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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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8The 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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