Bill Gates Must Die

"Bill Gates Must Die" is the third track on John Vanderslice's Mass Suicide Occult Figurines album released in 2000 on Barsuk Records.

[1][2] On 9 February 2000, SF Weekly reported that Vanderslice had trouble releasing a number of promotional compact discs of the album Mass Suicide Occult Figurines featuring the track "Bill Gates Must Die".

The Los Altos, California-based CD manufacturer Media Technology Services declined the release stating they took issue with the submitted cover art that spoofed the Microsoft logo.

"[7] Allmusic's Matt Fink reviewed "Bill Gates Must Die" with "the big bruising guitars [...] drive lyrics that are surprisingly free of attack on the multi-billionaire, instead telling the story of a man whose life is ruined by his obsessive internet use.

"[9] Pitchfork Media's Nick Mirov preferred the song "Speed Lab" over it stating that "allusions to paranoia about internet security loopholes and federal eavesdropping don't quite coalesce into the damning, righteous indictment of Microsoft that the title would suggest.