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Track: Just The Meat
Artist: Jesus Loves Junkies
Album: The Great Escape from Paradise

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Name: Jesus Loves Junkies
Spotify Genres: industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock
Followers: 4,892
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Jesus Loves Junkies (or JLJ for short) was a band from Tucson, Arizona. From the biography page on the band's website, Jesus Loves Junkies was called a “musical diary or documented exorcism.” The band was formed in late 1994 and their first album was released in the same year. Their last album was released in 1998, titled The Great Escape From Paradise, and in 1999 the band parted ways. The name of the band was based on the Karl Marx quote, where he stated that "...religion was the opiate of the people (masses)..." A familiar backdrop at JLJ shows was a stained glass window depicting a naked Jesus with a syringe 'phallus' and his eight-ball hemorrage eyed "junkie" apostles kneeling before him to receive their 'daily bread' . Their sound was characterized by an apocalyptic mixture of electronic, industrial and blasphemous rock. Members included Jeff Wambolt (singer), Patrick Orcutt (guitars), and several other revolving door musicians. Serious music from a even more seriously overlooked and underestimated band. They are best known for their song 'Escape From Paradise' which was used in a Postal 2, a video game created by Running With Scissors, compilation album '"Music To Go POSTAL By" in 2006. This allowed the band to gain a cult following nearly a decade after their final album. The band planned to write and record a follow-up album to The Great Escape from Paradise titled End of Line, but it was shortly cancelled. Wambolt’s current musical project is Nullborn. Production for the first Nullborn album, Them Burning, is set to be finished in 2023. Jeff’s other musical projects include Hardware Scarecrow, and Father Wormwood & Faded Satans. On February 24th, 2023, a fan who’s confirmed to be in contacted with Jeff himself, was told a brand new JLJ album is in the works. Fun Fact: Jesus was originally going to be stylized as Jesvs, hence why some album images has the u replaced with a v.

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Release: Jesus Loves Junkies - The Great Escape From Paradise
Year: 1998
Genres: Rock
Styles: Industrial, Industrial Metal

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