Disco Rigido

Disco Rigido is the debut studio album of Die Warzau, released on October 3, 1989 by Fiction and PolyGram. Van Christie claimed that the band wanted to integrate music that breaks racial barriers into compositions their audience could listen to us as much as dance.

Reception
AllMusic gave Disco Rigido a negative mark of two out of five possible stars. More positive in their critique of the album was Trouser Press, who identified Die Warzau's strength for combining rhythm and samples and claimed that "the group's political agenda never gets in the way of the fun." The album made CMJ's "Jackpot" picks in October 1989, claiming that "Die Warzau could be poised to fill the void on dancefloors" left behind after fellow Chicagoan Al Jourgenson "turned in his industrial-strength samplers and synth grooves for a sadomasochistic metal guitar crunch."

Personnel
Adapted from the Disco Rigido liner notes.

Die Warzau
 * Van Christie – guitar, synthesizer, sampler, computer, production, editing
 * Jim Marcus – lead vocals, percussion, noises, production

Additional performers
 * Stevo George – additional percussion (B5)
 * Crystal Meth – vocals (B4)
 * Mel Hammond – turntables
 * The Hellfire Anti-Christian Choir – vocals (A2)
 * Jesse Jackson – voice (B2)
 * Jennifer Wilcox – additional vocals (A1, B1)

Production and design
 * Tom Coyne – mastering
 * Cy Price – additional engineering
 * Dave Sears – additional engineering
 * Steve Spapperi – production, engineering