Song · Celtic Frost
“Mexican Radio” by Celtic Frost
From the album Into the Pandemonium (1987)
“Mexican Radio” by Celtic Frost appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1987 on the album Into the Pandemonium. Its best result is #858 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,150 hard rock song of all time.
Celtic Frost's run at Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio" turns up on Into the Pandemonium, the Swiss extreme metal band's third studio album, released in June 1987 on Noise in Europe and Combat in the US. A cover this unlikely was the point: the record pushed the band's experimental streak further, wandering into industrial textures and gothic rock along the way.
Stan Ridgway and Marc Moreland wrote the song, and the band produced their version themselves, with Jan Němec engineering. The album also brought back bassist and backing vocalist Martin Eric Ain, who had sat out the previous record. Into the Pandemonium got a mixed reception at first, then won people over fast enough to become the band's most successful record.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 858 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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