Supernaut is actually a Black Sabbath song. My friend Kyle brought it back to my attention with a recent post on his blog where he referenced a disagreement that we had about this cover. In the early nineties, the chicago industrial music scene was like a music orgy. Everyone was in everyone else's band and there were a handful of studios in the city that seemed to be where they all wound up after long evenings of some sort of chemical indulgence. Ministry and friends wound up recording a cover of Black Sabbath's Supernaut and a handful of other tunes that they wanted to release as a Ministry ep. When Warner refused in fear of flooding the market with Ministry releases, they brought it to, then independent, Wax Trax Records. Since Warner owned the rights to the Ministry name they needed to use a fake name. The name 1000 Homo DJs came from a snide comment made by the Warner exec that nixed the project. Trent Reznor sang on the original version, but it wound up being shelved due to licensing issues for years until TVT records bought Wax Trax Records. Versions with both Al Jourgensen and Trent Reznor have appeared in various forms. Distinguishing them is the challenge. Check it out at Kyle's Music Blog.
Supernaut
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