1000 Homo DJs

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox musical artist 1000 Homo DJs was a side project of American industrial rock band Ministry. The project released two singles, one of which featured a cover of Black Sabbath's "Supernaut".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1000 Homo DJs began as a side project to release outtakes from Ministry's The Land of Rape and Honey. The credits read "Another Luxa/Pan Production", which was the production pseudonym for Ministry members Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker.<ref name="Goldmine '93">Template:Cite magazine</ref>Template:Rp

Origin of name

Two different stories explaining the band's name have circulated, both involving Jourgensen and Wax Trax! Records executive Jim Nash.

In the notes for the 1994 box set Black Box, a story is related that Jourgensen disapproved of an unauthorized dance remix of the song "We Shall Cleanse the World" from Revolting Cocks' debut album Big Sexy Land. Nash jokingly comforted Jourgensen, saying the remix would only be heard by "a thousand homo DJs".<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

In a 2004 interview,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Jourgensen explained that he played some demo recordings for Nash, who disliked the music and stated: "No one's gonna buy this. It'll take one thousand homo DJs to play this for one person to buy it."

Members

The members of 1000 Homo DJs were identified by pseudonyms in the CD liner notes. However, most of their identities are fairly certain.

Trent Reznor's involvement

The nature of Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor's contribution to 1000 Homo DJs' records has been debated. What is certain is that Reznor recorded the original vocals for "Supernaut". This performance was not officially used because Reznor's label, TVT Records, refused to allow his appearance on the release.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Reznor's version would ultimately be released as "Supernaut (Trent Reznor Vocal Version)" by TVT four years later on the retrospective Black Box - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years, following TVT's purchase of Wax Trax!.

Jourgensen's immediate response to TVT's ultimatum is uncertain. An oft-repeated story tells that instead of recording new vocals, Jourgensen merely ran Reznor's performance through a distortion effect to mask its identity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> According to this story, every WaxTrax! recording of "Supernaut" contains Reznor's vocals. However, a dissenting group claims this is an urban legend, and that Jourgensen did record new vocals for the EP—albeit in a similar style to Reznor's initial performance. Statements made by both Reznor and Jourgensen seem to confirm the latter view. In a 1992 Prodigy post regarding "Supernaut", Reznor said,

[I] finally told Al to redo it without me. The version that Wax Trax put out is Al, the version on the NIN Template:Bracket single is me.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Reznor referred to the two-track Suck bootleg, which contained the recording of "Supernaut" that later appeared on Black Box. Jourgensen made a similar statement in a 2003 interview. When asked whose vocals appear on "Supernaut", Jourgensen replied, referring to the WaxTrax! EP, Black Box, and Greatest Fits versions, respectively (and corroborating that only the "Trent Reznor Vocal Version" contained Reznor's performance, and that Jourgensen in fact sang on most versions of the song):

That would be me on the original, on WaxTrax! The later version released on TVT was Trent Reznor... then the remixed version had my vocals on it.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Discography

Singles

Compilation appearances

References

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