The Revoltings Cocks was a musical side-project for Alain Jourgensen (Ministry) and Luc Van Acker.
The group was founded in 1985 by Jourgensen and Belgians Luc Van Acker and Richard 23 (Front 242). The first release was No Devotion on Wax Trax records.
Losing Richard 23 the group's remaining two members were augmented by a raidly changing set of musicians centred around Chris Connelly (Fini Tribe, later Damage Manual), Paul Barker (Ministry), Duane Buford, and Bill Rieflin. With around twenty others as irregular contributors or guests artists.
The single was quickly followed by an album Big Sexy Land in 1986, followed by a live album You Goddamned Son of a Bitch in 1988 and Beers, Steers and Queers in 1989. After a hiatus a final album, Linger Ficken' Good, was released in 1993.
The first album was a mix of industrial, dance and techno, with sampling and strong synthesized beats dominating. The live album, with the change in personnel, featured a return to Ministry-like industrial - the Big Sexy Land tracks embedded in shouting and noise. A trend that continued on Beers, Steers and Queers, layering sample over sample and pushing ever further into distortion. Linger Ficken' Good was released by Sire records and is a tamer affair, most tracks returning to the less layered material and only occassionally producing Ministry noise. Included was a cover of Rod Stewart's Do Ya Think I'm Sexy, also released as a single.
It is reported that the core of Revco, except Reiflin, reformed in 2000.
The origins of the groups name is uncertain and it is often abbreviated to Revco.
