Z-Rock Hawaii

Z-Rock Hawaii
Studio album by
Z-Rock Hawaii
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1996 (1996-09-06)
Length52:02
LabelNipp Guitar
Ween chronology
12 Golden Country Greats
(1996)
Z-Rock Hawaii
(1996)
The Mollusk
(1997)
Boredoms chronology
Super Roots 6
(1996)
Z-Rock Hawaii
(1996)
Super Go!!!!!
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Jrawk(?) [2]

Z-Rock Hawaii is the name of the debut (and only) self-titled album by Z-Rock Hawaii, released in 1996. The supergroup features Gene Ween, Dean Ween and Claude Coleman Jr. of Ween collaborating with Yamantaka Eye, Seiichi Yamamoto, Yoshimi P-We, and Yoshikawa Toyohito of Boredoms.

History

In 1994, during the recording of Chocolate & Cheese, Gene Ween, Dean Ween and Claude Coleman Jr. of Ween collaborated with Japanese noise rock band Boredoms on a project released two years later as Z-Rock Hawaii. Melchiondo had become a big fan of Boredoms upon seeing them live in Philadelphia in 1993, calling them "the heaviest band [he] had ever seen since the Butthole Surfers".[3] Prior to that, Boredoms frontman Yamantaka Eye had released an album that heavily sampled Ween's The Pod.

There were plans for a second Z-Rock Hawaii album in 2001,[4][5] but as of 2024, no follow up has been released.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ween & Boredoms except noted.

Z-Rock Hawaii
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Chuggin'" 2:51
2."Bad to the Bone"George Thorogood & The Destroyers3:45
3."In the Garden" 4:23
4."Love Like Cement" 2:00
5."Touchus" 3:10
6."Piledriver" 3:36
7."I Get a Little Taste of You" 2:23
8."God in My Bed" 3:43
9."The Meadow" 7:18
10."Sunset Over Osaka" 6:31
Total length:52:02
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Hexagon"5:10
2."The Z-Wrap"4:47
Total length:1:01:59

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r276167
  2. ^ [1] Archived February 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Melchiondo, Mickey. "Boredoms/Z-Rock Hawaii". Ask Deaner. Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  4. ^ Billboard Staff. "Billboard Bits: 'Popstars,' GvB, Money Mark, Ween". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  5. ^ Hainey, Kevin. "Boredoms: The Art of Noise". Exclaim. Retrieved July 3, 2024.