Moving the guitars forward in the mix paid off in spades for Clutch, who continued with their familiar formula of mixing Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath on their sophomore album. Without straying at all from its roots, the band adds a little more funk to its sound ŕ la Primus, which makes for a more consistent set of songs than last time. Not to mention that the stars shine brighter than they did last time around: "Spacegrass" alone should have become an instant classic, but following minor rotation on hard rock stations, the song -- and the band with it -- was delegated a cult status, compared to the likes of contemporaries Coal Chamber and Korn.
this is typical Clutch. Awesomeness incarnate. "We yabbadabbadoo all the way to Shangri-la".In the north they call us Rebels, In the south they call us Yankees, Because every other sucker's born to do the hokey pokey With the skillet lickin' time keepers, The grinning reapers Of a missionary rock star. You can rock it like Sir Sisyphus, But even in it's genesis It's really quite ridiculous, '...
A stumbling drum intro, a creepycrawley riff, and everything slowed down r-e-a-l s-l-o-w. And then there's the completely unintelligible lyrics, or shouts, yells, whatever. Anyway it totally freakin jams out. check it.
this is typical Clutch. Awesomeness incarnate. "We yabbadabbadoo all the way to Shangri-la".In the north they call us Rebels, In the south they call us Yankees, Because every other sucker's born to do the hokey pokey With the skillet lickin' time keepers, The grinning reapers Of a missionary rock star. You can rock it like Sir Sisyphus, But even in it's genesis It's really quite ridiculous, '...
A stumbling drum intro, a creepycrawley riff, and everything slowed down r-e-a-l s-l-o-w. And then there's the completely unintelligible lyrics, or shouts, yells, whatever. Anyway it totally freakin jams out. check it.
Maryland rockers Clutch will release their first-ever live DVD, "Full Fathom Five: Video Field Recordings", on August 12 via the group's newly launched Weathermaker Music label. The band will also release a live companion CD, "Full Fathom Five: Audio Field Recordings", on the same day. All tracks on the DVD and CD were recorded and filmed in late 2007 and early 2008 in New Jersey, Pittsbur...