Z-Rock Hawaii

Z-Rock Hawaii
Studio album by
Z-Rock Hawaii
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1996 (1996-09-06)
Length52:02
LabelNipp Guitar
Ween chronology
12 Golden Country Greats
(1996) 		Z-Rock Hawaii
(1996) 		The Mollusk
(1997)
Boredoms chronology
Super Roots 6
(1996) 		Z-Rock Hawaii
(1996) 		Super Go!!!!!
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Jrawk(?) [2]

Z-Rock Hawaii is the name of the debut (and only) self-titled album by Z-Rock Hawaii, released in 1996. The supergroup features Gene Ween, Dean Ween and Claude Coleman Jr. of Ween collaborating with Yamantaka Eye, Seiichi Yamamoto, Yoshimi P-We, and Yoshikawa Toyohito of Boredoms.

History

In 1994, during the recording of Chocolate & Cheese, Gene Ween, Dean Ween and Claude Coleman Jr. of Ween collaborated with Japanese noise rock band Boredoms on a project released two years later as Z-Rock Hawaii. Melchiondo had become a big fan of Boredoms upon seeing them live in Philadelphia in 1993, calling them "the heaviest band [he] had ever seen since the Butthole Surfers".[3] Prior to that, Boredoms frontman Yamantaka Eye had released an album that heavily sampled Ween's The Pod.

There were plans for a second Z-Rock Hawaii album in 2001,[4][5] but as of 2024, no follow up has been released.

Track listing

  1. "Chuggin'"
  2. "Bad to the Bone" (George Thorogood and the Destroyers cover)
  3. "In the Garden"
  4. "Love like Cement"
  5. "Tuchus"
  6. "Piledriver"
  7. "I Get a Little Taste of You"
  8. "God in My Bed"
  9. "The Meadow"
  10. "Sunset over Osaka"
  11. "Hexagon" (bonus track)

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r276167
  2. ^ [1] Archived February 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Melchiondo, Mickey. "Boredoms/Z-Rock Hawaii". Ask Deaner. Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  4. ^ Billboard Staff. "Billboard Bits: 'Popstars,' GvB, Money Mark, Ween". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  5. ^ Hainey, Kevin. "Boredoms: The Art of Noise". Exclaim. Retrieved July 3, 2024.


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