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Clutch (Music)

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Clutch is a hard rock/heavy metal band from The Beltway area of the eastern United States. Known of their blending of styles between heavy metal, blues, and punk (among others), and their out-there lyrics, Clutch has developed a strong cult following in North America.Originally dismissed as Helmet wannabes due to stylistic similarities (being a Post-Hardcore/Noise Rock styled Alternative Metal band), Clutch developed a unique, distinctive sound over the years. Among the noticeable changes is lead singer Neil Fallon's vocal development from guttural growler/shouter to a more nuanced, bluesy sound.Clutch has never broken through big-time in the mainstream, although many of their songs have managed to become ear worms. Their songs have appeared in the following media: "Escape From The Prison Planet" was the credits song in Escape from L.A.. "Mob Goes Wild" appeared in an episode of Jackass (Bam Margera additionally directed the music video) ""Impetus" appeared on the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Underground. "10001110101" was in Prey (2006) "Electric Worry" was used for the Left 4 Dead 2 commercials. "Cypress Grove" was used in an episode of Ace of Cakes (Fallon's sister is a cake maker on the and the band appeared in the episode where they were made a cake that looked like their signature orange amp). "The Regulator" was used in an episode of The Walking Dead. "Immortal" appears Hitman: Contracts The band themselves put "Mob Goes Wild" and "50,000 Unstoppable Watts" on the Rock Band platform though Rock Band Network. Plus many other video games, NFL broadcasts and various radio shows have used snippets of their songs for bumpers. They may be one of the most heard groups that no one knows the name of.Studio Albums: Transnational Speedway League (1993) Clutch (1995) The Elephant Riders (1998) Jam Room (1999) Pure Rock Fury (2001) Blast Tyrant (2004) Robot Hive/Exodus (2005) From Beale Street to Oblivion (2007) Strange Cousins from the West (2009) Earth Rocker (2013) Psychic Warfare (2015) Book of Bad Decisions (2018) Sunrise on Slaughter Beach (2022)
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Protest Song
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Protest Song: "Mob Goes Wild"
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Uncommon Time
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Uncommon Time: The intro and chorus to "The Elephant Riders" is in 7/8 and the bridge alternates between 4/4 and 5/4.
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Conspiracy Theorist
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Conspiracy Theorist: Most explicitly, "Escape From the Prison Planet" and "Animal Farm" (see below). Other references include Bob Lazaar, David Icke ("Oregon"), MJ-12, the Skull & Bones society, Atlantis and The Men in Black.
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Early-Installment Weirdness
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Early-Installment Weirdness: Transnational Speedway League and the two EPs preceding it have a much more aggressive sound than their later work, though Neil Fallon's trademark wacky lyrics are still present.
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Post-Hardcore
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Post-Hardcore: Same as Noise Rock above.
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Audience Participation Song
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Audience Participation Song: Several, but "10001110101" and "Mob Goes Wild" especially.
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Epic Rocking
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Epic Rocking: "Binge and Purge," to the point its banned from their live setlist, due to the crowd getting too violent at the apex (ie, best moshing time) of the song.
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Badass Boast
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Badass Boast: "Subtle Hustle"
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Careful with That Axe
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Careful with That Axe: Parodied on the rap metal song (for real, Neil has surprisingly good flow) "Careful With That Mic".
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Canon Discontinuity
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Canon Discontinuity: Most of their first album and EP, though fan favorites "El Jefe Speaks," "Rats" and especially "A Shogun Named Marcus" will slip into their live sets.
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Election Day Episode
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Election Day Episode: The narrator of "How to Shake Hands" declares he is destined to become President of the United States, and runs a campaign where he promises, among other things, to put Jimi Hendrix and Bill Hicks on the currency and publicly disclose the existence of UFOs. Of course, he wins.
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Alternate History
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Alternate History: Their 3rd album, Elephant Riders, takes place in an alternate version of the Civil War where elephants were used in place of horses.
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Destructo-Nookie
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Destructo-Nookie: "In Walks Barbarella," though it's implied the narrator didn't even get to the "nookie."
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Too Dumb to Live
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Too Dumb to Live: The "nasty Yankee mannerisms" of the narrator of "A Quick Death in Texas" get him shot and stabbed by a hardware store owner who found out he slept with his wife. In response, he tries and fails to keep his wounds from getting infected, steals a horse from a saloon, and then returns to the very same saloon he stole the horse from, ultimately resulting in his being wanted all over Texas. "All on account of his lack of common manners," indeed.
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Mind Screw
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Mind Screw: Some of their lyrics go beyond bizarre and seem to be attempting to create their own mythos. Oregon
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out / Song of Song Titles: Rising Son refers to Captain Beyond and the song "Dancing Madly Backwards". An inversion is the band Robot Lords of Tokyo, who took their name from a line in their song "10001110101," which also makes reference to the "temple of Syrinx", which is a nod to Rush's 2112. "Cypress Grove" contains the line "Holy Diver, where you at" in the chorus. Subverted in "50,000 Unstoppable Watts." The shout of "Anthrax!" does not refer to the band, but to the actual disease. "Milk of Human Kindness" has the line "Helter skelter! Run for shelter!"
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Cover Version
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Cover Version: "Electric Worry" is one half cover and one half original.
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Noise Rock
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Noise Rock: Early stuff up until their self-titled effort. Like Helmet, they offered a much heavier take on the genre.
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Blues Rock
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Blues Rock: From their self-titled onwards they've moved onto a heavily blues-influenced hard rock sound.
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Lyrical Dissonance
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Lyrical Dissonance: "Hot Bottom Feeder." A groovy hard rock number recounting a recipe for Maryland-style crab cakes?
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Word Salad Lyrics
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Word Salad Lyrics: If their lyrics aren't an outright Mind Screw, they're downright incomprehensible. "X-ray Visions", for example, sounds like a funky cover of a schizophrenic rant.
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Surprisingly Gentle Song
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Surprisingly Gentle Song: They have a couple of songs that are straight-up Blues instead of their usual Hard Rock or Blues Rock, most notably "Gone Cold" and "Our Lady of Electric Light".
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