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I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master

album by Electric Six

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ387298 ↗
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I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master is the fourth album by the Detroit rock band Electric Six.

Music videos were made for the tracks "Down at McDonaldz" and "Randy's Hot Tonight!".

Track listing

All lyrics written by Tyler Spencer, music composition noted below.

All lyrics written by Tyler Spencer, except where noted below.

Personnel

Dick Valentine – vocals

John Nash (Johnny Na$hinal) – lead guitar

Zach Shipps (The Colonel) – rhythm guitar

Tait Nucleus? – keyboards

Keith Thompson (Smorgasbord) – bass

Mike Alonso (Percussion World) – drums

Other information

The title of the album comes from a 1921 cartoon drawing by George Grosz.

The album artwork is taken from a painting called The Long Arm of the Law by Detroit artist Ron Zakrin, who was also behind the artwork for the band's follow-up album Flashy.

The song "Kukuxumushu" (or Kukuxumusu) is Basque for "Flea's Kiss". Kukuxumusu is also a Spanish clothing brand. Tyler Spencer wrote the song after seeing a Kukuxumusu clothing shop whilst on tour, and deciding that he liked the word and wanted to use it.

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