Opiates (EP)
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Publication |
March 10, 1992 |
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| Label (s) | Zoo entertainment | |||
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Format (s) |
CD, EP |
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Title (number) |
6th |
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running time |
26 min 56 s |
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Sylvia Massy, Steve Hansgen, Tool |
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Studio (s) |
Sound City Studio ( Van Nuys , California ) |
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Opiate is the first work by the band Tool , released on March 10, 1992 . The EP reached gold status in the wake of the success of the following albums .
History of origin
After Zoo Entertainment had signed Tool, the first release should be done as soon as possible. The “hard stuff” from Tool should be represented on it, and the band implemented this. The EP features four pieces recorded in the Sound City Studio and two live recordings. These were recorded on New Year's Eve 1991/92 in the loft in which the Green Jellÿ , also under contract with Zoo Entertainment, lived. In the booklet the EP is as Jellö Loft, Hollywood , CA , named.
publication
The EP was released on March 10, 1992, later Hush and Opiate were released as singles . To Hush one was music video shot showing the band members naked. There are signs over the primary sex organs and buttocks that read "Parental Advisory: Explicit Parts". In addition, the mouths are taped shut. On the occasion of the 21th anniversary of the EP, a new version with a revised cover was released in 2013, limited to 5,000 copies.
Music and lyrics
The music is described as sluggish and shows heavy metal influences from grunge , hardcore punk and progressive rock . Although the music is still a bit disordered, it shows the elements that later became so characteristic of the band's sound, especially with the studio tracks Sweat and Opiate . The lyrics are about how people deal with pain and suffering. Hush is about censorship and political correctness and Part Of Me deals with masturbation and is considered a template for later pieces such as Stinkfist .
Track list
- Sweat - 3:46
- Hush - 2:48
- Part of Me - 3:17
- Cold and Ugly (live) - 4:09
- Jerk-Off (live) - 4:23
- Opiates - 5:26
The Gaping Lotus Experience can be found as a hidden track on the CD version of the album. The piece appears after the sixth song Opiate from 6 min 6 s, which is to be understood as an allusion to the number of the animal . On the vinyl version, too , the song is hidden between the grooves of Cold And Ugly .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Kory Grow: Not a Downer: Tool's Adam Jones Talks 'Opiate' Reissue, New Material. In: Spin . March 20, 2013, accessed February 21, 2016 .
- ^ Tool - Opiates at Discogs
- ↑ Chad Bowar: Tool Unleashing Limited-Edition 'Opiate' EP Reissue. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Holger Stratmann (Ed.): RockHard Enzyklopädie. 700 of the most interesting rock bands from the last 30 years . Rock-Hard-GmbH, Dortmund 1998, ISBN 3-9805171-0-1 , p. 419 .
- ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Tool - Opiate (EP). In: Allmusic . Accessed February 21, 2016 (English).
- ^ The Gaping Lotus Experience. In: everything2.com. Accessed February 21, 2016 (English).