Hostile Ambient Takeover (album)

Hostile Ambient Takeover was released in 2002 on Ipecac Recordings.

"Black Stooges" is credited as track 1 but the song that appeared on Millennium Monsterwork 2000 (then called "Ol' Black Stooges") is actually on track 2.

• (2002) IPECAC RECORDINGS
• IPC-20 - CD

• (2013) IPECAC RECORDINGS
• IPC-20 - CD re-released in a numbered edition of 50 with letterpress sleeves by Mackie Osborne for sale on the 30th Anniversary tour.

Track listing

1. Untitled (Crover) – 0:31
2. "Black Stooges" (Osborne/Crover) – 5:58
3. "Dr. Geek" (Osborne) – 2:35
4. "Little Judas Chongo" (Osborne) – 2:03
5. "The Fool, The Meddling Idiot" (Osborne) – 7:49
6. "The Brain Center At Whipples" (Osborne) – 3:50
7. "Foaming" (Osborne/Rutmanis) – 7:47
8. "The Anti-Vermin Seed" (Osborne) – 15:51

Personnel

• Dale Crover - Drums, Vocals, Keyboards
• Kevin Rutmanis - Bass, Slide bass
• King Buzzo - Vocals, Guitar
• Sir David Scott Stone - thunder sheet, electric wire
• Toshi Kasai - Keyboards, Recording, Mixing
• Adam Jones - Virus
• John Golden - Mastering
• Mackie Osborne - Art Direction & design
• Kevin Willis - Photography

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