SHOUT AT THE DEVIL
Nikki Sixx
The lead single from the album Shout at the Devil. Chart: #30 (Mainstream Rock). Time - 4:29.
Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California, USAm 1983.
Produced by Tom Werman. Engineered by Geoff Workman.
From their second album, this is really the song that got them off the ground. Sixx wrote the song after reading the 'Necronomicon' and thought that President Ronald Reagan was the anti-christ because all three of his names had 6 letters. Tom Zutaut, the bands Artist management contact with Elektra, claims Sixx was exploring Satanism, and the song and album was to be called 'Shout With The Devil'. An event described below changed it to 'Shout At The Devil'. The band ran into trouble with Christian and conxervative grups claiming they were trying to get their fans into worshiping Satin. An updated version was rcorded in 1997, Shout at the Devil '97".
- Larry -
Vince Neil - lead vocals |
Tom Zutaut - The Dirt"I looked at Nikki and freaked out (after witnessing a knife and fork rise off the table and stick into the ceiling). 'There is no more 'Shout With The Devil.' If you keep shouting with the devil, you're going to get killed.' I truly believe that Nikki had unknowingly tapped into something evil, something more dangerous than he could control that was on the verge of seriously hurting him. Nikki must have realized the same thing, because he decided on his own to change the album title to Shout At The Devil." |
Nikki Sixx - 2015:Explore Entertainment
"Was it intentional? You’ll never know. It has always been a song about pushing back. It can be about the perceived enemy at hand, the devil inside, or someone on a wobbly campaign trail."
Nikki Sixx
"It (devil theme) just looks cool. It's meaningless symbols and s--t. I'm just doing it to piss people off. It's not like I worship Satan or something."
Nikki Sixx - 2001:The Dirt
"I even truly believed that Ronald Wilson Reagan, since each of his names was six letters long. 666 was the Antichrist. It says in the Bible that the Antichrist will have the voice of a lion to be heard throuhout the nations. I told everybody that he would be shot through the heart and recover quicker than any man could, and he did. He was the devil I wanted everybody to shout at. I was getting carried away. Then, while driving home from the Satanic "I Will Survive" session, Tommy's car blew up. Vince kept wiping out in his car. And objects would levitate and fly around Lita's and my house. We were starting to freak ourselves out. And then I had my accident."
YOU TUBE STUDIO TRACK OFFICIAL VIDEO YOU TUBE LYRIC VIDEO YOU TUBE LIVE 1989, Moscow, Russia Shout shout shout Shout shout shout It shout at the devil He's the wolf screaming lonely in the night He's the blood stain the stage He's the tear in your eye Been tempted by his lie He's the knife in your back, he's rage He's the razor to the knife Oh lonely is our lives My heads spinnin' round and round But in seasons of wither We'll stand and deliver Be strong and laugh and Shout shout shout Shout at the devil Shout shout shout He'll be the love in your eyes He'll be the blood between your thighs And then have you cry for more He'll put your strength to the test He'll put the thrill back in death Sure you've heard it all before He'll be the risk in the kiss Might be anger on your lips Might run scared for the door But in seasons of wither We'll stand and deliver Be strong and laugh and Shout shout shout Shout at the devil Shout shout shout Shout at the devil He's the wolf screaming lonely in the night He's the blood stain the stage He's the tear in your eye Been tempted by his lie He's the knife in your back, he's rage He's the razor to the knife Oh lonely is our lives My heads spinnin' round and round But in seasons of wither We'll stand and deliver Be strong and laugh and Shout shout shout Shout at the devil Shout shout shout Shout at the devil Shout shout shout Shout at the devil Shout shout shout Shout at the devil Shout shout shout Shout at the devil Shout shout shout Shout at the devil Shout shout shout Shout shout shout Shout shout shout Shout shout shout Shout shout shout Shout shout shout