Powerman 5000 - Tonight the Stars Revolt!

If you think the Powerman 5000 hit "When Worlds Collide" sounds an awful lot like "Dragula" off Rob Zombie's Hellbilly Deluxe, don't blame Powerman 5000 frontman Spider--after all, it's in the genes. Zombie and Spider are siblings, and blood is thicker than a whole stack of Bibles. Fortunately, Powerman 5000 are much more than a blasphemous chip off the old gravestone. Sure, many of the rhythms on Tonight the Stars Revolt! are augmented by electronic samples, and the vocals are shouted over a battering-ram assault of drums, but the tunes weren't conceived in the same decayed crypt as Zombie's. Spider is actually more attuned to the power of melody than his big brother. His influences include new-wave bands like Blondie and the Cars (there's even a cover of the Cars' "Let the Good Times Roll"), as well as alternative rockers like Helmet and Girls Against Boys. Instead of focusing on themes of horror and the supernatural as Zombie does, Powerman 5000 seek inspiration from B-grade science fiction films from the '60s, making Tonight the Stars Revolt! more like a futuristic fun house than a genuine freak show. --Jon Wiederhorn Amazon.com

WHOA !!

Ok a latecomer to this super-exciting,turbocharged industrial nu-metal record from 1999 (I was more into Static-X at the time, and totally overlooked this band,what a mistake). By far their best effort IMHO, I didn't find it that reminiscent of Spider's brother Rob Zombie's records -maybe just a little- but very original and with a style of their very own. It packs a lot of groovy punch; I loved the keyboards and the retro-futurist, humorous type lyrics and the prominent bass guitar. The only track I disliked was the one that closes the album, which is sort of an electronic chillout like 6'long which would have been ok as a short intro but is just filler I guess. Without it, the album clocks in at a meager 34'but the energy is so high it floored me nevertheless (and did cook my ears, LOL !)

On the sound department, the low end and upper treble are lacking, making the cd sound muffled and flat, but it can be eq'd so well it almost made my speakers take off, esp the subwoofer. A turn-of-the-century essential for industrial and nu-metalheads alike. September 23, 2008

Almost 10 years old and still sounds great!

I honestly can't say anything bad about this record, for the time it was released it stood out from everything else that was in modern music with the whole sci-fi vibe and the costumes the band would wear in their music videos and live shows, and the cool comic book themed cd booklet.

Unfortunately, I can also say this is probably one of the last mainstream Metal album's I have heard that I can listen to the whole record and not feel the need to skip songs, but besides that point it has aged very well compared to other nu-metal records that I don't even feel like touching anymore like anything by Limp Bizkit, Korn, Kid Rock pretty much all of them with this one exception.

August 22, 2008

Solid album

Great artist and an interesting unique sound, which is quite cool when your Rob zombie's brother. October 15, 2007

Electronic Infused Space Metal!!!!!

I have to admit, I'm not a real big fan of industrial metal. But once in awhile a band comes along that catches my ears. One band in particular would be this one, I first heard them on the soundtrack to the movie "End Of Days" and I was shocked at how cool they were. Then I later found out that their singer is Rob Zombie's little brother and I knew I had to get the album. I'm really glad that I did, because it blew me away. It's a wierd fusion between Old Sci-Fi Movies, Electronica and Heavy Metal...with a unique and fun cover of The Cars "Good Times Roll" thrown in. This album gave me a new outlook on Industrial Metal...I just wish they would go back to this style, they were so good at it. Their last two albums were mediocre at best. If you want to hear THE REAL PM5K....Listen to this....Leave the rest alone.

BEST SONGS:
"Supernova Goes Pop"
"Automatic"
"When Worlds Collide"
"Nobody's Real" and
"Good Times Roll" April 9, 2007

What a joke!

What are these guys trying to be? A generic version of industrial metal? These guys are lamer than NIN and even Rob Zombie. Who are they trying to be like? Here's a list of REAL bands if you don't believe me. Klute, Steril, Numb, Psychopomps, Kalte Farben and Skrew. All those groups make Powerman look like Cher doing a duet with a backstreet boy. April 1, 2007

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