Electro-Shock for President

Electro-Shock for President
EP by
Brainiac
ReleasedApril 1, 1997
Genre
Length14:13
LabelTouch & Go Records
ProducerJim O'Rourke
Brainiac chronology
Hissing Prigs in Static Couture
(1996) 		Electro-Shock for President
(1997) 		Attic Tapes
(2021)
Brainiac EP chronology
Internationale
(1995) 		Electro-Shock for President
(1997) 		The Predator Nominate
(2023)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
MusicHound Rock[2]

Electro-Shock for President is the second extended play from the band Brainiac. The band decided to use only electronic equipment instead of guitars to demonstrate the band's ever-evolving sound. This EP was intended to be a teaser for Brainiac's fourth album, expected to be their major label debut on Interscope Records. However, vocalist and keyboard player Tim Taylor died in a car accident shortly after the EP's release.

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails noted in a BBC radio show (May 2005) that Brainiac was "really inspiring to me from a sonic standpoint." He went on to say that while recording 2005's With Teeth, he would use Electro-Shock for President as a sound reference.[3]

  1. ^ Heather Phares. "Electro-Shock for President". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. ^ Handyside, Chris (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. pp. 154–155 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Nine Inch Nails Articles Archive - Radio One Rock Show hosted by Trent Reznor". Theninhotline.net. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 14 February 2012.