Metal Church, "Human Factor"

Posted by Luminator (A) on April 1, 2021 at 20:55:32

30 years ago, after spring break, we returned to our respective schools. At one end of Santa Cruz's Pacific Avenue Mall was a tiny hole-in-the-wall record store, which specialized in industrial, metal, and punk. I picked up Metal Church's new CD, The Human Factor . The title track decried how music was becoming programmed, lip-synched, danced to, and drum-machined. It was no longer about talent, work, and performance.

Some of the girls in my dorms, tired of conventional brands, had gotten new, often "organic," body wash, candles, conditioners, creams, deodorants, dryer sheets, fabric softeners, laundry detergents, lip balms, lotions, potpurri, shampoos, soaps, and other toiletries. And so, they gave me their old stuff. I got to try their stuff, sometimes smell like a girl, and save money. When you are a college kid, every bit helps. And if the coeds' products didn't work for me, it meant that my own stash did not go down as quickly.

With the savings from not having to buy toiletries, you could buy music :-)

Hailing from Seattle, Metal Church had Metallica's guitar tech, John Marshall. In 1986, Marshall had filled in for James Hetfield, after the latter had a broken wrist. Since Metal Church and Metallica were both on Elektra Records, that made it easier for Metal Church to open for Metallica. In summer 1992, a pyrotechnics accident burned Hetfield's arm. So once again, Marshall took over Hetfield's guitar duties.

Though The Human Factor garnered decent reviews, tastes were changing, the album received little support, and attention turned to Seattle's grunge acts.

-Lummy The Loch Monster

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Topic - Metal Church, "Human Factor" - Luminator 20:55:32 04/1/21 (3)

RE: Metal Church, "Human Factor" - fantja 23:47:09 07/29/21 (0)

RE: Metal Church, "Human Factor" - jamesgarvin 21:44:55 04/3/21 (0)

RE: Metal Church, "Human Factor" - fantja 05:53:19 04/3/21 (0)

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