''Scars From Falling Down'' is a studio album by

Steel Pole Bath Tub Steel Pole Bath Tub was an American rock band, formed in 1986 in Bozeman, Montana, United States, by Mike Morasky (guitar/vocals) and Dale Flattum (bass/vocals). Band history Morasky and Flattum moved the band to Seattle, Washington, where ...

, released in 1995 through Slash Records. "Twist" was released as the album's single, accompanied by a video. Slash dropped the band after the release of the album, rejecting the idea of a follow-up album composed of experimental Cars covers.

Critical reception

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'' wrote: "The intriguingly straightforward ''Scars From Falling Down'' relegates the band’s battery of samples to subordinate status, a state of affairs that enhances

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Morasky's fractured-but-judicious riffing while doing little to protect the air of mystery that's one of Steel Pole's chief assets." ''

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'' called the album "one of the year's best major label releases," writing that "SPBT thrashes, it forges impenetrable walls of sound and noise, it floods its music with grating dissonance and, at times, it dismembers rock ‘n’ roll into an unrecognizable mess." '' CMJ New Music Monthly'' wrote that "this use of chaos as order finds precedent in tightly-wound groups like Big Black and Gang of Four." ''

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'' called it "noise rock to the ''n''th degree."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Scars From Falling Down'' liner notes. ;Steel Pole Bath Tub *Dale Flattum – bass guitar, vocals *

Mike Morasky Mike Morasky (born July 14, 1964) is an American composer, animator/visual effects artist, director and programmer. He is best known for his work at Valve composing the scores for ''Team Fortress 2'', the ''Left 4 Dead'' series, ''Portal 2'', '' ...

– guitar, vocals *

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(as D.K. Mor-X) – drums, vocals ;Additional musicians *Yoo – guitar (2) ;Production and additional personnel *

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, mixing (2, 4, 6 – 11) *George Horn – mastering *

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, illustrations * Ed Stasium – mixing (1, 3, 5), maracas (1) *

– production *Jan Tuuri – photography

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1995 albums Slash Records albums Steel Pole Bath Tub albums