Mass (Grotus album)
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| Mass | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 19, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1995 at Decibel Worship, SF, CA | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, industrial rock | |||
| Length | 40:41 | |||
| Label | London Records[1] | |||
| Producer | Chris Arvan | |||
| Grotus chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Mass | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| RIP | [4] |
Mass is the third and last full-length album by the experimental band Grotus.[1][5] The album's sound focuses more on alternative and blues rock than industrial and is perhaps their most accessible recording.[6] The band broke up the same year the album was released.
Critical reception[edit]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch called the album "snot-nosed, sludgehammer rock that comes off like a minor league Wax Trax act," writing that "it flashes with brilliant bits, such as 'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do,' which sports out-of-tune piano pounding augmented by sequences and raunchy talk-show samples."[7] Ox-Fanzine called it "just plain boring, a pounding piece of pseudo-experimental alternative rumble."[8]
Track listing[edit]
- "That's Entertainment" - 2:32
- "A Bad Itch" - 3:20
- "White Trash Blues" - 3:56
- "Ebola Reston" - 4:12
- "Hand to Mouth" - 2:57
- "T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" - 4:04
- "Sick" - 3:04
- "Collect 'Em All" - 4:25
- "Wild Bill" - 3:30
- "The Bottom Line" - 3:31
- "Back in the Day" - 4:10
Personnel[edit]
Grotus[edit]
- Bruce Boyd - drums, turntables
- John Carson - bass, sampler, electronics, synthesizer
- Lars Fox - vocals, drums, sampling
- Adam Tanner - Fender bass, string bass, guitar, sampling, electronics
Production[edit]
- Chris Arvan - production, engineering
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Grotus". Trouser Press. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. Mass at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 23.
- ^ (RIP 7/96, p.11)
- ^ "Grotus | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Next Stop Vietnam, Again". The San Francisco Examiner: 253. March 17, 1996.
- ^ "Album Reviews". St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 43. March 14, 1996.
- ^ Deutschland, Ox Fanzine, Solingen. "Review". www.ox-fanzine.de.
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