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Mobocracy

by Wax Mekanix

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FDJ (Desert Psychlist) Big thanks to fellow BC junkie ΛΔΛΜ for steering me to this Something a little different from my usual fare but still damn good! Favorite track: Blood in My Eyes.
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1.
Every Sheep Needs A Shepherd To Step Into The Light To Wash Up With The Lepers, Turn Water To Wine It’s A Blessing When You Come, Usher In Bounty And Love Such Benevolent Wisdom Descends On You Like A Dove Are You Here To Elevate Me? Or Just Get Me High? Chorus: (I’ve Got Blood In My Eyes) I See A Stooge, A Groupie, And A Parasite (I’ve Got Blood In My Eyes) And A Lot Of Bootlicking. Got To Clear My Sight You’re Relaxed And A Natural, Effortless And Refined Naturally, A Real Silver-tonged Devil. Tailor-made For Your Time You A Menace Or Mentor? Here To Give Me All That I Need? Genuinely. Sympathy For My Struggle? Because I Want To Believe Are You Here To Intoxicate Me? Or Give Me Real Insight? Chorus: Bridge: What Are You Without Me? Are You Spinning And Twisting One Big Lie? And Maybe; Maybe God Has Sent To You Another Misguided Fool Maybe I’m On To You This Time Your Flaws Are Invisible. Cloaked By Your Imperial Clothes You’re Strong And Invincible. Why Not Why? Keep Thinking That I Don’t Know I May Be A Wide-eyed Beginner, An Innocent Neophyte And Maybe, That I Don’t Know Nothing. Then Again, I Just Might Are You Here To Illuminate Me? Imitate Me, Liberate Me Or Just Keep Me Blind? Intertwined, Confined Are You Here To Love And Keep Me? Double-speak Me, Drunk And Weak-kneed Or Just Fuck My Mind? Chorus: You’ve Got A Lot Of Nerve To Say You Are My Friend You’re On The Bleeding Edge, Forging The Final End Blood In My Eyes
2.
Victorious 04:51
LIFT YOUR EYES STAND WITH PRIDE FACE THE WINDS OF CHANGE SWEAR A VOW HERE AND NOW IN THIS TIME AND PLACE TODAY WE’RE STRONGER TODAY WE CONQUER OUR TIME HAS COME STAND AND FIGHT SACRIFICE COME STAKE OUR CLAIM TAP THE SOURCE, STAY THE COURSE TOGETHER WE WILL REIGN AFTER A NEW DAY WHAT GETS IN OUR WAY WE’LL TURN TO DUST CHORUS: VICTORIOUS VICTORIOUS SO GLORIOUS (SO GLORIOUS) VICTORIOUS DESTINY WITHIN OUR REACH EVERY SOUL TAKE WING LIFT YOUR VOICE, ALL REJOICE RAISE A FLAG AND SING BOUND TO EACH OTHER STRONGER THAN BROTHERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD CHORUS: BRIDGE: EVERY WARRIOR IS ROARING EVERY BEATING HEART IS SOARING CHORUS:
3.
All Freaks 02:59
I DON’T WANT TO LIVE FOREVER BREATHE A SIGH, COME IN CLOSE, REFINED AND QUIET, IN IMPERIAL CLOTHES THE FIX IS IN, THE SLEAZE IS DEEP AND WE’RE ALL FREAKS CAN I EVER GET ENOUGH OF A GENTLE HAND WITH A DELICATE TOUCH? IT CAN CUT MY THROAT AT LIGHTNING SPEED AND WE’RE ALL FREAKS CHORUS: CAN I KNOW WITH SUCH A FINE, PRECISE LINE, (IT BURNS, IT STINGS, YOU WANT IT) IF I COME KISS YOUR LIPS? YOU’RE BLACK, YOU’RE THE NEW WHITE (TO LEAVE YOU BRUISED AND BLOODIED) LOVE IS SIMPLE TO CULTIVATE IT DISAPPEARS AND DISINTEGRATES THEN COALESCES AT MY FEET AND WE’RE ALL FREAKS BRIDGE: THE ELEVATED RIGHTEOUS ARE ON A NEW CRUSADE IN THE JUNGLE, THE JIHADI, ARE STRIVING IN THE WAY A MOTHER AND HER BABY IS THE PRICE WE HAVE TO PAY I’M A FREAK, YOU’RE A FREAK, TOO ARE YOU RED OR ARE YOU BLUE? IF I DISSENT, WOULD YOU APPROVE? BRIDGE: IS THE MERCY OF MY GOD TEACHING ME BELIEF? I MEDITATE, I CONTEMPLATE, I PONDER WHAT YOU PREACH. TO EVER KNOW YOUR HEART IS ALWAYS OUT OF REACH CHORUS: BREATHE A SIGH, COME IN CLOSE REFINED AND QUIET, IN IMPERIAL CLOTHES THE FIX IS IN, THE SLEAZE IS DEEP AND WE’RE ALL FREAKS WE’RE ALL FREAKS WE’RE ALL FREAKS WE’RE ALL FREAKS
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Mad World 04:42
IF YOU WERE WAY OFF THE GRID IF YOU WERE NOTHING BUT MYTH WOULD YOU LOVE WHO YOU LOVE? WOULD YOU KISS OTHER LIPS? I ONCE WALKED DOWN THE STREET WHERE I LIVED FOR A BLOCK, IN ATONEMENT ONCE I GOT UP THE NERVE IN A MAD WORLD SHELLED SEX, LIQUID AND THIN FELT THE BREATH ON MY NECK OF A DEALER'S GRIN AND THE MYSTERY SWIRLED AROUND A MAD WORLD CHORUS: THE ONES I LOVE ARE STRANGERS LIVING WHISPERED LIVES DENYING EVERYTHING WE'D KNOWN AS TRUTH THAT TURNED TO LIES DANCING ‘ROUND THE DANGER 'TIL DEFINITION BLURS BLISSED AND TWISTING IN THE WIND THAT’S BLOWING THROUGH A MAD WORLD A JAW SLACKED LIKE A HINGE ON PIN BLACK AS AN AXE, STIFF AS TIN MURMURING SLURS IN A MAD WORLD A NERVE WRACKED, TAUT, AND FLINCHED AN ASSASSIN'S LAUGH, QUIVERED AND PINCHED CACKLED AND PURRED IN A MAD WORLD CHORUS: BRIDGE: TWO LEFT FEET, TWO LEFT FEET I HEAR THE DEVIL'S GOT TWO LEFT FEET I SLEEPWALK, INVENT A FACE CORONATED INSOMNIAC KING OF THE MAZE CHARRED AND CURLED IN A MAD WORLD CHORUS:
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Ghostland 04:37
TAKE BACK ALL YOUR SIN FACE YOUR GOD AND BEGIN AGAIN I’M A WOMAN IN WHITE AND I GO TO THE CREEK, WADE IN, AND FLOAT I SINK TO THE BOTTOM ALONE I’M A MAN IN A LONG BLACK COAT I TRY TO TESTIFY BUT I CHOKE ALL MY PRAYERS ARE HOLLOW CHORUS: (GHOSTLAND) BUT I LAUGH WHEN I SHOULD CRY (GHOSTLAND) AND I LIVE WHEN I SHOULD DIE I’M A BASTARD CHILD WITHOUT SIN WITH MY FACE TO THE RAZOR WIND LIVING UP TO NOTHING AGAIN I’M A SELFISH MAN, STONE COLD MY SON AND DAUGHTER BEAT A FUNERAL DRUM HEEDLESSNESS WINS CHORUS: BRIDGE: I LET THE TENDERNESS BEGIN WHEN I’M SURROUNDED BY GIBBERISH AND GRINS AGAIN I LET THE PENDULUM SWING WHEN THE POETESS SINGS OF THE SWEET SUBLIME TO THE BELLIGERENT BULK I’VE BEEN SLEEPING ON A SHEETLESS BED WITH NO FEATHER PILLOW FOR MY HEAD IT’S FILLING MY DREAMS WITH PUZZLES I HEAR THE HOWL OF A 3-LEGGED DOG A PREMONITION OF THINGS TO COME SOME ACHE CAN’T BE MUZZLED CHORUS: TAKE BACK ALL YOUR SIN FACE YOUR GOD AND BEGIN AGAIN
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Black 05:05
HALF OF YOU THINK YOU ARE ANGELS THE OTHER HALF THINK YOU ARE DEVILS WHICH ONE ARE YOU? WELCOME TO THE EVENT HORIZON MONOCHROMATIC OBLIVION CHTHONIC AND ONYX. OSIRIS AWAITS ALL MISANTHROPIC IRISES DILATE THE IRONY OF HISTORY’S TWIST NOT EVEN THE RIGHTEOUS RESIST WHEN TEMPTATION BAITS THE SNARE MERE MORTALS DON’T HAVE A PRAYER CHORUS: BLACK. THE NEW WHITE BLACK. COME SEE IT IN A NEW LIGHT SHOCK AND AWE. THE LEAD DOG BLACK A TAP IN THE ATTIC? DARK SIDE OF THE SUN FRANTIC AND PANIC OVER SUPERSTITION YOUR MYTH AND YOUR LEGEND HAUNT IN THE HAZE. YOU CRAVE AND YOU COVET SHADOW THROWING SHADE WHEN INTOXICATED BY SIN AN ORDINARY SOUL JUST CAVES IN THE, ELEVATED BY ELEGANCE, PIOUS, JUST ACQUIESCE CHORUS: BRIDGE: THE BANISHED VANISH IN THIN AIR THE THREAT OF SIEGE IS EVERYWHERE WHEN GODS WEAPONIZE THE PITCH NOT ONE HOLY MAN WILL BITCH A COLD-BLOODED ZERO-SUM I’LL KEEP YOU UNDER THEIR THUMB CHORUS:

about

"As the album goes on, however, it is clear that Wax has his own sound and to me becomes something like a heavy metal Mike Patton (I love Mike Patton), with all of his vocal acrobatics. In every song, the layering of the vocals is genius and adds a great deal to the impressive feel of the album. These songs are fully realized. Some of them sound a bit like Bad Religion to me and share some of the same biting content, though unlike Bad Religion, it’s hard to pinpoint where Wax is coming from religiously." - Prism Reviews

"He is a source of sounds and I have the feeling that we have just started to deal with him. Have a nice trip!" - Noizy.gr

"'Victorious' hits the ground running. It is a pressure builder, a song that weaves its way through the careful catacombs of the listener’s mind.
The vocals soar and jump through, turning the screws and pressing in hard.” - The Median Man

"‘Mobocracy’ is certainly an interesting release. Short and sweet, it is a curious piece of work which echoes Devin on more than one occasion. I still don’t know the answer. Who the fuck is Wax Mekanix? It may be worth leaving this veteran artist have the final words. 'History shows us that artists will not let this kind of tectonic shift in American life pass without comment. I’m just commenting now.'" - The Razors Edge

"You may not know who Wax Mekanix is at first but come the end, you won’t be forgetting him anytime soon." - Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life

"Bridging an estranged divide between folk music, hair metal, country, hard rock, and countless others, this album literally satisfies every taste you could have. The drums are perfectly crispy, my god, slapping you in the face with each demanding assault of the drummer’s blows. The cymbals holding down the groove and providing an airy mystique to the entire track. The guitar tones are bright, full of endless clarity, enticing you to succumb to their emotional pull-tossing you back and forth at their every whim via the highly intensive songwriting and production decisions made!" - Legion of Solace

"If you look at this release, which contains six songs, you have to say that there is actually something for everyone. A nice mix of genres that can please." - Tough Magazine

"It’s unashamedly old-school, classic rock with an experimental, avantgarde twist; syncopated, eastern rhythms mix with time honored hard rock riffage to form an overblown, bombastic metal spectacular." - Powerplay Magazine


Waxim “Wax” Ulysses Mekanix is an American musician, songwriter, performer, producer, and founding member of American cult rockers Nitro. Wax’s vetted perspective and tested work can best be described as raw, bold, uncompromising, authentic, and disconcerting. “Mobocracy” is Wax’s new release with Philadelphia based record label, Electric Talon Records.

Out of a radically transformed America comes a statement from a veteran artist that’s of and for its time. A focused collection of strident, aggressive, snarling, howling songs that draws on Wax’s decades of experience and influences. So, why an album now about a convulsing America? “History shows us that artists will not let this kind of tectonic shift in American life pass without comment. I’m just commenting now.”

“While new artists strive to cultivate vintage connective tissue to fuse themselves with that rare genuine original creative source that defines their craft, by virtue of my history, I’m forever linked to this authentic well-spring of creativity and inspiration. This provenance can’t be synthesized, purchased, or conjured. It has to be earned. Whatever value it carries, I guess I’ve earned it and I’m certainly proud of it.”

“I’m Wax Mekanix and I approve this message” (Я Воск Wax Mekanix, и я одобряю это сообщение).

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released November 20, 2020

All songs written by Wax unless indicated.

Victorious: Wax Mekanix and Maxim “Lectriq” Laskavy
Mad World: Wax Mekanix and John Hazel
Black: Wax Mekanix, Chris Bishop, and Brandon Yeagley

Produced by: Wax Mekanix and Maxim “Lectriq” Laskavy (Tracks 1-6)
Mixed by: Machine (Tracks 1-6)
Engineered by: Lectriq (Tracks 1-6), Machine (Tracks 1-6), Pete Tramo (Tracks 1-5), Michael Cumming (Track 2), Jack Cullen (Track 2), John Hazel (Track 4)

Personnel:
Wax Mekanix: Lead and Backing vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Drums, Percussion (Tracks 1-6)
Lectriq: Backing vocals, Percussion (Tracks 1-6)
Brandon Yeagley: Backing vocals (Tracks 1-6)
Chris Bishop: Electric & Acoustic Guitars (Tracks 2, 3, & 6)
Tom Altman: Guitar, Bass (Tracks 1, 2 , 3, & 5)
Wendell PoPs Sewell: Guitar, Bass (Tracks 1, 2, 3, & 5)
John Hazel: Guitar, Bass (Track 4)
Raje Shwari: Backing vocals (Track 3)
M11SON: Backing vocals (Track 2)
Tommy Conwell: Backing vocals (Track 2)
Nataliya Odud: Backing vocals (Track 2)
Eli Goldman: Backing Vocals (Track 2)

Recording Locations:
1. Lectriq Factory, Philadelphia, PA (Tracks 1-6)
2. The Machine Shop, Asbury Park, NJ (Tracks 1-6)
3. Lorelei Studios, Philadelphia, PA (Tracks 1-5)
4. Milkboy Studios, Philadelphia, PA (Track 2)
5. Rittenhouse Soundworks, Philadelphia, PA (Track 2)
6. The Barn, Madisonburg, PA (Track 4)
7. Wax's car (Tracks 2 & 4)

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Waxim “Wax” Ulysses Mekanix is an American musician, songwriter, performer, producer, artist, and founding member of American cult rockers Nitro. Wax’s vetted perspective and tested work can best be described as raw, bold, uncompromising, authentic, and disconcerting. “Psychotomimetic” is Wax’s new release with Philadelphia based record label, Electric Talon Records. ... more

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