Drive by Shooting is a solo EP by American hardcore punk musician Henry Rollins, credited as Henrietta Collins and The Wifebeating Childhaters. The EP served as a precursor to the Rollins Band.
This recording is a mix of original songs and Rollins' versions of material by others. There is a cover of "Ex Lion Tamer" originally by the UK punk band Wire and a re-vision of a Queen's "We Will Rock You" with different lyrics. The title song is a parody of a cheery 1960s Beach Boys-style song as written by a violent street gang ("We're gonna get in our car / Gonna go go go / Gonna drive to a neighborhood / Kill someone we don't know.")
The recording is exclusively available now in a double CD package with Hot Animal Machine, Rollins' first full-length solo recording.
Track listing
"Drive by Shooting" (Henry Rollins, Chris Haskett) – 2:01 "Ex-Lion Tamer" (Graham Lewis, Colin Newman) – 1:54 "Hey Henrietta" (Rollins) – 3:00 "Can You Speak This?" (Haskett) – 2:00 "I Have Come to Kill You" (Rollins) – 5:21 "Men Are Pigs" (Rollins) – 2:38 "The Road Song" (re-titled "There's a Man Outside (Reprise)" on the 2002 re-release) (Rollins, Haskett) – 2:36
Original vinyl release "Drive by Shooting" – 2:01 "Ex-Lion Tamer" (Lewis, Newman; Wire) – 1:54 "Black and White" (instrumental mix) "Hey Henrietta" – 3:00 "Can You Speak This?" – 2:00 "I Have Come to Kill You" – 5:21 "Men Are Pigs" – 2:38 "Black and White" is not listed on the sleeve or label
Personnel Henry Rollins – vocals Chris Haskett – guitar Bernie Wandel – bass guitar Mick Green – drums
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