confess to not having seen, even though I am a fan of Schow, not a fan of remakes). It was directed by Jeff Burr, who also did the under-seen and under-appreciated Vincent Price movie "The Offspring". And did I mention it stars Ken Foree (Dawn Of The Dead, From Beyond, Devil's Rejects) and a young Viggo Mortenson (Lord Of The Rings, A History Of Violence)?
Anyways, back to Leatherface and this soundtrack. I searched high and low for this and could never find it until now. It is predominantly a metal soundtrack, featuring tracks from Laaz Rockit, Sacred Reich, Wasted Youth (L.A.'s Wasted Youth?), Death Angel, and more.
Thank you for mentioning "Jerry's Kids meet Wormboy", that might have been one of the greatest things I have ever read.
ReplyDeleteYeah, David Schow is a great writer. If you ever get a chance to find any issues of Midnight Graffitti he usually has some fiction in there also, and the "Silver Scream" anthology he edited is awesome too.
ReplyDeleteThe Wasted Youth here is the same LA's Wasted Youth. Well, it's mostly different members, but they're the same "band". This was the final incarnation of the band, and featured future Danzig and QOTSA drummer Joey Castillo, and future Velvet Revolver guitarist Dave Kushner, though I think he was on bass. Their last album, Black Daze is surprisingly good. It sounds like a rougher, slightly heavier version of early LA Guns. And I mean that in a good way! I posted it on my blog a while back, but the link might be expired by now. I can re-up it for you if you're interested, though.
ReplyDeleteawesome, thanks for clearing that up!
ReplyDeleteNo problem!
ReplyDeleteWow!!! I searched all the mp3 retailers for this and even considered paying too much for a used copy of the disc. I was in the process of ripping my old tape copy of the album to my computer and just looking for a copy of the album artwork for tagging purposes when I stumbled on to your site. Thank you so much for uploading this.
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