''Surfin' M.O.D.'' is an EP from American

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band,

M.O.D. M.O.D. (abbreviation for Method of Destruction) is an American crossover thrash band from New York City, fronted by Stormtroopers of Death vocalist Billy Milano. The band has been around for years (minus one hiatus from 1997 to 2001), and rele ...

It was released in 1988 on

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and follows 1987's debut album, ''

U.S.A. for M.O.D. ''U.S.A. for M.O.D.'' is the debut full-length studio album from American crossover thrash band, M.O.D. It was released in 1987 on Megaforce Records. In 1988, the band subsequently released the EP, '' Surfin' M.O.D.''. Album name While Stormtroo ...

'' In 1989, the band subsequently released ''

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'', their second full length-studio album. Apart from

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, it featured a completely different line-up compared to the first album released a little more than a year previous – it included among others, Tim Mallare on drums, who later went on to play with the

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band

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. This release has two parts: -"The Movie" (track 1) which is a spoken word story featuring actual songs in between the dialogue for a fake movie. -"The Sound Track Without The Movie" (tracks 2-8). It is the actual music from the movie separated into tracks and without all the dialogue.

Incorrect Track listing

The CD lists the following erroneous track list on the cover: *This track list is in fact incorrect, as "The Movie" is track one, "Sargent Drexell Theme" is only included as part of track one, and there is an unlisted CD-bonus track ("New Song") as track eight.

Actual Track listing

All songs written by

, unless stated otherwise *Track 8 is a CD bonus track. *The album includes several uncredited samples from the 1987 film "

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", starring Frankie Avalon,

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and

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Credits

– vocals *

Louis Svitek Louis Svitek is an American musician and former guitarist for a number of bands including Zoetrope, M.O.D., Ministry, Pigface, Mind Funk, The Hollow steps, Project .44, and The Joy Thieves. His work can also be found in many movie soundtracks s ...

– guitar * John Monte – bass * Tim Mallare – drums * Recorded at Pyramid Sound,

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, USA * Produced, engineered, and mixed by

Alex Perialas Alex Perialas is an American audio engineer, mixer, and record producer, best known for his extensive work during the "golden age" of thrash metal in the mid–1980s to early–1990s. Having worked with many of the genre's top acts, including Ove ...

* Assistant engineered by Rob Hunter * Cover art by Craig Hamilton

References

External links

Megaforce Records release page
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