Electro-Shock for President

{{Infobox album

| name = Electro-Shock for President

| type = EP

| artist = Brainiac

| cover = Electro-Shock for President.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 1, 1997

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = *Post-industrial

• synth-punk
• noise rock

| length = 14:13

| label = Touch & Go Records

| producer = Jim O'Rourke

| prev_title = Hissing Prigs in Static Couture

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Attic Tapes

| next_year = 2021

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Brainiac EP

| type = EP

| prev_title = Internationale

| prev_year = 1995

| title = Electro-Shock for President

| year = 1997

| next_title = The Predator Nominate

| next_year = 2023

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/electro-shock-for-president-mw0000028420|title=Electro-Shock for President|author=Heather Phares|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=1 January 2015}}

| rev2 = MusicHound Rock

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last=Handyside |first=Chris |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/154/ |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |pages=154–155 |via=Internet Archive}}

}}

Electro-Shock for President is the second extended play from the band Brainiac. The band decided to primarily use electronic equipment to demonstrate the band's ever-evolving sound. This EP was intended to be a teaser for Brainiac's fourth album, expected to be their major label debut on Interscope Records. However, vocalist and keyboard player Tim Taylor died in a car accident shortly after the EP's release.

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails noted in a BBC radio show (May 2005) that Brainiac was "really inspiring to me from a sonic standpoint." He went on to say that while recording 2005's With Teeth, he would use Electro-Shock for President as a sound reference.{{cite web|url=http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php?id=88 |title=Nine Inch Nails Articles Archive - Radio One Rock Show hosted by Trent Reznor |publisher=Theninhotline.net |date=5 April 2005|accessdate=14 February 2012}}