The Beatnigs (album)

The Beatnigs is the eponymous and only album from the San Francisco band The Beatnigs, which combined hard-core punk, industrial and hip hop influences. The band was started by Kevin Carnes, with Michael Franti and Rono Tse as later additions.

The Beatnigs
Studio album by
Released1988
Recorded1988; Dancin' Dog Studio, Emeryville, California
GenreIndustrial hip hop, political hip hop, conscious hip hop, experimental rock, spoken word, funk rock, post-punk, industrial rock
LabelAlternative Tentacles
ProducerThe Beatnigs

Track listing

All songs written by The Beatnigs.

  1. "(Welcome) - Television"
  2. " C.I.A."
  3. "(Instructions) - When You Wake Up In The Morning"
  4. "(The Experience Of All Of Us) - Street Fulla Nigs"
  5. " (Re-Classification) - Control"
  6. "Malcolm X"
  7. "Nature"
  8. "Burritos"
  9. "Rooticus Sporaticus"
  10. "Who Is Doing This To All My People"
  11. "Rules"

CD 'bonus tracks'

  • "Jazzy Beats"
  • "Pre-War America"
  • "Television" (Radio Edit)
  • "Television" (Remix)

Personnel

The Beatnigs
  • Henry Flood - congas, timbales, industrial percussion
  • Andre Flores - keyboards, sampling, vocals, industrial percussion
  • Michael Franti - vocals, bass, tape edits, industrial percussion
  • Kevin Carnes- vocals, tape edits, industrial percussion
  • Rono Tse - industrial percussion, circular saw, siren electric buzzer, tire rim, chains, whistle, oil drum, shakers, tambourines
Also
  • Robert Collins - piano
Engineer
  • David "Davy D" Bryson
Remix
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