“Sweat Loaf” was a rewrite of Black Sabbath’s ganja anthem “Sweet Leaf” and contains yet another potential band motto: “It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.” “U.S.S.A.” surely features some of the most hideous sounds ever recorded—the rhythm track sounds like an idling garbage truck as Leary’s guitar imitates a dying cow, while Haynes desperately shrieks “U.S.S.A.” over and over… and over and over. “The O-Men,” with its relentless, hyperactive pounding and satanic vocal prefigures the advent of industrial speed-metal by several years; on
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