| Clutch - Profits of Doom Live - Sounds of the Underground |
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The Sounds of the Underground Live Volume 1
DVD is in stores now and features all the
mayhem and live performances from the 2005
edition of Sounds of the Underground. DVD
includes ALL THAT REMAINS, DEVILDRIVER, A
LIFE ONCE LOST, MADBALL,HIGH ON FIRE,
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, THROWDOWN, NORMA JEAN,
EVERY TIME I DIE , GWAR , CHIMAIRA , UNEARTH
, CLUTCH , POISON THE WELL , FROM AUT
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| CLUTCH on CAPITAL CHAOS TV 1998 |
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CLUTCH @ Club Xtreme - Cameron Park, CA
1998...also on the bill were SEVENDUST &
STUCK MOJO http://pro-rock.com Though each of
Clutch's albums is marked by its own distinct
and cohesive sound, the band's musical style
may be said to have migrated from metallic
hardcore punk to hard rock over the course of
its career, with strong blues influences
becoming more prominent in later years. As
vocalist/guitarist Neil Fallon notes, "We've
been really conscious of the blues over the
last couple of years, and you have to admit
that the blues really is the source of all
rock and roll. I think it's important to go
to the source to find that inspiration."[1]
Clutch's lyrics, at first angry and serious
in tone, had by the time of 1993's
Transnational Speedway League become
characterized by intelligence, wordplay, and
often humor (although comedy is not usually
the focus). Their songs make frequent
reference to history, mythology, popular
culture, and religion—for example, "I Have
the Body of John Wilkes Booth", from their
self-titled album, tells the story of a
fisherman who discovers the corpse of
Lincoln's assassin in the Susquehanna River,
and Jam Room's "Release the Kraken" inserts a
hero called "Useless the Younger" into the
movie Clash of the Titans. At other times the
lyrics contain some very surreal imagery, as
in this quote from Robot Hive/Exodus's
"Burning Beard": "Every time I look out my
window/ same three dogs looking back at me.
Every time I open my windows/ cranes fly in
to terrorize me."
Formed in 1991, Clutch built a local
following through constant gigging, and after
just one 7" single (the classic Earache
release "Passive Restraints") Clutch was
signed by EastWest Records. Their debut LP,
Transnational Speedway League, followed in
1993. A self-titled album appeared two years
later and afforded Clutch some mainstream
exposure. They jumped to the larger Columbia
label for 1998's Elephant Riders, and many
thought the group might join their sonic
cousins Korn and Deftones in the alternative
metal winner's circle. That didn't quite
happen. But it didn't matter, because a
quality fan base continued to thrive for
Clutch.
Pure Rock Fury appeared in 2001. The title
track was initially released as the first
single from the band's Atlantic debut.
However, the Program Director for North
Carolina Rock station, WXQR (Rock 105), Brian
Rickman, suggested that the label switch
singles to another track from the album:
"Careful With That Mic". Atlantic did so and
Clutch was afforded a surprise hit single.
The follow-up tracks, "Immortal" and "Open Up
The Border" were also well received by
American Rock stations.
The similarly uncompromising Blast Tyrant
came three years later as their first for DRT
Records. Again, the band enjoyed more Rock
radio airplay thanks to the single "The Mob
Goes Wild" (with a video directed by Bam
Margera).
Their seventh full-length, Robot Hive/Exodus,
followed in 2005 and featured the first
lineup change since the early '90s, the
addition of organist Mick Schauer. Among
Clutch's numerous side releases were a
groove-based album (2000's Jam Room), as well
as Live at the Googolplex and the rarities
record Slow Hole to China, both issued in
2003. Also issued in 2005, Pitchfork & Lost
Needles combined Clutch's 1991 Pitchfork 7"
with unreleased demos and early tracks.
In the fall of 2006, the band hit the studio
with producer Joe Barresi (Kyuss, Melvins,
Tool) to record their next album; the
resulting From Beale Street to Oblivion
appeared in March 2007. While the band has
not recovered their previous radio airplay
with subsequent releases, Clutch have
accumulated a devoted cult following. This
following has been cultivated by an ambitious
touring schedule; the band has often
performed more than 100 shows per year. In
fact, a 30-plus-date U.S. tour has been
scheduled for early 2007, with a European
tour following that.
As of January 24, 2007, the track "Electric
Worry" can be streamed online.
The album was leaked onto the internet in
early March. Critical reaction to the album
has been overwhelmingly positive: the
influential magazine Metal Hammer called it a
future classic, the best album the group has
ever produced, and easily a front runner for
album of the year.
[edit] Members
* Neil Fallon -- vocals, guitar,
harmonica
* Tim Sult -- guitar
* Dan Maines -- bass guitar
* Jean-Paul Gaster -- drums
* Mick Schauer -- organ
[edit] Trivia and other info
* Clutch fans often refer to themselves
as "gearheads", in reference to the fact that
a clutch is a transmission component.
* In 1997, "Escape From the Prison
Planet" appeared in the movie Escape From
L.A..
* Clutch tracks have appeared in three
video games:
o In 2003, "Impetus" found its way
onto the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's
Underground.
o In 2004, "Immortal" was featured
in, Hitman: Contracts.
o In 2006, "10001110101" could be
played on a jukebox at the start of Prey.
* In their 2005 album Robot Hive /
Exodus, Clutch pays homage to the Canadian
rock band Rush in the song "10001110101". The
song makes references to the song "2112 Part
II: The Temples of Syrinx" from the 1976
album 2112 and has a similar chorus to Rush's
song "The Body Electric" from the 1984 album
Grace Under Pressure to which the lyrics are
"1001001".
* Clutch has also contributed 2 songs,
"The Mob Goes Wild" and "Careful With That
Mic...", to the extreme mountain biking movie
series New World Disorder.
[edit] Other projects
In the late 1990s, Clutch and its sibling
project The Bakerton Group (an instrumental
blues band composed of Clutch members Maines,
Sult, Gaster, and Schauer) formed an
independent record label, River Road Records,
to release their own music. River Road does
not sign any other artists. To date, The
Bakerton Group has only released one 3-track
EP, Space Guitars, which is available to
download for free from Clutch's official
website. http://capitalchaos.net
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