# Torture Tech Overdrive > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Torture_Tech_Overdrive > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Torture_Tech_Overdrive.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture_Tech_Overdrive > Source revision: 1122076347 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1991 compilation album by Various artists Torture Tech Overdrive Compilation album by Various artists Released 1991 (1991) Genre Electro-industrial Length 42:25 Label If It Moves... Re-Constriction Records V/A chronology Torture Tech Overdrive (1991) The Cyberflesh Conspiracy (1992) Alternative cover 1994 CD cover ***Torture Tech Overdrive*** is a various artists compilation album released in 1991 by [If It Moves...](/source/Re-Constriction_Records).[1] In October 1994 the album was reissued for a limited run of 1000 pressings by [Cleopatra Records](/source/Cleopatra_Records) with an extended track listing additional versions of tracks.[2][3][4] The uncredited song is "Back in Black", an cover of the [hard rock](/source/Hard_rock) band [AC/DC](/source/AC%2FDC) by [Chase's](/source/Chase_(label_manager)) musical outlet [Rendering Service](/source/Rendering_Service). The song "Lupe Velez" by Jimmy Jazz is about the illogicality of attempting to create a "beautiful suicide."[5] ## Reception *Sonic Boom* gave *Torture Tech Overdrive* a positive review and said "definitely a compilation to try and find regardless of its limited edition status."[2] ## Track listing Side one No. Title Writer(s) Artist Length 1. "Fight!" Keith Arem, Jack Boughner Biohazard PCB 3:49 2. "Character Machine" (Reanimated Edit) Anthony Floriano, Kenneth Spain, Stephen Synoski Fixed Image 4:47 3. "CDB" (Gizmo Edit) R. Orret, Steve Watkins Scar Tissue 3:41 4. "Countdown to Meltdown '94" (Gate Edit) Timothy Wiles Death Method 4:28 5. "Shallow Grave (Date With an Embalmer Mix)" Chad Bishop, Allan King, Shayde Sartin STG 4:21 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Artist Length 1. "Numbing Device" (1991 V. Remix) Mark Deadrick, Trevor Henthorn Sweat Engine 4:26 2. "White Noise" William Hayden, Keith York Apolitiq 4:18 3. "So Big (Original Un-Edited Mix)" Peter Stone Xorcist 5:05 4. "Back in Black" (AC/DC cover) Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm Young Rendering Service 3:27 5. "Freedom" Jeremy Daw, Lynda Sterling Yeht Mae 4:04 1994 CD track listing No. Title Writer(s) Artist Length 1. "Fight!" Keith Arem, Jack Boughner Biohazard PCB 3:49 2. "Numbing Device" Mark Deadrick, Trevor Henthorn Sweat Engine 4:26 3. "CDB" (Gizmo Edit) R. Orret, Steve Watkins Scar Tissue 3:41 4. "Shallow Grave (Date With an Embalmer Mix)" Chad Bishop, Allan King, Shayde Sartin STG 4:21 5. "White Noise" William Hayden, Keith York Apolitiq 4:18 6. "Crock of Shit" Shonn Bratlien, Barry Dost, Johan Sherriffs, Thomas Patrick Smith Pain Emission 2:59 7. "Character Machine" Anthony Floriano, Kenneth Spain, Stephen Synoski Fixed Image 4:47 8. "Secret Hate" Michael Gunn, Jeff Tatman Death Industry 4:52 9. "Manifesto Primitive" Jeremy Goody A Release Project 3:36 10. "So Big (Original Un-Edited Mix)" Peter Stone Xorcist 5:05 11. "Countdown to Meltdown '94" Timothy Wiles Death Method 4:28 12. "Flesh Feeds Soul (Perversion '94)" (Razormaid Mix) Steven Seibold Hate Dept. 4:17 13. "Freedom" Jeremy Daw, Lynda Sterling Yeht Mae 4:04 14. "Technocality" Mark Deadrick, Trevor Henthorn Sweat Engine 5:01 15. "Roundhouse" Larry Rainwater Ex-Voto 4:03 16. "Glass" (Clean Mix) James Basore, John Belew, Marc Phillips, Christian Void Killing Floor 4:41 17. "Lupe Velez" Justin Hopkins Jimmy Jazz 0:49 18. "Back in Black" (AC/DC cover) Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm Young Rendering Service 3:27 ## Personnel Adapted from the *Torture Tech Overdrive* liner notes.[6] - Carol – [compiling](/source/Compiler), [design](/source/Design) - [Chase](/source/Chase_(label_manager)) – compiling - Billy Peculiar – [cover art](/source/Cover_art) ## Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog United States 1991 If It Moves... LP IIM-001 1994 Cleopatra CD CLEO 9499 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-allmusic_1-0)** ["Various Artists: *Torture-Tech Overdrive* > Overview"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000122277). Allmusic. Retrieved July 26, 2019. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sonicboom_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sonicboom_2-1) Christian, Chris (October 1995). ["Various Artists: *Torture Tech Overdrive*"](http://www.sonic-boom.com/review/torture.tech.overdrive.html). *Sonic Boom*. **3** (8). Retrieved July 26, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-schwannspectrum1_3-0)** Barnhart, Becky (1995). ["Schwann Spectrum"](https://books.google.com/books?id=oQw5AQAAIAAJ). *[Schwann Spectrum](/source/Schwann_Catalog)*. **7** (1). Stereophile, Incorporated: 209. Retrieved July 26, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-schwannspectrum2_4-0)** Barnhart, Becky (1996). ["Schwann Spectrum"](https://books.google.com/books?id=OOwZAQAAIAAJ). *[Schwann Spectrum](/source/Schwann_Catalog)*. Winter 1996-1997. Stereophile, Incorporated: 255. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781575980386](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781575980386). Retrieved July 26, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Vogel, Michelle](/source/Michelle_Vogel) (July 10, 2012). [*Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's "Mexican Spitfire"*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0Qt_kZTt4JYC). [McFarland & Company](/source/McFarland_%26_Company). p. 222. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780786489978](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780786489978). Retrieved July 26, 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-linearnotes_6-0)** *Torture Tech Overdrive* (sleeve). Various artists. San Diego, California: [If It Moves...](/source/Re-Constriction_Records) 1991.{{[cite AV media notes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_AV_media_notes)}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others_in_cite_AV_media_(notes))) ## External links - *[Torture Tech Overdrive](https://www.discogs.com/master/58463)* at [Discogs](/source/Discogs) (list of releases) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Torture Tech Overdrive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture_Tech_Overdrive) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture_Tech_Overdrive?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.