{"id":45046,"date":"2026-04-07T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45046"},"modified":"2026-03-29T08:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:50:56","slug":"electric-six-run-harry-nilssons-one-through-the-machine-and-it-comes-out-crunchier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45046","title":{"rendered":"Electric Six run Harry Nilsson\u2019s \u2018One\u2019 through the machine \u2014 and it comes out crunchier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Detroit&#8217;s finest disco-punk misfits <strong>Electric Six<\/strong> have dusted off a hidden gem from the vault \u2014 a cover of <em>One<\/em>, Harry Nilsson&#8217;s 1968 classic, out now via <strong>Metropolis Records<\/strong>. Recorded during the same sessions as their fourth album, <strong>&#8216;I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master&#8217;<\/strong>, the track sat unreleased for nearly two decades before finally seeing the light of day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>And yes \u2014 it goes through the machine. Frontman <strong>Dick Valentine<\/strong> explains it best: &#8220;<em>Many years ago, we ran the song through our processor, our updater, our music machine. We then sprinkled the song with some sevendust, and voila!!! You are about to hear a crunchier, angstier version of this sad but catchy pop music classic. Electric Six recorded this at the behest of a video game conglomerate for use in an advertising campaign. This is the convergence in the Electric Six Venn diagram circles of video games, shameless lust for money, and video games. One is the loneliest number indeed\u2026.but SIX\u2026is the most electric!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sDTzJ8Lslw8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So yeah \u2014 originally a video game ad commission, now a proper single. Very Electric Six. The track joins a legacy of notable <em>One<\/em> covers including Three Dog Night and John Farnham (both 1969), Filter (1998), and Aimee Mann (1999). The Electric Six version is, predictably, the most unhinged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Album It Came From<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>One<\/em> is one of five bonus tracks included on the upcoming remastered reissue of <strong>&#8216;I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master&#8217;<\/strong> \u2014 out <strong>May 8th<\/strong> as a 2xLP on translucent ruby red vinyl and digital. It&#8217;s the album&#8217;s first-ever vinyl release, which honestly feels like it should have happened sooner for a record this unhinged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When the album first dropped in 2007, Valentine had this to say about it: <em>&#8220;Every song in one way or another is the result of excessive access to excess: from the jazzy cabaret-ish album opener &#8216;It&#8217;s Showtime!&#8217;, to the radio-ready Coldplayish &#8216;When I Get To The Green Building&#8217;, to the triumphant new wave\/stoner rock big bang in the magnificent &#8216;Dirty Looks&#8217;, Electric Six feels that they&#8217;ve done a good job at weaving fun, good times and high-octane pleasure into the fabric of this crazy world, damned by its excess.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The reissue is available now for pre-order on <a href=\"#\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">They&#8217;re Also Touring \u2014 A Lot<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Because Electric Six are the kind of band that simply does not stop, they&#8217;ve got a hefty run of live dates lined up across <strong>North America<\/strong> and the <strong>UK<\/strong> this spring and summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North America:<\/strong> April 29th \u2013 May 23rd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UK:<\/strong><br><strong>Download Festival \u2013 District X<\/strong> \u2014 June 11th<br><strong>UK Tour<\/strong> \u2014 June 12th\u201328th<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/electricsix.com\/#section-shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Dates &amp; tickets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formed in Detroit in 1996 and still fronted by the one and only Dick Valentine, Electric Six have spent nearly three decades smashing together garage rock, new wave, punk, disco, and metal with a comedy sledgehammer. If you somehow missed them during the <em>Danger! High Voltage<\/em> \/ <em>Gay Bar<\/em> explosion of 2003, here&#8217;s your chance to catch up \u2014 and catch them live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stream <em>One<\/em> now: <a href=\"https:\/\/ffm.to\/e6one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/ffm.to\/e6one<\/a><br>Pre-order the reissue on Bandcamp: <a href=\"https:\/\/electricsix.bandcamp.com\/album\/i-shall-exterminate-everything-around-me-that-restricts-me-from-being-the-master-2026-remaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Electric Six:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dmanalytics2.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Felectricsix.com&amp;i=5&amp;d=0G3zYzkxTcizFWkJ-mmXTA&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=ultIkc09S-O5nREqoJAS2w&amp;s=cFHVvFt9vwk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Official Site<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dmanalytics2.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Felectricsixofficial%2F&amp;i=6&amp;d=0G3zYzkxTcizFWkJ-mmXTA&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=ultIkc09S-O5nREqoJAS2w&amp;s=0oht7a2OXSk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0| \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dmanalytics2.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Felectricsixofficial%2F&amp;i=7&amp;d=0G3zYzkxTcizFWkJ-mmXTA&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=ultIkc09S-O5nREqoJAS2w&amp;s=TAZhU66ZXM0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Detroit&#8217;s finest disco-punk misfits Electric Six have dusted off a hidden gem from the vault \u2014 a cover of One, Harry Nilsson&#8217;s 1968 classic, out <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45046\" title=\"Electric Six run Harry Nilsson\u2019s \u2018One\u2019 through the machine \u2014 and it comes out crunchier\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,25,28,30,1907,11526],"tags":[13555,13557,13553,3404,13556,13548,13549,13552,3343,13551,13554,12117,13378,835,13550,5316,940,1264],"class_list":["post-45046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","category-reissue","tag-2xlp","tag-album-reissue","tag-cover-song","tag-detroit","tag-dick-valentine","tag-disco-punk","tag-download-festival","tag-electric-six","tag-garage-rock","tag-harry-nilsson","tag-i-shall-exterminate-everything-around-me-that-restricts-me-from-being-the-master","tag-metropolis-records","tag-new-single","tag-new-wave","tag-north-america-tour","tag-one","tag-punk","tag-uk-tour"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_0317.png?fit=905%2C603&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-bIy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41111,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41111","url_meta":{"origin":45046,"position":0},"title":"Then Comes Silence announce \u2018Boxed\u2019\u00a0EP reissue","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"February 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Goth\/Post-Punk Icons Wrap Up U.S. Tour with Exclusive Digital Release Swedish darkwave titans\u00a0Then Comes Silence\u00a0are set to\u00a0reissue their sought-after \u2018Boxed\u2019 EP on February 21, 2025 via\u00a0Metropolis Records. 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