Sunday, May 20, 2012

Discography, Additional Tracks and Singles - The Distillers


The Distillers EP (1999)

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Released: 1999
Label: Hellcat

The Distillers EP was the first and only EP released by the band. It was released on 7inch vinyl.


Line up:
Brody Armstrong – Lead vocals, uitar
Kim-i-la (Kim Fuelleman) – Bass, vocals
Matt Young – Drums


Track Listing:
Side A
  1. "Old Scratch"
  2. "L.A. Girl"
Side B
  1. "Colossus U.S.A."
  2. "Blackheart"


The Distillers Álbum (2000)

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Released: April 25th, 2000
Recorded: Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, CA, 1999-2000
Length: 40:15
Label: Epitaph
Producer: Thomas "TJ" Johnson
Engineer: Thomas "TJ" Johnson
Assistant engineers: Donnell Cameron, Jay Gordon
Mixing: Thomas "TJ" Johnson
Mastering: Gene Grimaldi
Drum Technician: Mike "Sak" Fasano
Art Direction: Jesse Fischer, Brody Dalle
Photography: B.J. Papas


Line up:

Brody Armstrong – Lead vocals, guitar
Kim "Chi" Fuellman - Bass, vocals
Rose Casper - Guitar
Matt Young – Drums

Additional personnel:

Ronnie King - piano on “Ask the Angels”


- Sometime after the final track, “The Blackest Years”, there is a hidden track. It is an early version of “Young Girl”, which appears on the next album, Sing Sing Death House. But this version contains different lyrics and is performed by Brody Dalle solo on electric guitar;
- “The World Comes Tumblin'” has been covered by The Wildhearts on their album of covers, Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before, Vol 1.

Track Listing:
  1. "Oh Serena" (Brody Armstrong) – 2:32
  2. "Idoless" (Brody Armstrong) – 2:28
  3. "The World Comes Tumblin'" (Brody Armstrong) – 3:08
  4. "L.A. Girl" (Brody Armstrong) – 2:59
  5. "Distilla Truant" (Brody Armstrong) – 2:24
  6. "Ask the Angels" (Ivan Kral, Patti Smith) – 3:10
  7. "Oldscratch" (Brody Armstrong) – 0:43
  8. "Girlfixer" (Brody Armstrong, Kim Fuellman) – 1:14
  9. "Open Sky" (Brody Armstrong) – 3:07
  10. "Red Carpet and Rebellion" (Brody Armstrong) – 3:08
  11. "Colossus U.S.A." (Brody Armstrong) – 2:15
  12. "Blackheart" (Brody Armstrong) – 1:45
  13. "Gypsy Rose Lee" (Brody Armstrong) – 3:54
  14. "The Blackest Years" (Brody Armstrong) – 7:28



Sing Sing Death House (2002)

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Released: June 06th, 2002
Recorded: Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, CA, May-June 2001
Length: 28:43
Label: Hellcat
Producer: The Distillers
Engineers: Donnell Cameron, Dave Carlock, Kevin Guarnieri, Brett Gurewitz
Mixing: Kevin Guarnieri, Brett Gurewitz
Drum Technician: Mike Rose
Guitar Technician: Tony (Bevilacqua)
Artwork: Brody Armstrong, Andy Outbreak
Layout Design: C.F. Martin, Paul Miner
Photography: Knowles Allen
Construction: C.F. Martin, Paul Miner


Line up:

Brody Armstrong – Lead vocals, guitar
Casper Mazzola – Guitar, backing vocals
Andy Outbreak - Drums
Ryan Sinn – Bass, backing vocals


Charts:

Year
Chart
Position
2002
Top Independent Albums
29


Track Listing:
  1. "Sick of It All" (Brody Armstrong) – 3:10
  2. "I Am a Revenant" (Brody Armstrong) – 3:28
  3. "Seneca Falls" (Brody Armstrong) – 3:01
  4. "The Young Crazed Peeling" (Brody Armstrong) – 3:16
  5. "Sing Sing Death House" (Brody Armstrong) – 1:43
  6. "Bullet and the Bullseye" (Brody Armstrong) – 1:12
  7. "City of Angels" (Brody Armstrong) – 3:29
  8. "Young Girl" (Brody Armstrong) – 2:42
  9. "Hate Me" (Brody Armstrong/Casper Mazzola) – 1:10
  10. "Desperate" (Brody Armstrong) – 1:22
  11. "I Understand" (Brody Armstrong) – 1:47
  12. "Lordy Lordy" (Brody Armstrong) – 2:19

- “Seneca Falls” is featured in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 video game;
- “City of Angels” is featured in the 2004 game True Crime: Streets of LA, in Crash 'n' Burn, as well as in the third episode of Sleeper Cell entitled “Money”.



Coral Fang (2003)
  
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Released: October 14th, 2003
Length: 44:52
Label: Sire
Producer: Gil Norton
Executive Producer: Tom Whalley
Engineers: Bradley Cook, Jason Dunne
Mixing: Andy Wallace
Mastering: Howie Weinberg
A&R: Craig Aaronson
Technicians: Dan Druff, Mike Fazano
Arranger: The Distillers
Design: Richard Scane Goodheart
Photo: James R. Minchin III
Original Artwork & Layout: Tim Presley
Publicity: Brian Bumbery


Line up:

Brody Dalle - Lead vocals, guitar
Andy Granelli - Drums, percussion
Ryan Sinn - Bass, backing vocals
Tony Bradley - Guitar, backing vocals

Additional personnel:

Dan Druff - Guitar
Mike Fazano - Drums

- This record marked their major label debut. It peaked at #97 in the US and #46 in the UK;
- The album was released using three different album covers. The original was deemed too graphic by major retails and refused to sell the album unless the artwork was changed. The alternative cover was chosen to be sold in major retailers. It is possible to purchase the album with the original artwork. The third is an actual naked girl instead of the cartoon drawing and is only available on the vinyl version which was limited to 1000 copies on grey vinyl;
- The last track, "Death Sex", is, for the majority of the song at least, a noise track. Guitar distortion is played for minutes on end, amounting to around 5 minutes before another section consisting of fast hardcore punk including drums comes in, then will go back to the distortion for another 5 minutes or so;
- "Drain the Blood" is featured in Gran Turismo 4 and is a downloadable song for Rock Band;
- Coral Fang peaked at position 97 on the Billboard 200 on November 1, 2003;
- "Beat Your Heart Out" was a part of the Tony Hawk's Underground 2 and Spider-Man 2 videogame soundtrack;
- "Dismantle Me" was a part of the MTX Mototrax soundtrack;
- "Hall of Mirrors" was the first track on Kerrang! Best of 2003, is featured in the 2004 game True Crime: Streets of LA and and its original title is "Hurricane";
- "Beat Your Heart Out" is the name of the 14th episode from the 5th season of Grey's Anatomy.

Track Listing:
  1. "Drain the Blood" (Brody Dalle) - 3:08
  2. "Dismantle Me" (Brody Dalle) - 2:26
  3. "Die on a Rope" (Brody Dalle) - 2:39
  4. "The Gallow Is God" (Brody Dalle) - 4:35
  5. "Coral Fang" (Brody Dalle) - 2:09
  6. "The Hunger" (Brody Dalle) - 5:27
  7. "Hall of Mirrors" (Brody Dalle) - 3:49
  8. "Beat Your Heart Out" (Brody Dalle) - 2:48
  9. "Love Is Paranoid" (Brody Dalle) - 2:07
  10. "For Tonight You're Only Here to Know" (Brody Dalle) - 3:18
  11. "Death Sex" (Brody Dalle) - 12:17




Additional Tracks Featured On 

Give ‘em The Boot II

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Released: 1999
Label: Epitaph/Hellcat
Song: “L.A Girl”



Old Skars & Upstarts

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Released: 2001
Label: Disaster Records
Song: “Warriors”


  
Give ‘em The Boot III

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Released: 2002
Label: Epitaph/Hellcat
Song: “Sick of it All”



Punk-o-Rama 8

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Released: 2003
Label: Epitaph
Song: “I Am a Revenant”





Singles

“The Young Crazed Peeling”


Released: 2002
Label: Epitaph/Hellcat Records


Track Listing:

1. “The Young Crazed Peeling”




“City of Angels”


Released: 2002
Label: Epitaph/Hellcat Records


Track Listing:

  1. “City of Angels
  2. “Solvent” (B-side)
  3. “Sing Sing Death House”

UK Singles Chart: #104




“Drain the Blood”

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Released: 2003
Label: Sire

“Drain the Blood” is the first single from The Distillers' third album Coral Fang. It peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.


Track listing:

   1. "Drain the Blood"
   2. "Dismantle Me" (acoustic)
   3. "Cincinnati" (B-side)


 


“The Hunger”

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Released: 2004
Label: Sire

"The Hunger" is the second single from their third album Coral Fang.
Eagles of Death Metal made a cover for the song, which was included as a bonus track on some copies of their second studio album, Death by Sex”.


Track listing:

1. "The Hunger"
2. "Dismantle Me" (XFM Session)
3. "The Hunger" (XFM Session)


 

“Beat Your Heart Out”

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Released: 2004
Label: Sire

"Beat Your Heart Out" is the third and last single from the album Coral Fang.

This song made an appearance on Tony Hawk's Underground 2 and was included in the soundtrack to the Spider-Man 2 movie tie-in game.

Track Listing:

   1. "Beat Your Heart Out"
   2. "The Gallow Is God" (Acoustic)
   3. "Beat Your Heart Out" (Enhanced Video)