''Vanishing Lessons'' is the fourth studio album by the American

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band

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. It was originally released on

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in 1994. It was the first Tourniquet album to feature then-lead vocalist Luke Easter, who joined the band in 1993. The songs "Bearing Gruesome Cargo," "Acid Head" and "K517" were included on the ''Tourniquet/Mortification Collector's Edition CD Single'' in 1994; the disc also featured tracks with Ted Kirkpatrick talking about Tourniquet and included material from the Australian Christian metal band

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's ''

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'' and '' Blood World'' releases. A different version of "My Promise" was included on Tourniquet's

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'', and a music video for "Bearing Gruesome Cargo" was included on the band's VHS tape ''Pushin' Broom'' in 1995. This album was later bundled with 1992's ''

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'' and released on

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in 2000. ''Vanishing Lessons'' was independently re-released on Pathogenic Records with digital remastering, bonus tracks, and new artwork in 2004.

Track listing

^1. Titled "Acidhead" on the remaster. ^2. Excluded from the Brazilian remaster.

Personnel

Tourniquet * Luke Easter - vocals *

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- guitar *Victor Macias - bass *

Ted Kirkpatrick Ted Kirkpatrick (May 22, 1960 – August 19, 2022) was an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work with the American Christian thrash metal band Tourniquet. Primarily a drummer, Kirkpatrick was the principal songwriter for the ...

- drums 2000 and 2002 live tracks *Ted Kirkpatrick - drums *Luke Easter - vocals *Aaron Guerra - guitars, vocals *Steve Andino - bass guitar Additional personnel *Executive producer: Matthew Duffy *Produced by: Jim Faraci *Engineered by: Jim Faraci *Assistant engineer: Michael Steinbrech *Mixed by: Jim Faraci *Recorded and mixed at Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, California *Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, California *Photography: Jim Muth *Art direction and design: Kristy Anderberg *Additional backing vocals: Lavant Coppic (“Drowning Machine”) *Additional guitar: M. Russo ("Drowning Machine," "Vanishing Lessons," "Twilight" and "Sola Christus")

References

External links

Vanishing Lessons (1994) at Tourniquet.netVanishing Lessons (2004) at Tourniquet.net
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