Revolting Cocks, also known as RevCo, are an American–Belgian industrial ro… Read Full Bio ↴Revolting Cocks, also known as RevCo, are an American–Belgian industrial rock band and sometime supergroup from Chicago, Illinois, United States that began as a musical side-project in 1985 for Richard 23 of Front 242, Luc Van Acker, and Al Jourgensen of Ministry.

The group was founded by Richard 23 and Luc Van Acker with Al Jourgensen as their producer. According to Jourgensen, the band got their name after a fight in a Chicago bar in 1983. Jourgensen, Richard 23 and Luc Van Acker celebrated the formation of the new band with a few drinks. The evening then ended up in a brawl, with bar stools being thrown through the establishment's windows. As he was throwing the trio out, the owner, a man Jourgensen recalls was named Dess, shouted, "I'm calling the police! You guys are a bunch of revolting cocks!" The trio subsequently decided to use the name for their band.

Their first release was No Devotion on Wax Trax! Records in 1985. The single was quickly followed by an album, Big Sexy Land (1986), featuring a mix of industrial, hard rock, and EBM with dominating sampling and strong synthesized beats.

Losing Richard 23 due to creative differences, the group's remaining two members were augmented by a rapidly changing set of musicians centered on Chris Connelly (Cocksure, Bells Into Machines, Murder Inc., and Damage Manual), Paul Barker (Ministry, Lead Into Gold, Flowering Blight, and Bells Into Machines), and Bill Rieflin (Ministry, Pigface, R.E.M., and King Crimson), with around twenty others as irregular contributors or guest artists.

The following live album, You Goddamned Son of a Bitch (1988), featured a return to Ministry-like industrial rock - the Big Sexy Land tracks embedded in shouting and noise. This trend continued on Beers, Steers, and Queers (1990), layering sample over sample and pushing ever further into distortion. Linger Ficken' Good (1993) was released by Sire Records and was a tamer affair, most tracks returning to the less layered material. Included was a cover of Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?," also released as a single. A tour was planned but cancelled, and the band quietly came to an end in 1994.

In 2004, Jourgensen and Phildo Owens (Skatenigs, Snow Black) revived the group. They released an album entitled Cocked and Loaded (2006). Caliente (Dark Entries), a cover of sorts of Dark Entries by Bauhaus, with vocalist Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers), was featured on the soundtrack to Saw II in 2005.

After assembling a touring line up to open for Ministry on the MasterBaTour of 2006, Jourgensen chose vocalist Josh Bradford (Stayte, Simple Shelter, V.H.S.), keyboardist Clayton Worbeck (Stayte, Simple Shelter), and guitarist Sin Quirin (Society 1, Ministry and ReVamp) as the new full-time members for the Revolting Cocks, now simply being called RevCo. The group recorded Sex-O Olympic-O and officially released the album on March 3, 2009. It was followed up by the last RevCo album Got Cock?, released on April 13, 2010.

In celebration of Wax Trax! Records, the "Wax Trax! Records Retrospectacle: 33 1/3 Year Anniversary" was held from April 15-17, 2011 at the Metro in Chicago, Illinois, United States. As a part of the lineup, Chris Connelly, Paul Barker and Luc Van Acker performed Revolting Cocks songs with various guests. For their performance on the 17th, Richard 23 joined them on stage to sing lead vocals on No Devotion.

In 2014, Chris Connelly and Jason Novak (Acumen Nation, DJ? Acucrack, Iron Lung Corp) formed Cocksure, a project that bridges the gap between Wax Trax! era industrial dance music and the future sounds of mass corruption. The project is very influenced by the early RevCo sound, and has been described as "where the Revolting Cocks left off in 1994."

Previous Members:
Al Jourgensen - production, programming, and various instruments (1985–1993, 2004–2010)
Luc Van Acker - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards (1985–1991, 2006)
Richard 23 - vocals, programming (1985–1986)
Bill Rieflin - drums, keyboards, programming (1986–1993)
Paul Barker - bass, keyboards, programming (1987–1993)
Chris Connelly - vocals, programming (1987–1993)
Phildo Owen - vocals, programming (1989–1991, 2004–2006)
Duane Buford - keyboards (1993)
Josh Bradford - vocals (2006–2010)
Sin Quirin - guitars, bass, keyboards (2006–2010)
Clayton Worbeck - keyboards, bass (2006–2010)

Live Lineups:
--------- 1987 ---------
Al Jourgensen - keyboards, vocals, guitar
Paul Barker - bass, keyboards
Luc Van Acker - guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards
Chris Connelly - vocals, keyboards
Bill Rieflin - drums

--------- 1988 ---------
Al Jourgensen - keyboards, vocals, guitar
Paul Barker - bass, keyboards
Luc Van Acker - guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards
Chris Connelly - vocals, keyboards
Bill Rieflin - drums
Nivek Ogre - vocals

--------- 1990 ---------
Al Jourgensen - guitar, backing vocals
Paul Barker - bass
Chris Connelly - vocals
Phildo Owen - vocals
Jeff Ward - drums
Mark Durante - guitar, backing vocals
Michael Balch - keyboards
Kevin "Doc" Sullivan - keyboards, backing vocals
Trent Reznor - vocals

--------- 1991 ---------
Al Jourgensen - guitar, backing vocals
Paul Barker - bass
Chris Connelly - vocals
Phildo Owen - vocals
Bill Rieflin - drums
Mark Durante - guitar, backing vocals
Michael Balch - keyboards
Luc Van Acker - vocals

--------- 2006 (Ministry's MasterBaTour) ---------
Al Jourgensen - guitar, backing vocals
Phildo Owen - vocals
Luc Van Acker - vocals
Josh Bradford - vocals
Sin Quirin - guitar
Clayton Worbeck - keyboards
Anna K - bass
Seven Antonopoulos - drums

--------- 2009 (Ministry's LubricaTour) ---------
Josh Bradford - vocals
Sin Quirin - guitar
Clayton Worbeck - keyboards, guitar
Murv Douglas - bass
Aaron Rossi - drums
Mike Scaccia - guitar (selected dates)
Al Jourgensen - guitar, backing vocals

--------- 2011 (Wax Trax! Retrospectacle - April 15-17) ---------
Luc Van Acker - vocals
Paul Barker - bass
Chris Connelly - vocals, keyboards
Duane Buford - keyboards
Jamie Duffy - guitar
Dan Brill - drums
Richard 23 - vocals

Discography:
1985 - No Devotion (single)
1986 - Big Sexy Land (LP)
1986 - You Often Forget (single)
1988 - You Goddamned Son of a Bitch (live)
1989 - Stainless Steel Providers (single)
1989 - (Let’s Get) Physical (single)
1990 - Beers, Steers, and Queers (LP)
1991 - Beers, Steers, and Queers (The Remixes) (single)
1993 - Linger Ficken' Good (LP)
1993 - Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? (single)
1994 - Crackin’ Up (single)
2006 - Cocked and Loaded (LP)
2007 - Cocktail Mixxx (remix)
2009 - Sex-O Olympic-O (LP)
2009 - Sex-O Mixxx-O (remix)
2010 - Got Cock? (LP)
2011 - Got Mixxx (remix)

Butcher Flower's Woman
Revolting Cocks Lyrics

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Butcher flower's woman
She did what she could
Nothing beyond
What a good girl would
Did you take the bait?
Oh, woman, did you take that bait?

When you fell like the butchered

Onto slabs wide open
Cut a fresh new life
All that pale blue broken
Did you choke on your fist?
Oh, woman, did you take that bait?

I made an appointment
Do you want to take her
Don't call it by name;
B.U.T.C.H.E.R.
Were you that impressed?
Oh, baby, that makes two of us

Did you make an appointment?
Were you that impressed?
Did you take what you needed
And kill the rest?

You ought to take a leaf
Out of daddy's book
All blood and petals
Hanging from a meat hook
'Cause she who breathes last
Or not at all
Hounding acrobats
With saber and tongs
Curse the bastard eyes

With a rag you stole
From a bleeding butcher boy's empty hole

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Butcher Flower's Woman by Revolting Cocks is a commentary on patriarchal society and the pressure put on women to conform to societal expectations of being a "good girl". The song is told from the perspective of a male protagonist who is questioning the woman's choices and actions. The opening stanza talks about the woman's limitations and how she has done nothing beyond what a "good girl would". The line "did you take the bait?" can be interpreted as the singer questioning if the woman has succumbed to societal pressure and taken the bait.

The chorus talks about the woman falling like the butchered onto slabs, which could be a metaphor for how women are metaphorically "butchered" by society's expectations. The line "did you choke on your fist?" could be suggesting that the woman has suffocated her own voice in order to conform. The second verse introduces the idea of an appointment, which could be interpreted as the woman submitting to societal expectations of fulfilling a certain role or job. The singer asks if the woman is impressed by this and "did she take what she needed and kill the rest?" - this could be implying that the woman has submitted to patriarchy in order to achieve her own goals, but at the cost of other women.

The final stanza has some of the most graphic language of the song, with references to blood, meat hooks, and a butcher boy's empty hole. It could be interpreted as a commentary on the violent nature of patriarchy and how it often leads to aggression and a lack of empathy towards women. Overall, Butcher Flower's Woman is a critique of society's expectations of women and how women often perpetuate these expectations onto themselves, leading to a cycle of oppression.

Line by Line Meaning

Butcher flower's woman
Female partner of Butcher Flower

She did what she could
She did her best

Nothing beyond
Only did what was expected

What a good girl would
As expected from a decent lady

Did you take the bait?
Did you fall into the trap?

Oh, woman, did you take that bait?
Did you fall for that trick, dear?

When you fell like the butchered
When you were slain like a cow for meat

Onto slabs wide open
Lying on the butcher's counter

Cut a fresh new life
Made a new start

All that pale blue broken
All the shattered, blue dreams

Did you choke on your fist?
Did you find it hard to digest?

Oh, woman, did you take that bait?
Did you fall for it again, dear?

I made an appointment
I scheduled a meeting

Do you want to take her
Do you want her to accompany you?

Don't call it by name;
Don't mention it directly;

B.U.T.C.H.E.R.
Use code words or spelling to discuss this topic

Were you that impressed?
Did you find it so impressive?

Oh, baby, that makes two of us
I share the same feeling, my dear

Did you make an appointment?
You also scheduled a meeting?

Were you that impressed?
You were amazed by it?

Did you take what you needed
Did you get what you wanted?

And kill the rest?
And left the others behind to suffer?

You ought to take a leaf
You should learn a lesson

Out of daddy's book
From your father's experience

All blood and petals
A gruesome and destructive scenario

Hanging from a meat hook
Attached to a butcher's hook

'Cause she who breathes last
As it is said that the one who dies last

Or not at all
Or living without compromise.

Hounding acrobats
Pursuing those who are wild and free

With saber and tongs
Using brutal tools for torture

Curse the bastard eyes
Cursing the eyes of the cursed

With a rag you stole
Using a cloth you stole

From a bleeding butcher boy's empty hole
From an empty and wounded butcher's basket

Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CHRISTOPHER CONNELLY, PAUL G. BARKER, ALLEN JOURGENSEN, WILLIAM RIEFFLIN, ROLAND BARKER

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