It was inspired by Berry's "fire and brimstone" religious upbringing.
A man who has too much to drink falls asleep on a bar room floor and has a vivid dream about riding a train, which is driven by the devil.
Negativland performed and recorded "Hellbound Plane" in concert; it is a parody of "Downbound Train" and suggested fictional character Dick Vaughn had died in a plane crash.
In 2020, Vika and Linda cover the song for their album, Sunday (The Gospel According to Iso).
[8][9] Covered by George Thorogood and the Destroyers, and renamed Hellbound Train, on their 1999 album Half a Boy/Half a Man.