Arizona Bay
Studio album by Bill Hicks
Released	February 25, 1997
Recorded	November 1992 - October 1993
Genre	Comedy
Length	65:56
Label	Rykodisc RCD 10352
Producer	Kevin Booth
Professional reviews
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Bill Hicks chronology
Relentless (1992) Arizona Bay (1997) Rant in E-Minor (1997)

Arizona Bay is an album by comedian Bill Hicks, posthumously released in 1997 through Rykodisc. It was released alongside Rant in E-Minor, marking three years since his death. The album's title refers to the hope that L.A. will one day fall into the ocean due to a major earthquake. Hicks, perhaps in jest, contends that the world will be better off in LA's absence: Bill Hicks - Arizona Bay This is an album cover. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... This Section does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The word comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rykodisc Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... This Section does not cite any references or sources. ... Relentless is a live album by stand-up comedian & satirist Bill Hicks. ... Rant in E-Minor is an album by comedian Bill Hicks, posthumously released in 1997 through Rykodisc. ... This Section does not cite any references or sources. ... Rykodisc Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Rant in E-Minor is an album by comedian Bill Hicks, posthumously released in 1997 through Rykodisc. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

"Ahhh, it's gone, it's gone, it's gone...All the shitty shows are gone, all the idiots screaming in the fucking wind are dead, I love it...leaving nothing but a cool, beautiful serenity called Arizona Bay. That's right, when L.A. falls in the fucking ocean and is flushed away, All it will leave is Arizona Bay."

The Music

Several of Hicks's albums are unique in that they feature background music, meant to enhance the album's mood. Such additions were made well after the initial recordings and are the product of Hicks's own musicianship.[1]

Upon learning that he had developed cancer, Hicks used his time to mix music into Rant in E-Minor and Arizona Bay, calling it his "Dark Side of the Moon." [2] Rant in E-Minor is an album by comedian Bill Hicks, posthumously released in 1997 through Rykodisc. ... Alternate covers 20th Anniversary cover 30th Anniversary SACD cover The Dark Side of the Moon (titled in the 1993 CD release as Dark Side of the Moon, and often abbreviated as DSotM) is a concept album by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1973. ...

Track listing

1. "Goodbye You Lizard Scum" – 3:52
2. "Step on the Gas (L.A. Riots)" – 4:50
3. "Hooligans" – 4:20
4. "Officer Nigger Hater" – 5:27
5. "As Long as We're Talking Shelf Life (Kennedy)" – 5:00
6. "Elephant Is Dead (Bush)" – 1:57
7. "Me & Saddam" – 3:10
8. "Bullies of the World" – 1:22
9. "Shane's Song" – 2:03
10. "Dinosaurs in the Bible" – 5:45
11. "Living God" – 1:05
12. "Marketing & Advertising" – 4:38
13. "Don't Talk for Me" – 1:40
14. "Clam Lappers & Sonic the Hedgehog" – 3:02
15. "She's Got a Broken Heart" – 1:09
16. "Pussywhipped Satan" – 4:40
17. "L.A. Falls" – 3:54
18. "Elvis" – 8:05

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Personnel

• Bill Hicks - Guitar, Vocals
• Kevin Booth - Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Producer

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Pop Culture References to Hicks

The computer game Deus Ex, set in the mid-21st century, features a reference to an earthquake destroying Los Angeles in 2030 and creating Arizona Bay [3]. Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ... This article is about the video game. ...

The band Tool released a song, "Ænema", from their album Ænima, which repeats the theme of Los Angeles being drowned in the Arizona Bay. The song includes the lyrics "Learn to swim, see you down in Arizona Bay." Bill Hicks has always been a heavy influence on Tool's albums: Tool is an American rock band, formed during 1990 in Los Angeles, California, that consists of drummer Danny Carey, bassist Justin Chancellor, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ænima is the second full-length studio album by the American rock band Tool. ...

"Who's that talking at the start of "Third Eye"? - That would be the aforementioned Bill Hicks; those are snips of comedy routines of his, from "The War On Drugs" (off his CD Dangerous) and "Drugs Have Done Good Things" (off Relentless). In fact, on his CD Rant in E Minor, he refers to the power that heavy doses of hallucinogens have to "squeegeed his third eye." [4]