Song · Exodus
“Toxic Waltz” by Exodus
Released 1991
“Toxic Waltz” by Exodus appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1991. Its best result is #449 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,466 hard rock song of all time.
"The Toxic Waltz" comes off Fabulous Disaster, the third album from thrash metal band Exodus, released on Combat in 1989 with the whole band credited as writers. It was never even a single, and it didn't matter: it became one of their best-known songs and has held its spot in their live set ever since.
It started as a joke. Guitarist Gary Holt turned up at practice and asked frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza for a song about what their fans got up to at shows. That night Souza caught a TV ad for a compilation of old dance-craze records, "The Twist", "The Mashed Potato", "The Watusi" and "The Stroll" among them, and the penny dropped: he'd write a parody, with the mosh pit as the dance. The result is a gleeful field guide to pit mayhem, blood on the floor and all.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 449 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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