A fine collection of mainly punk rock covers, with some extra variety sprinkled in. The album is a benefit for, as you might expect, the West Memphis Three. These are three guys incarcerated in the late '90s, either with life sentences or on death row. The details of their conviction are quite problematic, as both the liner notes and Jello Biafra spell out at the end of "Wrong and Important." The Killing Joke contribution adds some more information on capital punishment during their song. Tom Waits growls out a tune with his trusty spronky guitar, which is a highlight among the other interesting tracks. Most of the tracks are on the subject of capital punishment, but some of the cover choices (see Zeke's version of "Wrathchild" by Iron Maiden) seem to be positive support for the prisoners coming in a singular form. ~ Jeremy Salmon, All Music Guide
Free the West Memphis 3
10/10/2000 | Koch Records
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All Music Guide Review
Free the West Memphis 3 Track Listing
Credits of Free the West Memphis 3
- Duff McKagan
- Performer
- Scott Parker
- Executive Producer
- Bill Rieflin
- Performer
- Ben Shepherd
- Performer
- Eddie Vedder
- Performer
- Billy Zoom
- Producer
- Mike Johnson
- Performer
- Kelley Deal
- Performer
- Eddie Spaghetti
- Executive Producer
- Brian Haught
- Producer
- Zeke
- Performer
- Franz Stahl
- Performer
- Murder City Devils
- Performer
- Grove Pashley
- Photography
- Tony Scalzo
- Performer
- Mark Neill
- Mixing
- Nashville Pussy
- Performer
- Patrick Earle
- Assistant Engineer
- Long Beach Dub All-Stars
- Performer
- Twangtrust
- Producer, Mixing
- Zavo Henks
- Art Direction, Design
- Burk Sauls
- Liner Notes
- John Doe Thing
- Performer
- Joey Schuffied
- Performer
- Rocket from the Crypt
- Performer
- Supersuckers
- Producer
- Tippa Irie
- Performer
- Kurt Bloch
- Producer
- Gerald Collier
- Producer
- Dave Fisher
- Engineer, Mixing
- Tom Herbers
- Engineer, Mixing
- Randall Hage Jamail
- Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Bill Kennedy
- Producer, Mixing
- Jello Biafra
- Spoken Word
- Steve Earle
- Performer
- Killing Joke
- Performer
- L7
- Producer
- Mark Lanegan
- Performer
- Joe Strummer
- Performer
- Tom Waits
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