Unkillable: The Story of Ice-T's Metal Band Body Count, Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- "The Ballad of Body Count and 'Cop Killer'" is a fable as familiar as any in the Nineties rock canon, recounted in countless docs, history books, and Biography-style TV specials. The twist is that, nearly 30 years after Ice-T nearly scorched himself on what he calls "the electric fence" in American culture, the group is still going strong. In fact, even though much of the original band died from various causes, Body Count are arguably as strong as ever. Part 1 of Revolver's in-depth doc looks back at the incendiary band's rise and fall - before they rose again, that is.
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3:33 “it’ll be in stores March 31st and it’ll be banned March 32nd”
Evil Dick alone...lol
Hahaha
I live in one of the most depressing place in the world called Xinjiang,a poor province located west of China,the first time I heard BC at 16 I was in love with it, and then I dig more into the hardcore punk scene,and till now it is a motivation of me living on,thank you so much ice T✊
Much love as an uyghur❤
@@Ok-tl1dv Kandas
My dad Craig used to rock out to Bodycount! He took his own life 6yrs ago, so when I seen this post, I clicked with the quickness, totally took me back and it hits home hard, I'm crying while I'm typing this, just thinking and reminiscing about the good ol days and how me and my dad Craig used to blast bodycount in his truck while driving somewhere.. those were def the good ol days. I love me some ice-t, kudos/props to him for being a vessel and for being confident and brave enough to experiment with his music energy/frequencies🎶💛🎶
i feeel you!
Hey you. Much love ! Rest in power daddy Craig.
such is life hey. god knows the points of reasons and the reasons of points. But we find ourselvesd here. Here as in the now. and i must beleive all good and bad means the most beautiful meaning at the end . hence all is all it is while we fleet . And for that , i am truly thankful to know you. . both of us and this room and the bc brothers . much love to us being here - and to all beings.
@@outliarpunx8568 Thanks Brethren, that means alot!! Love and Light✊🏼✌🏼
Bro I am so sorry about your dad!
Sorry for your loss.
He lives on in your heart and memories and in your post! R.I.P Craig.
My best friend and ext fiancee bought me the first album. She was into Hip Hop and R&B and I am into Rock and Metal so it was a good album to play in the car.
She too was taken too soon too. She was murdered by her stalker.
Life can be a bitch, but as Ice T said we have to carry on to honour their memory.
Peace and love to ya. 🤘🏼
I saw Body Count live in Tijuana Mexico. They killed it. I ran around to the back of the venue after the show to get my cassette tape autographed. Ice left in a hurry but all the other guys invited me onto their bus because it was raining outside. They couldn't have been nicer to me and I will always love BC BC BC!
Christopher Campos so does your mum
I was at that show! Club Iguanas, sickest shows there
@@Gabe-hd6ok Yep - Jan. 1993 at Iguanas. D.R.I opened for them. We were up in the back balcony section and everyone was passing joints around and headbanging. Ahh...the good old days.
incredible!!!
Body Count -- they opened for Metallica with Guns & Roses in 1989 at a Day on the Green show in Oakland. Ice-T did surprise me; he would have posed strong competition to any thrash metal band. Since he'd already achieved his status in other "musical flavors," and television characters, why not a title role in every other field, too? Damn.
He's a man of many talents.
I saw Body Count live in Glasgow, Scotland in 1994. It's still one of my all time favourite gigs! They were and still are an absolutely kick ass band!
I saw them in Wolverhampton on the same tour and it was the best gig I ever went to. I think Carcass supported.
@@11sencha11 That's what I was about to type. Also turned down a ticket for Nirvana cos I fancied a pint.
@@scabthecat Funnily enough that's kind of the reason I missed Nirvana at Reading '91. They were on stage mid afternoon and because we'd never heard of them we went into town to stock up on beers, but that evening everyone was raving about them and we realized we'd majority screwed up. I saw them headline the following year, although they were just a spec on the distant stage because the field was rammed solid for hours beforehand and that was as close as we could get.
I can only imagine how incredible it would have been to watch Body Count headlining the main stage!
id give my left nut to of been able to go back then. I was suppose to see them with my friend in 2020. we all know how that ended and my friend passed away that very same month we was suppose to go. so I'm going this year and he's coming with me in more ways than one.
I am very sorry that "Cop Killer" was the song that attracted all the attention, and not "There Goes The Neighborhood," which I think was more effective in trying to change the negative course.
Yes but that song sucked and Cop Killer was a jam!
@@bltvd Intro riff is pretty badass though, yeah?
@@bltvd shiiit there goes the neighborhoooooood, was killer
For me cop-killer is one of the great anti-police songs I know. And my life is been full of choices that really made me hate cops as an institution. B C copkiller, MDC s deaad cops and some finnish great anti-cop songs really helps me smile in this shit world
I've always known who Ice T was, and I just assumed that he was an old school rapper that now acts on TV, but I had no clue that he actually was the singer of a metal band. That's freakin awesome!! I didn't even know that he liked listening to metal as much as he does, mulch less that he started a metal band!
Ice T has always been one of the most important voices of our generation ("X"). Period. I'm about to turn 41. He's been in my headphones and vhs/DVD players for over 30 of those years. He was the killer of the bully when the bully said watch your mouth. T said naw fuk that. And his word stuck. He brought races, coasts, cultures and even families together over previously uncrossable boundry lines. White kids in a syndicate hats. Black kids in a metal pits. A whole generation of ppl standing up to police and government brutality. He changed the world, massively, for the better! Thats the illest shit a man can do, aside from parent right. And that's kinda it, too. He co-parented Gen X!!! Word. Peace to Ice T. And RIP to the bandmates. They helped bridge a major gap.
You pretty much made the comment I was going to make. I remember the hook for "OG - original gangster" like it was yesterday. Then next thing I know I'm hearing cop killer. Respeck for Ice-T since day one!
I'm 41 as well. That was a very eloquent and precise comment man.
Yeah, but he’s also extremely mediocre when it comes to rapping skills!
Gen X gets no love. Nicely put...
You just described exactly what the establishment fears most: We The People united, regardless of skin color. Jammin' along as one! We're all tired of the system, I'm white but I ain't blind!
Democrats have been taking my American brothers for granted for 60 years, fvck them! Biden says if you don't vote for him you ain't black. What a disrespectful prick!
Edit and oh yeah, Kamala said Tupac is the greatest rapper alive. She ought to be exiled for that shit.
"It's really hard, but you have to do it in honor of them"
You have no idea how much this helped me in what I am going through.
Much respect and love from a long haired white boy whose been a fan since day one. Thank you Ice!
80's Hip Hop and Metal always has things in common that I liked, BodyCount has it all.
Back in the 90s... when music was still kinda segregated... I always thought that Hip Hop and Metal and Punk fans would give it a chance, they would mesh.. and thanks to bands like Body Count... I was proven right....
🤘👍
@@ponfed It meshed in the Minnesota punk scene. Hip-hop and punkrock are cousins and metal is the step brother from outta town.
Body Count Forever....RIP Beatmaster V, Mooseman, and D-Roc The Executioner...
RIP BEATMASTER V
RIP MOOSEMAN
RIP D ROC
I didn't know as much about body count until this video. I got mad love and respect for you, Ice T and your band mates (old and new). RIP fellas and keep hustling
Francisco Diaz
Bro if you like any type of metal , please check out their full albums .
im a BC fan from Malaysia since 93!
Same, I'm fan from malaysia
Same le kite yop... Speking pulok yek...
Cantik
Hey Azwar, just posted a cover of Black Hoodie, check it out and let me know what you think! ruclips.net/video/XwbbA8wgUFY/видео.html
Saw them in the early 90's at Lollapalooza in Mountain View CA. Crowd went nuts. Up on the lawn people were running down the hill into the pit. It was incredible.
Interesting how body count still in as relevant as ever. Great documentary!
Yeah, I was living in San Diego again in the early 1990's and the "Cop Killer" song/concert was a big deal. All the kids had the concert t-shirts and Southern California was CRAY CRAY! A volatile time not much different from today.
Oh shit. Same! I lived in SD until I moved to Oakland 11yrs ago. I’m 40 but yeah man I remember that
I was 15 years when Body Count came out 1992. I was living in Sweden but was born in Chile south america. I was into hip hop then, loving Bring the noize everytime it was played on Mtv/YO! Mtv Raps. Body Count was a bless, I played it on repeat. RIP and thanks to the ones not here today. =)
I think the first Body Count album is one of the best metal albums of all time. The lyrics are pretty goofy at times but the riffs and grooves are fantastic and really different from everything else and just so good. I love that album and always have. I dont like much stuff after the first album but to me, that album is a fucking classic.
What's a metal album without some goofy lyrics, eh?
Agree. The lyrics can be the weakest part of a lot of the tracks, but there is also some brilliant lyricism too, so it’s a mixed bag. For the most part the tunes are bangin which more than makes up for any flaws. Great album.
i loved this album when it came out! as someone who was a fan of metal and ice-t's rap music it was perfect. i bought the cassette tape at my local record shop with cop killer on it. i still have it today. i never thought they would still be putting music out though.
Me Too I Still Have My Original Cassette Tape Too!!!!
Body Count was one of the best shows i ever seen. In my top 5, phila pa 1992, Exodus was the opener and Ice T killed it, a few years ago i saw IceT at the airport and thankd him for a show for the ages
Remember what venue that was at?
Saw them in 92. They tore it up. I love absolutely everything about Body Count. It puts a big grin on my face and warmth in my heart to know they exist.
ICE-T the only Rapper/Metal singer
on a Black Sabbath Album !!!
Black Sabbath : “ Forbidden “
Song : “ Illusion Of Power “
Why don’t Revolver do an Article ,
And Full interview and many pages on this ???!!!
I'm glad they continued. I do agree that Cop Killer was the best album, front to back, but every album has killer tracks on it. I've been a fan since day one. RIP to Moose, V, and D Roc
Ice T one of the original ones that is still there, authentically and no wanna be - never been
How can somebody not give these guys a thumbs uo for being so real to themselves and the fans? These guys have my respect for the talent, the music and specially for their true caracter. Too bad theses days we are full of bands that don't have 5% of what BODY COUNT is and will always be! I'm not their biggest music fan frankly because of my personal taste! But they have my full attention and respect! Cheers to Ice & The Count for being true all these years! You guys Rock!
I credit this band, 36 mafia. etc for the ghostmane, the SucideBoyz, Bonez, Xaiver Wulf, etc
Body Count has a lot of quality material in their discography. Great stuff man.
I remember lifting weights in my garage while blasting their first album when it came out on cassette. They were intense.
thx for this!
i love ice since i was little. i remember sitting down with a dictionary (im from ger) trying to figure out why he (and other rappers i listend to at that time, like PE) were so angry..
at first i didnt like BC very much, cause it was rock and that just wasnt my thing. but my uncle (rip❤️️) seemed to be very enthusiastic about them so i gave em a chance..
i saw them live on my 15th bday, best present ever! my mum (rip❤️️) even let me skip school the next day :)
I’m an old white guy that grew up on heavy metal, 56 years old now , still listens to Bodycount, don’t give a shit about the lyrics, musics awsome 👍
I grew up on metal and got into hip hop as I got older. Mac Dre, Power Trip, Jedi Mind Tricks, Deicide, E-40, Death, Non Phixion, Gatecreeper ect... Step ya game up!
True ice t should study gorguts, celtic frost, chuck shouldener, the melvins. Check out hip hop like tech, rugged man, big L. Actually try and grow and evolve instead of making this genaric. Crap.
@@edwardleas1619 Fuck RA is criminally underrated !
Praise ice-t & body count!! Praise rap & metal!!! Shout out to rap heads and metal heads!!!!
Body Count are unique, you can always expect great music with good lyrics and will always have a place in our hearts!
So much skinhead oi sound on some of the old stuff
It's funny
@@songokulul I miss the old sound
More respect for Mr Ice T . Body Count has made a mark in the Rock Band scene! The slept on icons became super stars!
Ice Tea the original free thinker
Body Count was groundbreaking
These guys' background is as metal as it gets.
Body Count Fan seit 1994 🤘😈🤘 Grüße aus Germany 🇩🇪🤘🇩🇪🤘
I didn’t know so many member had passed, that is quite a.........body count.
Tru' 'Dat...Tru' 'Dat.
I still have my original copy i got the first day Body Count came out. I also wrecked my first car bumping 2 18 inch Rockford Fosgate Subs to Body Count!!!!!! That whole album is LEGEND!!!
It's hard to believe that half of the original lineup is gone.
When Bodycount is actually Punk and not rawk
They covered Slayer and Suicidal Tendencies so overall they just “rawk” 🤘🏻😝
Body Count!!🤘🏼
Been listening to metal/thrash/death for 32-33 years and I approve of this Body Count !
Around the same time frame here, and agreed! I don't know the name of the song, but it busts in after the spoken intro ... "Shit aint like that...it's real fucked up!!!!" that song has stuck with me in my head on occasional rotation since 1992 or whenever that 1st album came out...might be time to purchase that album again!
I never knew about this band. I have a lot more respect for Ice T.
He formed it in 1989. & their popular debut single "Copkiller". \m/😎
Fan from the beginning. I slammed dance with Ice T at the Hollywood Palladium for Ricky Rachtman Cathouse Anniversary party. We were in the middle of the pit controlling the mosh pit. Body Count were the only black guys at the sold out event.
1st Body Count album was their best
Our new album comes out March 31st, and will be banned March 32nd! So you better get it fast! NOW THATS SOME TIGHT PROMOTION!! Body Count for Life!!
Hey people! I am new here :D. I discovered them casually thanx to cover of ST Institutionalizated a few weeks ago. Can you recomente me your favourite songs or albums to start that new travel? ;)
Your band kicks ass never stop!
RIP to the homies. 🤟
I came across BC because my roommate at that time used to listen to ICE T rapping, and he got home with the first BC Album one day in 1996 or so... that record blew my mind... was the only record in the house that I had access to and wanted to listen to, so it played nearly every evening for 6 months :) Still llove the band, still love the music!
I absolutely love this band! They need to reissue the first record on vinyl with cop killer! Especially as an homage to the original band! 👏
Wtf? Metal? That's Hardcore😀
In the living memory of my cousin JonJon and Uncle Howard. You have to know them to understand.
Need more African and African diaspora metal. They made metal, blues, punk, goth and black metal.
👏🏽💯 yes! There are some but we need more more more more. Bad Brains are the best! 🤘🏽
Just listen to 70s jazz rock fusion. Doesn't get better
@@bennievargas2673 Tool?
@@Katharsis540 nah
@@bennievargas2673 Nah what? True I'll send you the links.
I was into Ice T since his first album. When BC formed T’s passion carried into metal. He did it his way. Raw, with delivery and could Scare you. His conviction is real.
Body count is always been my favorite band ice T has been apart of.
There a part of me that loves music and fact that a rapper can switch gears and do rock . I will give ice t mad props for see more sides to music .
мы жили в СССР, затем в Украине, а теперь наши земли захватила Россия (правительство России - иудеи), беспредел который делает российская полиция и армия - в других странах такого нет! Песня Cop Killer - стала идеологической в 2000х годах, так как люди стали оказывать сопротивление против агрессивных действий российской полиции и армии! Люди - это главное, а полицейские - должны уважать всех людей, незааисимо от их статуса в обществе!
Big respekt 2 Ice from Ukraine, Lviv city) Yeeeah
Every album they put out is killer, great crossover/groove/hardcore/thrash. One of my favorite bands of all time, I even own their debut Body Count in 4 different version (Vinyl/Cassette/Original Press (With Cop Killer) and Reissue. Last thing, the whole band is some of the nicest people I have ever met
"Just because you have a badge doesn't absolve you from being an asshole." -- Ice-T
Body m/f count is a moshfest
First album a classic.😄
I aint sayin nuthin but that there goes the neighbourhood sound like something that RATM would crank up
Where is part 2??
Rest In heaven too Beatmaster V,Mooseman and D Roc The Executioner The Original Members off BODY COUNT
If this Corona shit goes away.... please come to Portland Oregon we love you, I love u.
And most of all thank you for keeping it real. From day 1 and 4ever on....
I saw them in Hawaii in about 96. Original crew, including Darlene, who I did speak to briefly.
I have enjoyed ice t's career for many years. legend and overall good man.
Their version of “Hey Joe” is amazing!
I remember it from back in the day; I had the CD
Bodycount been my favorite band the whole time
About time!!! #BodyCountsInThaHouse 🤘😎
You can definitely tell some funky influence on their first album a lot. Been a Body Count fan since 93 and these guys have just gotten better and better. I hope they’re around for a long time to come.
The line-up now is pretty amazing. But I've been B.C. since the beginning! Forever! R.i.p. D-roc, beat-V and Moose man! Much love!
I was so fucking happy when I discovered these guys. I blasted Cop Killer in my little West Coast Welsh town and pissed off so many people that didn't understand.
The first 2 albums still get regular rotation and the cover of Hey Joe is top class.
Ice-T, you've became one of my heroes as of late. Thanks for what you do!
Body Count is literally my favorite metal band. There's no gimmicks and ernie's got the best riffs.
They rule but they are literally a gimmick band.
@GOD lol baby child, if you think that's what I mean, you have no grasp on metal or hiphop history. Nor do you know what the word Gimmick means. Keep digging.
Ice T and Six Feet Under "one bullet left " is one of the dopest colabs ever
Yeah I got that cd
AMAZING BAND LIVE!! \ICE-T/!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥👊👊💪💪💪😈
Ice T and Body Count NEVER get the credit they deserve. They are absolutely one of the all time greatest thrash metal bands of all time. With 1 song, they managed to piss off more people than NWA, Motley Crue, Guns n' Roses, Slayer, WASP, and 2 Live Crew COMBINED!!!!! Truly innovative artists, and truly BADASS!!!! And then, after losing all the members of the band except Ernie C, they rebuilt, and continue being BAD FUCKING ASS!!!!!
That guy has certainly made his point EXACTLY CLEAR & it’s always been his mentality since Body Count was brought to life right at the height of the Gangster Rap movement in the late 1980s/early 1990s, and Ice-T hass still as ferocious & hard as ever 🧊
Being a huge Melodic Heavy Metal 🤘🏻 fan myself I never imagined that such a great & now CLASSIC band made up of real life gang members/musicians & led by none other than one of the most talented yet controversial rappers in history could gain that level of respect, notoriety & unparalleled success over its 30 years of existence & they’re STILL as unapologetic as back then ✊ 👍
Speaking of which, and I’m making this case EXTRA CLEAR, their now iconic song “Cop Killer” isn’t about killing police but actually tells the story of a dream that Ice had one night in which he becomes fed up with the cops surrounding his home turf & he decides to, much to the chagrin of his neighbors, take matters into his own hands, which is exactly what NOT to do 🏠 🏡 ☝️ 🚔 👮 👮♀️
Body count lol I remember them I was into hard core punk rock. They weren’t my fav. Band. But being ice t. A rapper and watching him transform to a lead vocalist of a thrash band lol was bad ass and there music now is classic brotha classic 🤘🏼
They never mentioned the Murder 4 Hire Album. I'd like to see that album remastered because I heard the mixing in terms of sound/track levels weren't really up to par with the rest of their work.
Murder 4 Hire is my least favorite Body Count album for that specific reason. Their were some good songs on it. But it always sounds off when I listen to it
cop killllla
Ice-T got me into Rap music. When I heard Colors back when it was new, I knew it was something special.
BC till we die 🤘
And i guess it was a necessary evil, cause if not the word "fuck" could of been a song title... Words for verse 1...verse 2....chorus.....verse 3....chorus.....bridge...chorus....."end"!!!..... That would pass for "artistic expression" nowadays.....
Definitely the first body count album was the best I still listening do it today like it was brand new never get tired of listening to music like that for sure Ice-T body count Rock
...stoopid...Gore dynamic duo...got half my music collection destroyed...by the righteous holy hammer 🔨.........of "injustice"
I'm from Birmingham UK
respect for mentioning
Black sabbath. Bro.
Body count kick ass.
ACE OF SPADES...cover
Best ever..
My childhood
dont quit it ice!! love b.c! im 46 i reember bumping your first album at 180 dbs in my ride with my competition system!! in my great times !!!!
Saw Bodycount in 92 in the Brighton, UK with Carcass. One of the greatest gigs I have ever been to.
BC were on tour with Rollins Band in their early days. It was a loud tour to say the least..
Every concert in Hamburg (Germany) was legendary...
Thank you for the last 23 Jears
Jesus,.... Sorry bout all the death n disease....life's to short for "parental advisory...explicit lyrics" stickers....but a big chuckle for rufflin their feathers!!!!
I liked Charlton Heston better when he stuck to acting.
....And props to Ice T for appreciatin' ST.