Listen to Early White Zombie Song ‘Scarecrow #2′ (Exclusive)

The track is from an upcoming collection of rarely heard songs from the band's New York City days

White Zombie, circa 1986. Photo: Scott Smith

The band White Zombie made a name for itself in the early and mid-1990s with heavy, horror-themed songs such as “Beavis and Butthead” favorite “Thunder Kiss ’65” and the hit single “More Human Than Human.” But before the band’s MTV salad days, White Zombie was a noise-rock group from New York City’s underground scene that pressed only a few hundred copies of its first few records in the mid- to late 1980s, leaving several songs out of print.

But on June 3, 39 early White Zombie tracks will be available, remastered by guitarist J. Yuenger, in a boxed set called “It Came From N.Y.C.“ that will include five LPs or three CDs, and a 108-page, photo-packed hardcover book that chronicles the band’s rise. The remastered version of the previously unissued song “Scarecrow #2” premieres today on Speakeasy.

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