Numero Group's "It Came From N.Y.C." — the quintessential resurrection of WHITE ZOMBIE's eternally out-of-print early EPs and LPs — will be made available on June 3. This set is the most exhaustive attempt so far to document the band's wondrously ugly birth. Get reintroduced to WHITE ZOMBIE as New York noise-rock, a grotesque creation that clawed and threatened its way to crossover metal glory. In anticipation of the release, WHITE ZOMBIE bassist Sean Yseult sat down with the Wall Street Journal to reflect on the old days of the band and share some unheard music. The interview covers everything from their influences, to how Yseult and Rob Zombie co-founded the band, how they scraped cash together to press their early records, and beyond. A newly unearthed WHITE ZOMBIE track recorded in 1986, titled "Scarecrow #2", can be streamed below. Years before Beavis and Butt-head headbanged "Thunder Kiss '65" and "More Human than Human" into the eternal rock video canon, there was primordial WHITE ZOMBIE — a diabolically loud by-product of Manhattan's underground rock scene, born of art-school rendezvous and squalid apartment circumstance. "It Came From N.Y.C." is the most exhaustive attempt so far to document the band's wondrously ugly birth. Get reintroduced to WHITE ZOMBIE as New York noise-rock, a grotesque creation that clawed and threatened its way to crossover metal glory. Spread across five LPs or three compact discs, all 39 tracks have been remastered by WHITE ZOMBIE guitarist J. Yuenger and packaged alongside the original lurid artwork. The accompanying 108-page book painstakingly documents WHITE ZOMBIE's punishing progression through scores of unpublished photos, period discography, a T-shirtography, and tales from the terrifying early years that stitch together the sordid story of a band whose true power eclipsed its mainstream heyday. "It Came From N.Y.C." package details: * 5LPs or 3 CDs * 108-page hardcover book * 20,000 word essay by Grayson Currin * Flyer gallery * Complete shirtography, 1985-1990 * 50 previously unpublished photographs * Available on black, white*, and Toxic Waste Green* vinyl *only available via Numero Group website "It Came From N.Y.C." track listing: "God's On Voodoo Moon" 7" - 1985 01. Gentleman Junkie 02. King Of Souls 03. Tales From The Scare Crow Man 04. Cat's Eye Resurrection 05. Black Friday* 06. Dead or Alive* "Pig Heaven" 7" - 1986 01. Pig Heaven 02. Slaughter The Grey 03. Scarecrow #2* 04. Red River Flow* 05. Rain Insane* 06. Paradise Fireball* "Psycho-Head Blowout" 12" EP - 1987 01. Eighty-Eight 02. Fast Jungle 03. Gun Crazy 04. Kick 05. Memphis 06. Magdalene 07. True Crime "Soul-Crusher" 12" LP - 1987 01. Ratmouth 02. Shack Of Hate 03. Drowning The Colossus 04. Crow III 05. Die Zombie Die 06. Skin 07. Truck On Fire 08. Future Shock 09. Scum Kill 10. Diamond Ass "Make Them Die Slowly" 12" LP - 1989 01. Demonspeed 02. Disaster Blaster 03. Murderworld 04. Revenge 05. Acid Flesh 06. Power Hungry 07. Godslayer "God Of Thunder" 12" EP - 1989 01. God Of Thunder 02. Love Razor 03. Disaster Blaster-2 *Previously unissued Pre-order here via Numero Group.
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