M:i-2 : Music From And Inspired By (2000 Film)
This is quite an impressive list of today's modern rock heroes.Limp Bizkitincorporate a sci-fi space groove into their patented rap-metal and deliver theMission: Impossible 2theme, "Take a Look Around." FormerSoundgardensinger Chris Cornell contributes theLed Zeppelin-influenced "Mission 2000."Pink Floyd's 1975 anti-record industry classic "Have a Cigar" is replicated and then augmented with hard-rock screams and heavy-metal guitars by theFoo Fightersand formerQueenguitarist Brian May.Tori Amos's atmospheric "Carnival" nicely complements the straightforward hard rock ofBuckcherry. Powderfinger's "Not My Kinda Scene" captures a lazy desert vibe, while Biff Butler navigates the generic industrial-metal wasteland with his band,Apartment 26. For over-the-top mayhem,Rob Zombie's got the market cornered with the sonically impressive "Scum of the Earth." And there's even the rarely-heard-from-these-daysButthole Surferscoming back with the restrained (for them) "They Came In."--Rob O'Connor