Hate Culture is the debut studio album by William Control

William Control

William Control is an American electronica band and the side project of Aiden's wiL Francis. He was signed to Victory Records and has released two albums, "Hate Culture" and "Noir", the latter of which was released on June 8, 2010.-History:...

. The album was released on October 28, 2008 through Victory Records

Victory Records

Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....

. It is a concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

 that follows a man named William Control on the last day before he kills himself. To promote the album, a clip called 'Taste' and a preview of the song "Strangers" were released through Myspace. Additionally the song "Beautiful Loser" was released on iTunes on September 30, 2008 and a video for the track was also released.

Track listing

Outtakes

• "Death Club" - Was cut from album to be included on the Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Soundtrack though it appears as a remix by Renholdër.

Trivia

• The dialogue that makes up the first track, "Prologue", is actually the opening monologue from "The Libertine
  The Libertine
  The Libertine may refer to:* The Libertine , directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile* The Libertine , starring Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton, and Rosamund Pike* "The Libertine" , a song by Patrick Wolf...
  
  ", a 2005 movie starring Johnny Depp
  Johnny Depp
  John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...
  
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• Two songs from Hate Culture have been used in commercials for "Flicks" on Cartoon Network
  Cartoon Network
  Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
  
  . "Beautiful Loser" was used in an ad for "Adventures in Babysitting
  Adventures in Babysitting
  Adventures in Babysitting is a 1987 American comedy film written by David Simkins, directed by Chris Columbus, and starring Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Penelope Ann Miller, Bradley Whitford, and a brief cameo by blues singer/guitarist Albert Collins...
  
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• The song "Strangers" was included in the Saw V soundtrack.

External links

• The music video for "Beautiful Loser"