I’m not going into details; it’s too horrible

So begins one of my favourite songs from my formative years - “Dead Eyes Opened (1993 Remix)” by Severed Heads. (Dig that band name!)

In 1993 I was a teenager and very much into grunge music. Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden were my favourite bands. I didn’t bother with any other genres, particularly not techno music. Dead Eyes Opened was one of the few exceptions to this.

The track could loosely be called dance music; I suppose nowadays it would be called house music. Perhaps Horror House, if there is such a thing. It’s a fairly eerie piece of music that builds up into a climax about midway through the song. Quite well done if you ask me.

I remember playing it to my dad; he didn’t like it.

The clip for the song didn’t get any airplay at that time due to strobing and sexual content (amusing, given that it’s about 10% as sexy as any RnB or rap clip, but I guess ratings systems have always been a tad arbitrary).

Dead Eyes Opened is hard to find anywhere nowadays, legally or otherwise; but I did find the video clip on YouTube. Hurrah for YouTube!