TREPONEM PAL

TREPONEM PAL
WEIRD MACHINE (2008)
VBR 192-320 KBPS

Don't ask me to tell a story about Treponem Pal, I hardly know them with the exception of what happened to them in the 90s.
When I found that new Treponem Pal CD, it reminded of the day when they were playing on French TV show "Nulle Part Ailleurs". That TV show was one of the best talkshow French TV has ever made : interesting guests, always great sketches and some great live performances: Jeff Buckley, Sepultura, Eels or Nick Cave with Kylie Minogue... and Treponem Pal, of course.
I had never heard of them before they played on NPA that night but I liked the music. By the way, Treponem Pal never became famous for their music, unfortunately but for the woman that was dancing as part of their performance. In fact she was a he, of the transgenre kind, and began to masturbating for the camera. That misadventure brought huge problems to the band (but a certain amount of publicity as well) and the French channel Canal+.
This, of course, didn't stop the band to give up music and so they making their own brand of fusion (merging industrial rock, metal, rap and dub) until today's Weird Machine. This album is no masterpiece but really entertainmenting for all those who would like to hear Motörhead and Rage Against The Machine in the same band.

1. Dirty Dance
2. Planet Crash
3. Unclean
4. Massive Hardcore Soldier
5. Mad Box
6. Sonic Life
7. Freak Machine
8. Human Attack
9. Evil Angel
10. One More Time
11. Never Give Up
BONUS TRACKS
12. Revolutionist
13. Religion

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