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Psychosis Safari

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Released
  
8 July 2003

B-side
  
Breifcases For Girls [sic], Ho Ha, Presidential Wave (Live), Celebrate Your Mother (Live), Charge The Guns (Live), Whack Of Shit (Live)

Format
  
Promo CD, 2x CD single, 7"

Genre
  
Psychobilly, rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock, psychosis rock

Label
  
No Death, Island Records

Writer(s)
  
Guy McKnight, Sym Gharial, Tom Diamantopoulo, Marc R. Norris, Andy Huxley

"Psychosis Safari" is a song by The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, released as the third single from their debut album, Hörse of the Dög. At the time this was the band's most popular single, reaching number 26 in the charts and was played regularly on music channels such as MTV Rocks (formerly MTV2 Europe) and Kerrang!. It was featured on the soundtrack for the video game, Gran Turismo 4.

Contents

CD1

  1. Psychosis Safari
  2. Breifcases For Girls [sic]
  3. Presidential Wave (Recorded Live for BBC Radio 1 Evening Session)
  4. Psychosis Safari (Video)

CD2

  1. Psychosis Safari
  2. Ho Ha
  3. Celebrate Your Mother (Recorded Live for BBC Radio 1 Evening Session)

7 Track Promo

  1. Psychosis Safari
  2. Breifcases For Girls
  3. Ho Ha
  4. Presidential Wave (Live)
  5. Celebrate Your Mother (Live)
  6. Charge the Guns (Demo)
  7. Whack of Shit (Demo)

Video

The video comprises the band riding over a road in their "Disaster Car", and is filmed in a "cartoony" style using red and black colours. It was directed by Edgar Wright, director of the TV series Spaced and the films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.

References

Psychosis Safari Wikipedia