Body Count's Body Count

Ben Apatoff

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781501389078
• eBook ISBN: 9781501389085
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music

On Ice-T's 1991 classic O.G. Original Gangster, he introduced his all-Black hardcore band Body Count with lead guitarist Ernie C, bringing them on the first-ever Lollapalooza tour that summer. The next year, Body Count's self-titled debut album, rounded out by rhythm guitarist D-Roc the Executioner, bassist Mooseman, and drummer Beatmaster V, made them the most incendiary band in the world, confronting white supremacy and police brutality with pulverizing songs that shattered musical boundaries. Body Count 's rage and shock humor sparked nationwide protests and boycotts, including death threats, censure from the federal government, a spot on the FBI National Threat list, and a denunciation by the President of the United States. The album was removed from stores and remains banned to this day, but decades later Body Count are performing to their
biggest audiences and greatest acclaim, pulling off one of the most remarkable comebacks in punk or metal history. Drawn from years of research and dozens of new interviews, this is the story of a band of high school friends who revolutionized modern music, brought explosive live performances, and raised questions America's lawmakers didn't want to answer, overcoming some of the country's most powerful forces to reshape the world's cultural conversation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Dedication
• Title
• Contents
• 1 “Did you make ‘em pay?”
• 2 “You don’t wanna die there.”
• 3 “Who let ‘em in the club?”
• 4 “On with the Body Count.”
• 5 “There goes the neighborhood.”
• 6 “We’re here.”
• 7 “Body Count’s in the house.”
• 8 “Stop the car right here.”
• 9 “The tension mounts.”
• 10 “Just watch what you say.”
• 11 “You’ll be six feet underground.”
• 12 “But tonight we get even.”
• 13 “Body Count, motherfucker.”
• Body Count
• Selected Bibliography
• Copyright