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The riff just came to me one day (Ward 19, Cell 2112) so I took off my straightjacket and recorded it.
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This is the very first song Len Jarrell and I wrote, and still one of our favorites. It just felt right putting it up front on the album. "When you`re wrapped up in a cage/Fists are full of rage/Your soul has been Gunned Down".
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We just went for total brutality on this one. Matt Thompson`s drum part just ripped. Our message here is the sad state of American radio, and the severe lack of exposure for heavy music in this country, and there`s plenty of great stuff out there worldwide if you just look for it. Let`s bring this stuff back. Don`t just accept FM garbage--seek and ye shall find. "Concussion/Crack the skull of Fate/Don`t wait around/For the world to deviate."
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Len Jarrell came up with most of this group of monster riffs that trudge toward you like the robot you are.
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This is a new incarnation of a previous tune that we "SURGEONIZED". This "Multi-Headed Creature of Doom" rears his ugly head every now and then.
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The story of my alter-ego. "The mystery of Mr. E has finally been disclosed."
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Our favorite groove and tune about brain theft.
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If you figure out the meaning of this song, please write us. But seriously, this is about tapping into your inner universe (without the use of harsh chemicals). "Within neurotic enclosure/Spiralling time resides/As I reach the pinnacle of consciousness/I meet The Ghost Inside."
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Kurt Cobain`s suicide "triggered" Len Jarrell`s lyrical message of not taking the easy way out. The opening riff was Len`s, and I completed the arrangement.
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Len Jarrell came up with this opening riff as well as the verse, and I added the bridge, chorus and mosh part in the middle. The "anti-tyrannical" and "don`t f**k with us" message is directed at Saddam Hussein.
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Everyone has their Jekyll and Hyde ("Black and White") extremes: "Into the Black Of Your Mind/With just a fraction of time/You think your wickedness reigns/The white releases the pain." Musically, Len Jarrell and I collaborated on the chorus, and I wrote the other parts. I`ve had the opening riff kicking around for a while, and it worked great on this track. "Black" made a perfect final statement with the ending jam.
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