Caustic Grip
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| Studio album by Front Line Assembly | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989–1990 | |||
| Studio | Vancouver Studios, Vancouver | |||
| Genre | EBM, industrial | |||
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41:29 51:38 (CD) |
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| Label | Third Mind, Wax Trax!, Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber | |||
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Caustic Grip is an album by Front Line Assembly, originally released on Third Mind Records in Europe and on WaxTrax! Records in the United States in 1990.
The album was the first without co-founding member Michael Balch after Rhys Fulber became a full-time member of the band. Originally intended to record the successor to Gashed Senses & Crossfire together with Leeb, Balch took on tour obligations for Ministry and Revolting Cocks. Leeb decided not to wait and started working with Fulber. Fulber had already worked with Leeb on the Nerve War demo and taken part in the Gashed Senses & Crossfire tour.
Caustic Grip also marked the beginning of the long-standing collaboration with Canadian record producer Greg Reely who assumed mixing duties on the album.
The album was reissued by Roadrunner in 1992 and in 2003 as part of a two-disc set that also includes the Gashed Senses & Crossfire album. Up until the year 1994, when Roadrunner acquired the rights to all Third Mind releases, Caustic Grip sold about 70,000 units.
Iceolate is the first single taken from Caustic Grip. The single was released on August 6, 1990 through Third Mind in Europe and in the United States via Wax Trax!. Along with the original version of the title track the single contains CD-only track "Mental Distortion" and on the CD single a remix of "Iceolate". A promotional music video for "Iceolate" was created and received airplay on MTV. The track also was ranked 85 in the COMA Music Magazine feature 101 Greatest Industrial Songs of All Time.
The follow-up to the album was the single Provision. It contains the original version of the title track as well as a remix of album track "Overkill".
Music magazine Melody Maker made both album singles single of the week in 1990.
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