No More Mr. Nice Guy - Wes Craven's Shocker Soundtrack

The movie's "title song" was recorded by The Dudes of Wrath, which was composed of Kiss' Paul Stanley and producer Desmond Child both on vocals, Vivian Campbell and Guy Mann-Dude on guitars, Whitesnake's Rudy Sarzo on bass guitar, and Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee on drums. Also backing vocals by Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Kane Roberts.

I mean, for some people this may be all you need to know, but there may be some sleepers on here as well.

If you want to skip straight to the Shockdance, that's fine too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgBb0D-Cnlg

Maybe a safe choice, but an argument could be made...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvdaWLOIsK4

Campbell and Mann Dude in the same band...too powerful

A band so good, Michael Anthony and Kane Roberts are just on backing vocals. Apparently Kane acted in this as a forklift driver? I haven't seen the movie since it came out though. I'll have to rent it on Amazon I guess. Or maybe just read the book.

Literature

Shocker received a novelization.[citation needed]

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Oh fuck, that's huge.

someone should get blake butler to re-do this movie w/ the skull defekts

Voted for Megadeth, but one of these tracks has fuckin' Rambo on backing vocals.

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Aw man, the video got taken down! Here's another

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_i4ae_Q5ag

I'll try to post the individual songs in a little bit.

Dudes of Wrath - Shocker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9N2HJWAyiE

Iggy Pop - Love Transfusion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CORAZNyu2eo

Megadeth - No More Mr. Nice Guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvdaWLOIsK4

Bonfire - Sword and Stone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aohn0Tdlgs4

Saraya - Timeless Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWgcXLfdA8

Dudes of Wrath - Shock Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgBb0D-Cnlg

Dangerous Toys - Demon Bell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95gM3NAvIfA

Voodoo X - The Awakening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV_PEZpJ5cA

Dead On - Different Breed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B8_-s8G-HY

Dudes of Wrath - Shocker (Reprise)
Ok, this one wasn't available on its own, but someone combined both versions into one long youtube clip. Fast-forward to about 4:00 here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Nt91lGPWY

Oh, and heres a major oversight. Shock Dance is not just the Dudes of Wrath. The rapping is performed by Alice Cooper.

Stone cold monster of a man
Half Jack the Ripper and a pinch of Son of Sam
Gashes, slashes, he’s malicious and vicious
He’s a killing machine and he never does the dishes

I had forgotten that Voodoo X was a Jean Beauvoir affair.

https://heavyharmonies.com/bandpics/voodoox.jpg

Television was my mom and dad
The six o'clock news told me how to be bad
And when you're really bad the ratings go up
That's why this damn country's getting really corrupt, yeah!

" COME on boy. Take a ride in my Voltswagen."

no idea why come was in all caps there. zing?

I got my No More Mr Nice Guy picture disc signed by Mustaine and Dave Ellefson at the Record Shop in Kingston. Heady times.

Sweet!

Timothy Leary's in this movie too and also, according to the credits, Eugene Chadbourne as a guy in a bar. But I'd have to watch the movie again to pick him out and I'm not sure I'm going to do that.

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The movie's "title song" was recorded by The Dudes of Wrath, which was composed of Kiss' Paul Stanley NOPE

vote splitting between shocker and shocker (reprise)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ7I4c9sRRc

Oh, and heres a major oversight. Shock Dance is not just the Dudes of Wrath. The rapping is performed by Alice Cooper.

― how's life, Wednesday, March 7, 2018 5:52 AM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Alice Cooper with a little help from MC Mitch Pileggi!

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I had not actually watched a lot of X-Files in the 90s, but have been going through it slowly over the past couple months. Re-watched Shocker sometime around Halloween and I made the connection that this is the dude who played Assistant Director Skinner.

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/westwing/images/4/4f/MitchPileggi.jpg

Yup indeed. Finally saw it for the first time myself at a Halloween gathering this year, though I remember when it came out. Weird fucking film! (As one friend said, knowing that Wes was going through a divorce at the time puts a lot in context.)