3:18
There is between nine and 12 pints of blood in the average adult human body.
3:24
Drummer Ill Will shares his name with a character in the Beano/Dandy strip The Germs (which in turn shares its name with the massively influential punk band). Everything loops round!
3:30
Body Count have always been adamant that they are solely a metal band, despite often being classified as a rap-rock band due to Ice-T’s other career as a massively successful rapper. In his autobiography The Ice Opinion: Who Gives A Fuck?, Ice-T writes of his decision to be the lead singer of the band, "I knew I couldn't sing, but then I thought, 'Who can sing in rock’n’roll?'" He also described the ethos of the band as being decidedly less nuanced than his solo material, saying, “If you took a kid and you put him in jail with a microphone and asked him how he feels, you'd get Body Count: 'Fuck that. Fuck school. Fuck the police.' You wouldn't get intelligence or compassion. You'd get raw anger."
3:41
Ice-T has explained the philosophy of doing his own spin on this cover. He said, "I think when you remake a record, it's twofold. It's not just the remake, it should be the homage to the other artist. At the end of our version of Institutionalized, I say 'Suicidal!' because I don't want anyone for one minute thinking I invented that or am trying to pass it off that way. I don't need to.”
3:44
That’s it. It’s over. Amazing. You’re going to be muttering, 'I don’t give a fuck if you eat sawdust, motherfucker!' to yourself for weeks now.