zillatron.jpg (19132 octets) Lord Of The Harvest (Zillatron: 1994)

1. C.B.I. Files    [1:57]
2. Bugg Lite    [4:22]
3. Fuzz Face    [7:56]
4. Exterminate    [2:38]
5. Smell the Secrets    [3:02]
6. Count Zero    [5:57]
7. Bootsy and the Beast    [5:12]
8. No Fly Zone (The Devils Playground)    [6:57]
9. The Passion Continues    [5:04]

This is part of the Rykodisc Black Arc series.

Rolling Stone (10/20/94, p.147) - "...this latest Collins-Laswell collaboration drop-kicks you into oblivion with an arsenal of styles, moving samples, answering-machine messages and playful esoterica..."

Bootsy's new alter-ego "Zillatron" plays avant-garde rock, ambient, free noise, God knows what all. The liner notes include a warning saying "This record is silly," but actually there's serious social commentary buried in all that noise. I wouldn't say it's the future of rock, but check it out, if you have the nerve: it's a look down a road that'll probably never be travelled. (DBW)

Personnel: Zillatron a.k.a. Bootsy Collins (bass, vocals, samples, percussion), Debra Barsha, Kristen Gray, Momma Collins, Brenda Holloway, Patti Willis (background vocals).
Engineers: Robert Musso, Oz Fritz, Bootsy Collins (all tracks).
Principally recorded at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, New York. Includes liner notes by Umar Bin Hassan.
All songs written or co-written by Bootsy Collins and/or Bill Laswell.