Marilyn Manson 1990-xx-xx

Miami, FL - SYNC Studios

Big Black Bus is the third demo tape by the Spooky Kids and features refined versions of the tracks from the second demo, The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat, with noticeably different compositions. At least two variants of the cassette are known, all of which share the same primary track list of 4 tracks. Variations occur in the cover design and in the specific bonus content included: one confirmed version contains hotline answering machine messages, another contains the music tracks Cake and Sodomy, Meat For A Queen and She's Not My Girlfriend, which were later released on the Grist-o-line demo.

The recording date(s) and mastering date are unknown, but copyright has been registered 1990-12-26 (https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/voyager_9261987). More information at http://spookykids.net/disco/bbb.html and https://manson.wiki/Big_Black_Bus.

Recording Details

Media Format: lossless (FLAC16/44.1)
Media Count: 1
Type: DEMO
Length: 31 min
Rating: A-
Source: n/a
Generation: CS(low) > FLAC
Info: Big Black Bus

Tracklist

  • White Knuckles
  • My Monkey
  • Strange Same Dogma
  • Red (In My) Head
  • Hotline answering machine messages

Description

The first four tracks are taken from the Someone Sung These Songs For Satan compilation by Gagfish Records. The Hotline Messages are taken from a different, lower quality copy of the cassette, with volume adjusted in Soundforge, 15 minutes long, and start with "...your call. I just sit by the phone waiting for your call." (transcript at https://manson.wiki/Answering_Machine_Messages). Due to the unclear lineage, it is uncertain whether a version of the demo with this exact content exists.

Spectrum Analysis

1990-xx-xx Miami, FL - SYNC Studios Audio Spectrum Analysis

File Details

File nameSize (in bytes)SizeMD5 checksum
01 White Knuckles.flac1733915616.54 MBf0e7ec9a8e9bcc4bf31b077c8cd923f5
02 My Monkey.flac2989144828.51 MB384ade45ae1172be571e2323ebd16b39
03 Strange Same Dogma.flac2774942726.46 MB5b8134ec1cfee778c8b47dd3d053fa74
04 Red (In My) Head.flac3283231531.31 MB85f71cb3ebde402c0e30bb533d5c855e
05 Hotline Messages.flac8414278480.24 MB261eb2753cd57c6994e4b4e5b456d899
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all recordings of this show

lossless (FLAC16/44.1) * (this)1 31 minA-CS(low) > FLACBig Black BusDEMO
lossless (FLAC16/44.1) *n/a 29 minABig Black Bus original demo tapeCS(1) > FLACBig Black BusDEMO
* best/preferred version(s) of recording source

added: n/a, updated 2025-10-01 16:04:31