Beg to differ
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Hardcore - metal - crossover , groove metal |
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45:24 |
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Mark Dodson , Prong |
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Studio (s) |
Normandy Sound, Warren , Rhode Island |
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Beg to Differ (English phrase : allow yourself to disagree) is the third studio album by the American hardcore / metal band Prong . It was released on March 12, 1990 on Epic Records . It is the band's first album on a major label and the first on which the metal elements outweigh the hardcore roots.
There were music videos for Beg to Differ and Lost and Found , but the pieces did not appear as individual singles.
Music genre
After the Force Fed album, which was released in 1988 and still had a raw hardcore sound, Beg to Differ is much more technical and disciplined and appears in a style reminiscent of Thrash Metal , e.g. Sometimes also the industrial metal- based sound garb. The pieces are very minimalistic due to the three-man cast and the simple guitar-bass-drums instrumentation . Punchy staccato - riffs and often oblique harmonies, double bass -Inserts, breaks and tempo changes characterize the underlying mostly mid-paced, faster by some and emphasizes slow ( Prime Cut ) pieces of broken style. Tommy Victor is supported in his partly melodic and partly hardcore shouting vocals by bassist Mike Kirkland and partly by drummer Ted Parsons. An instrumental piece is also included with Intermenstrual, DSB .
History of origin
After the release of Force Fed , Prong went on a European tour for the first time in 1989. In the UK they played with BBC presenter John Peel one of the Peel Sessions , which in 1990 as EP was released. After returning to the USA , they played a concert in the opening act for Cro-Mags and Destruction at Club Ritz . A few months later, Epic signed Prong, which left a much larger budget for the next record. For the first time all band members were involved in the songwriting, Tommy Victor in all the band's own pieces. At the end of 1989 the band went to the Normandy Sound Studio with Mark Dodson ( Metal Church , Suicidal Tendencies ) in Warren , Rhode Island . Dodson mixed the record too. It was released in March 1990. This was followed by a European tour supporting Faith No More and a headlining tour with Mind Over Four in autumn 1990. In retrospect, Victor called the tour with Faith No More “musically none” despite mutual sympathy between the bands good compilation ”. The two videos published were played several times on MTV , the program Headbangers Ball took over some catchy instrumental passages as intro and background music.
Texts
The lyrics contain partly nihilistic observations, the Rolling Stone magazine calls the world that main songwriter Tommy Victor describes as "flat, greedy and extremely corrupt", the band tries to portray the "dark side of life". Tommy Victor said a little later, however, lyrically differentiating himself from Slayer or Carnivore : "Our lyrics always contain a positive aspect, Prong is a positive band."
reception
The book "Best of Rock and Metal", in which the editors of Rock Hard magazine named the best 500 albums, led Beg to Differ in 150th place. Uwe “Buffo” Schnädelbach pointed out that Prong were “always a little ahead of their time” and that their big breakthrough had not yet been successful. He called the sound of the album "almost clinical" and "very independent" with "slight parallels to Metallicas ... And Justice for All ". The record contains some “timeless hit songs”. Eduard Rivadavia from allmusic writes that Prong painted “a heavy gray canvas of urban oppression”. 4.5 out of 5 points are awarded here.
At the time of publication, Wolfgang Schäfer particularly highlighted Dodson's “outstanding” production in Rock Hard. He compared the slower passages with old Celtic Frost pieces. The band already has "cult status" and Beg to Differ lives up to it. Schäfer awarded eight out of ten points. Kim Neely from the US American Rolling Stone magazine named Prong in 1990 as a possible "successor to the Metallica throne". Force Fed allowed a “look through the window of a damp and scary place” - “ Beg to Differ throws you in, slams the door and makes you crouch in a corner while the dirt falls around you.” The record goes with it rated four out of five stars.
Track list
- For Dear Life - 3:25 (Victor)
- Steady Decline - 4:12 (Kirkland, Victor)
- Beg to Differ - 4:14 (Parsons, Victor)
- Lost and Found - 4:03 (Victor)
- Your Fear - 4:51 (Kirkland, Parsons, Victor)
- Take It in Hand - 3:43 (Victor)
- Intermenstrual, DSB - 3:12 (Parsons, Victor)
- Right to Nothing - 2:56 (Victor)
- Prime Cut - 3:49 (Parsons, Victor)
- Just the Same - 4:41 (Kirkland, Parsons, Victor)
- Third From the Sun (live) - 5:55 (Creed, Edge) Cover by Chrome , bonus track on CD and cassette, recorded at CBGBs in New York
Artwork
The cover design is by Brian Schroeder, aka Pushead , an underground designer. He worked u. a. for Metallica, the Misfits and Corrosion of Conformity . The band had known him since 1986, when he was still a writer for the skater magazine Thrasher .
Web links
- Beg to Differ at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.allmusic.com: Prong biography by Eduardo Rivadavia
- ↑ a b c www.rollingstone.com: Review Beg to Differ by Kim Neely ( Memento from February 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b www.allmusic.com: Beg to Differ review by Eduardo Rivadavia
- ↑ www.rockhard.de: Beg To Differ (1990) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Holger Stratmann: Der Kampf des Individuums , in: Rock Hard, No. 57, January 1992, p. 19.
- ↑ Rock Hard: Best of Rock and Metal , p. 161.
- ↑ www.rockhard.de: Beg to Differ review by Wolfgang Schäfer
