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3 | ->''"It's a Revco World, today."''\ |
4 | -- '''Linger Ficken' Good''' |
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6 | ''Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible and Fried: My Life As a Revolting Cock'' is, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Chris Connelly's memoir of his time as a member of the Revolting Cocks]] in the late 1980s and early 1990s. |
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8 | The book begins in 1985, when Connelly is first introduced to [[Music/{{Ministry}} Al Jourgensen]] and is invited to join the Revolting Cocks. Much [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]] and [[IntoxicationEnsues intoxication ensue]]. |
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11 | !!Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible and Troped: |
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13 | * AddledAddict: By 1992, Al has become one, having previously been a FunctionalAddict. |
14 | * AffectionateNickname: Grumpy and Party, for Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder of Music/CabaretVoltaire respectively. |
15 | ** Chris is dubbed "Pinky" by Al because of the way his face turns pink when he laughs too hard. |
16 | * AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Indeed. [[SerialEscalation It gets worse as you go.]] |
17 | * AllDrummersAreAnimals: Averted -- Bill Rieflin is actually one of the saner Cocks and as belligerent as Martin Atkins gets, he doesn't fit the stereotype, either. |
18 | * AllThereInTheManual: Working knowledge of PostPunk, {{Industrial}} and IndustrialMetal musicians is pretty much required reading for this book to make any sense. [[MindScrew And even that might not be enough]]. |
19 | * TheAllegedCar: Paul Barker's van, Icky. |
20 | * BadBoss: Al can be a ''big'' one, at times. |
21 | * [[BeleagueredAssistant Beleaguered Assistants]]: |
22 | ** Whether Paul Barker and Bill Rieflin count as this to Al or as the [[HyperCompetentSidekick Hyper-Competent Sidekicks]] depends on who you ask. |
23 | ** Sean Joyce during two Ministry and Revolting Cocks tours, especially toward Martin Atkins. |
24 | * BigFun: The always good-natured Luc van Acker. |
25 | * BittersweetEnding: Moreso than a DownerEnding because of the tiny HopeSpot. |
26 | * BoisterousBruiser: Al Jourgensen, most prominently, who is also most definitely HotBlooded. |
27 | * BrutalHonesty: Music/SteveAlbini's specialty. |
28 | * BullyingADragon: Phildo Owen's decision to provoke truckers over the CB radio. |
29 | * ButtMonkey: Reid Hyams, owner of the Trax recording studio. |
30 | ** By coincidence, an awful lot of bad things also happen to Mark Durante: he gets arrested in Houston for throwing a rock at a police car and gets left behind on tour by accident. |
31 | * CerebusSyndrome: About halfway through the book, this kicks-in as drug addiction and personality conflicts start to drive everyone apart. It reaches an apex around 1993, around the time that Jeff Ward killed himself. |
32 | * UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}: Home of [=WaxTrax=] |
33 | * CloudCuckoolander: Virtually everyone to a greater or lesser degree. For instance: |
34 | ** Paul and Bill are both found of trading non-sequiturs back and forth. Both are odd, but still fairly level-headed. |
35 | * ClusterFBomb: Too many to name. |
36 | * TheComicallySerious: Richard "23" Jonckheere, by virtue of his SmallNameBigEgo behavior. |
37 | * DeadpanSnarker: Steve Albini and Jim Nash. |
38 | * DisgustingPublicToilet: It wouldn't be a road story without one. |
39 | * TheDitz: Terry Bones, El Duce, and most of Phildo's friends. |
40 | --> "[Terry was] perhaps one rung up the genetic ladder from a garden fence." |
41 | * DreadfulMusician: The Mentors, a band toured with the Revolting Cocks in 1990 and were fronted by the [[TheDitz incredibly stupid]] El Duce. |
42 | * DrivenToSuicide: Jeff Ward and William Tucker, as well as one of Chris' girlfriends, Tracey. |
43 | * [[invoked]]DudeNotFunny: Connelly's reaction to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocked_and_Loaded Cocked and Loaded]]'s numerous off-color jokes. |
44 | * {{Eagleland}}: Connelly is from UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} and his portrayal of the United States falls into Type III. |
45 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: It's to be expected: Al, Ogre, Chris, Tucker, Mike Scaccia, Mark Durante, Michael Balch, Trent Reznor... Actually, on second thought, it would probably be easier to list the people who ''aren't'' Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunettes. |
46 | * TheEighties: Setting of the first 1/3 of the book |
47 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The female bassist on the second Pigface tour is simply known as "the female bass player." |
48 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Al is Choleric, Paul is Sanguine, Bill is Melancholic, Chris is Phlegmatic. |
49 | * FreudianTrio: Al is TheMcCoy, Paul is TheKirk, Bill is TheSpock. |
50 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: The female bassist on the second Pigface tour. |
51 | ** Also, Terry Bones for, among other things, sexually assaulting a fan and nearly getting everyone arrested and picking fights with other band members for no particular reason. |
52 | * FunetikAksent: |
53 | --> "We had no toime to seenk about it!!!" |
54 | --> "VOT EES THEES I AM HEARIIIING??!!!!" [[Music/{{KMFDM}} Sascha]] roared down the length of the bus. |
55 | * GentleGiant: Jolly, the nearly 7 foot foot tour manager on the Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste Tour. Paul Barker, as well, who is 6'4". |
56 | * GenderBlenderName: Mary Byker |
57 | * GoingColdTurkey: Averted--Al apparently tries once, and it doesn't work out so well. Justified, as he was withdrawing from heroin. |
58 | * GonzoJournalism: Possibly unintentional, but yes. |
59 | * {{Goth}}: Quite a few of them, both of the [[PerkyGoth Perky]] and Gloomy variety. |
60 | * HairTriggerTemper: Al has a tendency to fly into a rage at the slightest provocation. |
61 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: [[Music/SkinnyPuppy Nivek Ogre]], [[Music/DeadKennedys Jello Biafra]], and [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] are the most obvious examples, though the same could be said for pretty much everyone in the book. |
62 | * IndustrialMetal: Duh. |
63 | * IntrepidReporter: Jason Pettigrew of the Alternative Press who accompanied the Revolting Cocks on a tour. |
64 | * IsItAlwaysLikeThis: There's no better example than Chris' second visit to the United States, when he comes in to find Al wearing a [[HornyVikings Viking helmet]], sitting on a rowing machine and cussing someone out over the phone. |
65 | %%* {{Jerkass}} |
66 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Music/SteveAlbini, though he'd probably resent not being given full {{Jerkass}} status. |
67 | * {{Keet}}: Mary Byker |
68 | --> Mary Byker was like an excited puppy and scuttled around the place endearing himself to everyone. |
69 | * LargeHam: Al, both off and onstage. |
70 | * LeadBassist: Paul Barker, being the only other official member of Ministry. |
71 | * LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Al and Paul |
72 | * {{Manchild}}: Many, with Al being the king of it. |
73 | * MoodSwinger: Al... just Al. His opinions of other people fluctuate just as rapidly. |
74 | * MoodWhiplash |
75 | * NiceGuy: Quite a few, actually: Luc van Acker, Paul Barker, Mary Byker, Sean Joyce, Ian [=MacKaye=], Frankie Nardiello, Nivek Ogre, Paul Raven, Bill Rieflin, Mike Scaccia, Louis Svitek, William Tucker, and the members of KMFDM, for instance. |
76 | * TheNineties: The setting of the rest of the book |
77 | * TheNotLoveInterest: Chris' romantic relationships always take a backseat to his friendship with William Tucker. He describes their first meeting as LoveAtFirstSight and the book ends not long after Tucker's suicide. |
78 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: Phildo Owen acts like TheDitz, but is smarter than he appears. |
79 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted--there are at least two Williams (Rieflin and Tucker); two Jims (Thirlwell and Nash); two Pauls (Barker and Raven); two Chrises (Bruce and Connelly) and three Michaels (Balch, Scaccia, and World) |
80 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The engineers, the Poodle and the Princess[[note]]probably Julian Herzfeld and Steve Spapperi[[/note]]; another engineer, Fluffy[[note]]almost certainly Kevin Auerbach[[/note]]; a set designer, Angry Baby; one of Chris' girlfriends, Vogue... |
81 | * [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Men]]: Luc van Acker, Paul Barker, Dannie Flesher, and Bill Rieflin, at least compared to everyone else. |
82 | * PointyHairedBoss: ''Far'' too many of the tour managers, particularly the [[AddledAddict cocaine-addicted]] manager of the first Pigface tour. |
83 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Everyone in the book, naturally. |
84 | * RageAgainstTheMentor: Everything after the end of producing "Linger Ficken' Good… and Other Barnyard Oddities" and the postscripts. |
85 | * RecordProducer: Steve Albini is the Invisible Producer, Al and Paul are the DIY. |
86 | * RedOniBlueOni: A textbook case with Al (the red) and Paul and Bill (the blue). |
87 | * [[TheReliableOne The Reliable Ones]]: Paul and Bill again |
88 | * SarcasticDevotee: Steve Albini to Martin Atkins and Bill Rieflin, after the founding of Pigface. |
89 | * SelfDeprecation: |
90 | --> In hindsight, how could she resist a chain-smoking morose Scottish drunk who had not showered for days, and who was slumped on a sofa acting like he was the second coming of Peter O' fucking Toole? |
91 | * SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Goes without saying. |
92 | * ShaggyDogStory: ''Many''. |
93 | * ShrinkingViolet: Nivek Ogre, surprisingly enough. |
94 | * SmugSnake: Richard 23 is probably the biggest. |
95 | * TheStoner[=/=]EruditeStoner: Pretty much everyone is one or the other. |
96 | * TheSvengali: Both Al and Martin Atkins verge on this trope, though neither of them is as good at it as they want to be. |
97 | * TakeThat: Too many to list. Mostly toward Front 242, Martin Atkins, and Terry Bones. |
98 | * ThisIsGoingToBeHuge: Al's predictions for the Revolting Cocks and/or Ministry's success never ''quite'' materialize. |
99 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Frankie Nardiello and Marston Daley, as well as the two crew members Connelly refers to as "[[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname the Poodle and the Princess]]." |
100 | * ThroughTheEyesOfMadness |
101 | * ToAbsentFriends: [[{{Tearjerker}} Postscripts 2 and 3]]. |
102 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Terry Bones, during the Mind tour, especially after he sexually assaulted a fan during the Mind tour. |
103 | * TragicBromance: Connelly's relationship with William Tucker. So very much. |
104 | * UglyGuyHotWife: Terry Bones and his wife. |
105 | * VerbalTic: Al uses "man" so often it slides into this trope. |
106 | * ViolentGlaswegian: Averted, though that might be because Connelly is actually from Edinburgh. |
107 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Al and almost all of his collaborators. Martin Atkins is also very much the Vitriolic Best Bud of the other members of Pigface. |
108 | * WackyFratboyHijinx: It's a rock memoir, so it's only to be expected. |
109 | * {{Yandere}}: Mike Scaccia's knife-wielding stalker in UsefulNotes/NewOrleans on the ''Psalm 69'' tour. |
110 | * YesMan: Al has quite a few throughout the book, who [[MadLove live to take his abuse]]. Phildo Owen gets the most page time out of them. |
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