Track Listing

1. An Eye Is Upon You
2. Supernova Goes Pop
3. When Worlds Collide
4. Nobody's Real
5. System 11:11
6. Tonight The Stars Revolt!
7. Automatic
8. The Son Of X-51
9. Operate, Annihilate
10. Blast Off To Nowhere
11. They Know Who You Are
12. Good Times Roll
13. Watch The Sky For Me

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6875 in Music
• Released on: 1999-07-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Amazon.com
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

Customer Reviews

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.

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

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"