''Prove You Wrong'' is an album by American heavy metal band Prong, released in 1991. It is their only album with Troy Gregory on bass guitar. The album includes a cover of " (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)", originally by

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. ''Prove You Wrong'' continued the experimentation with

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that began on Prong's previous album '' Beg to Differ'', toning down much of the

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elements from their 1980s output in favor of a more experimental sound that was influenced by

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, progressive and industrial music.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that Prong "combines postindustrial noise, a rebellious punk mentality, and heavy-metal flourishes and, with a minimalist approach that is anything but simplistic, strips them all down to a brutal essence." ''

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'' wrote: "While the trio’s devotion to precisely lurching rhythms keeps the songs choppy—a clenched fist twitching spasmodically as it prepares to deliver a haymaker—this dull record makes that attribute part of a tentative shift toward industrial anti-musicality."

Track listing

#"Irrelevant Thoughts" – 2:37 (Parsons, Victor) #"Unconditional" – 4:45 (Troy Gregory, Victor) #"Positively Blind" – 2:43 (Victor) #"Prove You Wrong" – 3:31 (Gregory, Victor) #"Hell If I Could" – 4:00 (Gregory, Victor) #"Pointless" – 3:07 (Prong) #"Contradictions" – 4:10 (Victor) #"Torn Between" – 3:11 (Gregory, Victor) #"Brainwave" – 3:01 (Victor) #"Territorial Rites" – 3:31 (Prong) #" (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" – 3:05 (

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cover) #"Shouldn't Have Bothered" – 2:39 (Victor) #"No Way to Deny It" – 4:41 (Victor)

Personnel

Prong

Tommy Victor Thomas Michael Victor (born 1961/1962) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist for heavy metal band Prong, which he founded in New York City in 1986, as well as the guitaris ...

– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars * Troy Gregory – bass guitar, backing vocals *

Ted Parsons Ted Parsons is an American drummer most notable for his membership in rock/metal bands such as Swans, Prong, Godflesh, Killing Joke, and Jesu. Biography Parsons' early career began in 1985 with Swans, when he contributed to their ''Holy ...

– drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

*Prong – arrangers *Mark Dodson – arranger, producer, engineer, mixing, additional vocals *Brooke Hendricks – engineer, assistant engineer *Brian Stover – assistant engineer *Greg Calbi – mastering *Roger Lomas – mastering

References

{{Authority control Prong (band) albums 1991 albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by Mark Dodson