(The actual lyric is "She's just the girl, she's just the girl, the girl you want".) Censorship ContentsĪccording to Spencer/Valentine, the idea for the song came up from incorrectly hearing the lyrics of DEVO's " Girl U Want" as "it's just a girl, it's just a girl at a gay bar" while the song was playing in a very loud nightclub. While both the song and music video received significant airplay, lyrics mentioning war were edited due to their possibly offensive nature since the song made its air debut at the start of the Iraq War. Written by band member Tyler Spencer, under the pseudonym Dick Valentine, it was released on June 2, 2003, as the second single from their debut studio album, Fire (2003).
Interview with Dick Valentine on suicidegirls." Gay Bar" is a song by American rock band Electric Six.2007: I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master.1996: I Lost Control (of My Rock 'n' Roll).Dequindre (electric bass), Johnny Na $ hinal (lead guitar), The Colonel (lead guitar) and Percussion World (drums). The band currently consists of Dick Valentine (vocals), Tait Nucleus? (Keyboard, synthesizer), John R. One year after their 2007 album I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being the Master, their fifth studio album called Flashy followed in October 2008. Dick Valentine called it "the best work" that Electric Six had published until then, and they tried to make a music video for every single song. In 2006 the third work Switzerland is published, which, according to the band, bears the title in the hope that one would be invited to Switzerland because of it.
In the meantime, her song will be Danger! High Voltage also on the soundtrack to Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle published. Señor Smoke will be released in February 2005. According to the band, they just wanted to show how Mercury is brought back to life for three and a half minutes. In 2004, they covered Queen's song Radio Ga Ga, which caused outrage among Queen fans because Dick Valentine dances on Freddie Mercury's grave as the ghost of Freddie Mercury in the accompanying music video. Dequindre, Johnny Na $ hinal and The Colonel. Shortly after the album was released, Rock and Roll Indian, Surge Joebot and Disco left the group and were replaced by John R. In 2003 the first album Fire appears under the new band name. Rumor has it that Jack White of The White Stripes co-produced the piece.Īs one of Bristol native DJ - and MC group from the 1980s already named The Wild Bunch bears that later Massive Attack rises, the band is finally in Electric Six renamed. The band is particularly successful in Great Britain, where the single reached number 2 in the charts.
With the single Danger! High Voltage and an accompanying music video finally made Electric Six's breakthrough in 2002. In the beginning the band released only a few pieces, instead they performed frequently in the Detroit area, and the members claim to enjoy being musicians. Over time, a total of four guitarists, four bassists, five keyboardists and three drummers play. Tait Nucleus ( keyboard, synthesizer ) joins them later. In 1996 the band around Dick Valentine (real name Tyler Spencer, vocals and lyrics ), Rock and Roll Indian (real name Anthony Selph, guitar ), Surge Joebot (guitar), Disco (real name Steve Nawara, electric bass ) and M ( bourgeois Cory Martin, drums ) founded as The Wildbunch.