“Legendary in their own minds, the members of IRON LUNG CORP love to look back in history and wax poetic about the grand old days of industrial rock in its heyday, or as others call it, the birth of coldwave. As the story goes, both Acumen Nation and The Claypeople were headed out on Acumen’s first us tour ever back in 96. Along the way, the 2 bands put a cover together of Nitzer Ebb’s classic “Join In The Chant” and even threw in a little “Murderous” for medley fun… “Join In The Murderous Chant” When Reconstruction Records head honcho Chase saw them perform it live at the Whiskey in LA, he threw down the gauntlet and said the 2 should do a side project. But, instead of telling Chase the truth, that there really was no project, just the cover, the boys blurted out a story and told Chase they had a name, a dozen songs, even a band mascot… and were able to siphon a few grand out of Cargo’s pocket to cover booze, food and a few days at Chicago Trax to record an album… 6 years later, they did it again, this time convincing themselves they really had a bunch of songs, a band, a tour bus, a marketing budget… ” —- Cracknation.com Discography: Big Shiny Spears (1996); Ditch the Attitude, Pally (2002) —— Compilations: Amped 2 Official Soundtrack (2003); Project Gotham Racing 2 Soundtrack (2003) (aka Project Gotham Racing 2 Official Soundtrack, Project Gotham Racing 2 Music Sampler) Official Site: Cracknation Records - http://www.cracknation.com |
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