“Scum of the Earth” by Rob Zombie

"Scum of the Earth" first turned up on the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack, and Rob Zombie then brought it home as the lead single of his 2001 album The Sinister Urge. Zombie wrote the words and shares the music credit with Scott Humphrey, the two of them produced it together, and Humphrey and engineer Frank Gryner handled the mix.

It's a greasy, stomping monster-movie strut, with Riggs piling on the heavy guitars, Blasko on bass and John Tempesta pounding the drums, while the chorus turns into a big, repetitive shouted chant. On the final pass, female backing voices slither into the mix. Geffen put it out, it grabbed plenty of airplay, and Riggs liked the title enough to borrow it for a band he formed in 2003.

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