Corrosion of Conformity have unveiled the video for “You Or Me,” the latest single from their upcoming double album Good God / Baad Man, due April 3rd via Nuclear Blast. The clip was directed by visual artist Costin Chioreanu, with additional footage shot by Mike Holderbeast.
The band offered their own take on the collaboration: “Deep from within the forests of Romania and the twisted mind of our dear friend Costin Chioreanu comes his twisted visions put to Corrosion‘s music. It’s a match made in purgatory. There’s some special additions from [director] Mike Holderbeast‘s crew as well.”
The band said the “You Or Me” quote came from the band Lucifer, who described the track as “a blistering, Sabbed out track” and “an angry acid trip into the origins of the human condition since the dawn of man. In these primitive times, it’s clear to say they haven’t learned much. So, Black it’s Blue.”
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The single follows “Gimme Some Moore,” the album’s lead track, which featured backing vocals from Ministry‘s Al Jourgensen and Madonna guitarist Monte Pittman.
Good God / Baad Man was produced by Grammy winner Warren Riker (Fugees, Down, Cathedral), recorded at Blak Shak Studios in Riffissippi, USA, Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana, and Barry Gibb‘s home studio in Miami, Florida. Cover art is by New Orleans artist Scott Guion.
The album arrives as a double record, and that format was a natural outcome of the writing process. “As we went on, we had such a crazy plethora of songs, it was almost like two different directions,” vocalist and guitarist Pepper Keenan explains. “We knew we had to split it into two different albums. Then we came up with this concept.”
Each half has its own identity. “Good God leans toward the heavier/pissed end of the spectrum. Baad Man is more on the throwdown rock scope. As we went along, it became clear which songs went on which album.”
Warren Riker had his own take on the project: “Our producer kept calling it Dark Side Of The Doom,” Keenan recalls. “In my head, it’s a weird love letter to all things rock ‘n’ roll.”
The record marks the band’s first since 2018’s No Cross No Crown, a period shadowed by loss. Drummer Reed Mullin passed away in January 2020, and bassist Mike Dean later departed amicably. Keenan and guitarist Woody Weatherman regrouped, hunkering down at Keenan‘s Mississippi home and absorbing everything from Discharge to ZZ Top to Black Sabbath before the writing began. “With a lot of these songs, we’re trying to make Reed Mullin proud,” Keenan says. “He was a badass and a one-of-a-kind drummer. And the stakes were high.”
The current lineup features Stanton Moore on drums — who previously appeared on 2005’s In The Arms Of God — and bassist Bobby Landgraf, known from his time with Down and his own band, Honky.
Good God / Baad Man is available for pre-order on digipak CD, digital, and vinyl in the following formats:
- Gatefold 2xLP w/ Belly Strip – Black Vinyl (Retail)
- 2 Separate Jacket LPs w/ Belly Strip – LP 1 Blue / LP 2 Red (Mail Order + Band Exclusive)
