The Origin of the Feces is the second album by Brooklyn band Type O Negativ… Read Full Bio ↴The Origin of the Feces is the second album by Brooklyn band Type O Negative, which was released in 1992. The album was produced to sound as if it had been recorded at a live show by adding crowd noises, banter with the fictitious audience, and even a song stopping because the venue supposedly had a bomb threat called in. This was done to simulate some controversy the band had on tour in Europe for the Slow Deep and Hard tour. The band is well known among fans for weaving this type of dry humor into their often gloomy music.
Some of the songs are fresh arrangements of tracks that appeared previously on Slow, Deep and Hard. Many of the song names have been deliberately miswritten. The song "Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 x 10-8 cm-3 gm-1 sec-2 " is titled "Gravity", and the wry "Unsuccessfully Coping With The Natural Beauty of Infidelity" became "I Know You're Fucking Someone Else" from the chorus. This is likely a reference to constantly bad liner notes of typical bootleg live albums, and the way people expect song names to come from chorus lines.
This album also started the tradition of Type O Negative including cover songs stylized in their distinct gothic-doom sound. The album includes covers of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" (which also halfway through the song contains the main riff of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man"), and Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe", which has been adapted into "Hey Pete" for frontman Peter Steele.
The original cover of the album features a closeup of an anal sphincter, allegedly Steele's. This was changed to a green and black version of The Dance of Death. The album's title is an obvious pun and reference to Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
Track listing
All lyrics and music by Peter Steele, unless noted.
"I Know You're Fucking Someone Else" – 15:02
"Are You Afraid" – 2:13
"Gravity" – 7:13
"Pain" – 4:41
"Kill You Tonight" – 2:17
"Hey Pete" (music from Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe" with new lyrics) – 5:10
"Kill You Tonight (Reprise)" – 7:08
"Paranoid" (Black Sabbath Cover) - 7:20 (Did not appear on the original pressing of the album. Was added when the album was repressed with a different cover.)
Credits
Peter Steele – Lead Vocals & Bass
Josh Silver – Keyboards, Vocals
Kenny Hickey – Guitars, Vocals
Sal Abruscato – Drums
Johnny Kelly – Drums (On "Paranoid")
Some of the songs are fresh arrangements of tracks that appeared previously on Slow, Deep and Hard. Many of the song names have been deliberately miswritten. The song "Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 x 10-8 cm-3 gm-1 sec-2 " is titled "Gravity", and the wry "Unsuccessfully Coping With The Natural Beauty of Infidelity" became "I Know You're Fucking Someone Else" from the chorus. This is likely a reference to constantly bad liner notes of typical bootleg live albums, and the way people expect song names to come from chorus lines.
This album also started the tradition of Type O Negative including cover songs stylized in their distinct gothic-doom sound. The album includes covers of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" (which also halfway through the song contains the main riff of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man"), and Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe", which has been adapted into "Hey Pete" for frontman Peter Steele.
The original cover of the album features a closeup of an anal sphincter, allegedly Steele's. This was changed to a green and black version of The Dance of Death. The album's title is an obvious pun and reference to Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
Track listing
All lyrics and music by Peter Steele, unless noted.
"I Know You're Fucking Someone Else" – 15:02
"Are You Afraid" – 2:13
"Gravity" – 7:13
"Pain" – 4:41
"Kill You Tonight" – 2:17
"Hey Pete" (music from Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe" with new lyrics) – 5:10
"Kill You Tonight (Reprise)" – 7:08
"Paranoid" (Black Sabbath Cover) - 7:20 (Did not appear on the original pressing of the album. Was added when the album was repressed with a different cover.)
Credits
Peter Steele – Lead Vocals & Bass
Josh Silver – Keyboards, Vocals
Kenny Hickey – Guitars, Vocals
Sal Abruscato – Drums
Johnny Kelly – Drums (On "Paranoid")
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The Origin of the Feces
Type O Negative Lyrics
Are You Afraid Are you afraid, afraid to die Don't be afraid, afraid to…
Gravity 1, 2, 3, 4 - I don't want to live…
Hey Pete Hey Peter, where are you going with that axe in…
I Know You're Fucking Someone Else Trust and you'll be trusted Says the liar to the fool Lust…
Kill You Tonight Hatred obsessing me Hatred possessing me Anger burning me An…
Pain Agony and ecstacy Your cries of pain my pleasure To know my…
Paranoid Finished with my woman she couldn't help me with my mind Peo…