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Zimmers Hole
Zimmers Hole is a Canadian heavy metal band from Vancouver. The band formed in 1991, and features former Strapping Young Lad members Byron Stroud, Jed Simon and Gene Hoglan, along with vocalist Chris Valagao.
History ''Bound by Fire'' ...
(then spelt as Zimmer's Hole). This edition of the album ''may be'' out of print. Some copies (still sealed) surface on
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quite often. It was later re-issued on
Century Media Records
Century Media Records is a heavy metal record label with offices in the United States, Germany and London. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million.
Background
Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf and Oli ...
with bonus tracks. Devin Townsend produced this CD underneath the alias "Dr.Skinny" (Also the name he uses for
Punky Brüster
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Track listing
# Follow
# Blister
# Pork Rind Toes
# Two Headed Anal Baby
# P.B.C.
# Hell Comes to Breakfast
# Fully Packed
# Rent-a-Cop
# Bred
# This Is Metal
# Dis
# Waste of Towels
# Gospel Sodomy Boy on Blow
# Terry
# Bound by Fire
* Hidden Tracks: "S-26", "DOOOH!", and "Prick Pipe" appear (in order) after a long silence on track 15.
Re-issue
The re-issue of the ''Bound by Fire'' was released in 2003. It contained previously unreleased tracks. Tracks 16-18 were hidden tracks on the original copy. 'Bred' has been edited on the 2003 reissue version, with the band's take on Kiss' 'God Of Thunder' replaced with a newly recorded sketch about the C.D. sounding faulty, and how it will soon return to normal.
Track listing
# Follow
# Blister
# Pork Rind Toes
# Two Headed Anal Baby
# P.B.C.
# Hell Comes to Breakfast
# Fully Packed
# Rent-a-Cop
# Bred
# This Is Metal
# Dis
# Waste of Towels
# Gospel Sodomy Boy on Blow
# Terry
# Bound by Fire
# S-26
# DOOOH!
# Prick Pipe
# The Dark Church of Whatever (bonus track)
# Split Dick (bonus track)
# Buttbarf (bonus track)
# AC/GC (bonus track)
# Roast Chicken Monday (bonus track)
# Face Pisser (bonus track)
# Monkey Man (bonus track)
# What's That Stink? (bonus track)
Personnel
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Chris Valagao
Chris "The Heathen" Valagao is a heavy metal musician, best known as the front man for Canadian speed/thrash metal band Zimmers Hole. Chris is accomplished SPFX artist and pyrotechnician for film and television, director and producer of many mu ...
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vocals
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Jed Simon
Jedson Louis Simon (born February 27, 1964) is a Canadian musician. He was a member of supergroup Scar the Martyr and has been a member of numerous metal bands, including Front Line Assembly, Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole, and TENET. He is ...
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guitar
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Byron Stroud
Byron Stroud (born February 12, 1969) is a Canadian bassist. He is the former bassist for metal bands Fear Factory, Imonolith and Strapping Young Lad, current bassist for metal bands City of Fire and Zimmers Hole, and studio bassist for 3 Inch ...
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bass
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drums
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Zimmers Hole albums
1999 albums
2003 albums
2008 albums
Albums produced by Devin Townsend
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