Fucking Hostile
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Background
"Fucking Hostile" is a protest song that criticizes those who abuse their authority and power, such as political figures, religious leaders and parents.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The song's distorted vocals were inspired by the Nine Inch Nails song "Head Like a Hole" and were achieved by running the mic through a Tascam 4-track cassette recorder and turning up the preamp.[2]
Reception
Loudwire ranked "Fucking Hostile" the third best Pantera song, stating it "operates off a punk-rock battery and is one of the band's fastest".[3]
Dom Lawson of Metal Hammer ranked "Fucking Hostile" number 8 on his list of the 50 best Pantera songs. He writes that it "was so much more extreme than anything else mainstream metal had to offer in 1992 that it took your breath away. Today, it still makes us want to run through a brick wall."[4] Malcolm Dome, also of Metal Hammer, considered it to be among the 10 best Pantera songs of all time.[5]
Billboard included the song on their list "10 of Vinnie Paul's Hardest-Rocking Songs, From Pantera's Picks to Hellyeah's Hits", and stated it's proof Paul "was just as great as a straight-ahead thrash drummer, and it's one of the reasons this is one of Pantera's best-known songs."[6]
Covers
American rock band New Years Day covered "Fucking Hostile" in 2018 on their EP Diary of a Creep.[7] In 2019 the band performed an acoustic cover of the song.[8][9]
American thrash metal band Slayer and Phil Anselmo performed a cover of the song in Athens, Greece on July 2, 2013, after he was invited on stage to celebrate his 45th birthday.[10]
Personnel
- Phil Anselmo – vocals
- Dimebag Darrell – guitar
- Rex Brown – bass
- Vinnie Paul – drums
References
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