Something Bitchin' This Way Comes Explained

Something Bitchin' This Way Comes
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lock Up
Cover:	Lock_Up_Something_Bitchin'_This_Way_Comes.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	July 1989
Recorded:	1988
Studio:	The Site, San Rafael, Marin County; The Sound Factory, Hollywood; Sound Image Studios, Van Nuys, CA
Genre:	Heavy metal, funk metal, glam metal, hard rock
Length:	47:02
Label:	Geffen
Producer:	Matt Wallace

Something Bitchin' This Way Comes is the sole album by Lock Up, released in 1989.^{[1] [2]} It is the first label-released album to feature Tom Morello.

The album was re-released in 1997 by Manifesto Records.

Track listing

1. "Can't Stop the Bleeding" (Lock Up) – 4:11
2. "Nothing New" (Grillo, Livingston) – 3:10
3. "Punch Drunk" (Lock Up) – 3:37
4. "Everywhere I Go It Looks Like Rain" (Grello, Grillo) – 4:14
5. "24 Hour Man" (Lock Up) – 4:46
6. "Don't Wanna Talk About It" (Lock Up) – 3:47
7. "Half Man, Half Beast" (Lock Up) – 3:45
8. "Tell Me When It's Over" (Lock Up) – 5:32
9. "Kiss 17 Goodbye" (Grillo, Livingston) – 4:14
10. "Where the Sky Meets the Street" (Lock Up) – 3:19
11. "Maniac" (Grillo, Morello) – 3:34
12. "Peacekeeper" (Lock Up) – 3:47

Personnel

Lock Up

• Brian Grillo - lead and backing vocals, percussion, artwork^[3]
• Tom Morello - guitars, backing vocals
• Chris Beebe - bass, backing vocals
• Vince Ostertag - drums, backing vocals, percussion

Technical

• Michael Barbiero, Steve Thompson - mixing
• Kevin Reagan - art direction
• Willy Mrasek - cover photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: FROM LIBERTYVILLE TO L.A.-AND A BIG-TIME ALBUM DEAL. Tom. Popson. chicagotribune.com.
2. Book: The New Metal Masters . 2004 . Backbeat Books . 24.
3. Web site: MUSIC LOCK UP : Rock Unlocked : Brian Grillo and his punk cohorts had been with Geffen, but now they're looking for a label.. February 14, 1991. Los Angeles Times.