The Fall of Troy (album)

Album infobox
Name = The Fall of Troy
Type = studio
Artist = The Fall of Troy


Background = Orange
Released = November 4, 2003
Recorded = May 2003 at The Hall of Justice, Seattle
Genre = Progressive rock Experimental rock Mathcore
Length = 42:16
Label = Lujo Records, Equal Vision Records (re-release)
Producer = Joel M. Brown
Reviews =
* "Punknews.org" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.punknews.org/reviews.php?op=albumreview&id=2671 link]
* "sputnikmusic.com" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=913 link]

Last album =
This album = "The Fall of Troy" (2003)
Next album = "Doppelgänger" (2005)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = Re-release cover

"The Fall of Troy" is the self-titled debut of U.S. progressive rock band The Fall of Troy.

Track listing

(All songs written and performed by The Fall of Troy.)

# "ROCKSTAR NAILBOMB!" – 2:02
# "Spartacus" – 1:15
# "The Circus That Has Brought Us Back to These Nights (Yo Chocola)" – 3:08
# "Mouths Like Sidewinder Missiles" – 3:51
# "The Last March of the Ents" – 2:59
# "F.C.P.S.I.T.S.G.E.P.G.E.P.G.E.P." – 4:40
# "Whacko Jacko Steals the Elephant Man's Bones" – 4:51
# "Reassurance Rests in the Sea" – 3:58
# "The Adventures of Allan Gordon" – 4:06
# "I Just Got This Symphony Goin'" – 4:14
# "What Sound Does a Mastodon Make?" – 7:12

Information

* The band members were only 17 when they recorded this album.
* The whole album was recorded in one week throughout one take. [ [http://www.hardcoresounds.net/modules.php?name=Band_List&file=viewer&func=145 HardcoreSounds ] ]
* Lead singer and guitarist Thomas Erak has the album's cover art tattooed on his left arm.
* "The Last March of The Ents" is about the Destruction of Isengard from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings.
* "The Adventures of Allan Gordon" is about the book The Iceberg Hermit.
* "F.C.P.S.I.T.S.G.E.P.G.E.P.G.E.P." has the speculated meanings:
*# The widespread opinion [ [http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858500655 Meaning of "FCPSITSGEPGEPGEP" in a February 2005 user comment] at SongMeanings.net] [ [http://www.music-discussion.com/archive/index.php?t-352.html Meaning of "FCPSITSGEPGEPGEP" in a September 2005 user comment] at Music-Discussion.com] [ [http://www.punknews.org/article/17785 Meaning of "FCPSITSGEPGEPGEP" in a May 2006 user comment] at Punknews.org] [ [http://www.last.fm/music/The+Fall+of+Troy/_/fuck+condoms+premarital+sex+is+the+shit+get+%27em+pregnant+get+%27em+pregnant+get+%27em+pregnant Meaning of "FCPSITSGEPGEPGEP"] at Last.fm] that "F.C.P.S.I.T.S.G.E.P.G.E.P.G.E.P." stands for one of:
*#* "Fuck Condoms, Premarital Sex Is The Shit! Get 'Em Pregnant, Get 'Em Pregnant, Get 'Em Pregnant!"
*#* "Fuck Condoms, Premarital Sex Is The Shit! Get 'Er Pregnant, Get 'Er Pregnant, Get 'Er Pregnant!"
*# According to the guitarist's personal livejournal account the song name matches exactly with a personal saying as described above
*# According to the band's FAQ, "No comment, and even if you figure it out, it doesn't mean anything." (Presumably, the title is a joke that doesn't mean anything related to the lyrics or the song's meaning itself.) [ [http://www.thefalloftroy.com/contact/ The Fall of Troy's offical FAQ page, scroll down] ] .

Personnel

* Thomas Erak - guitar, lead vocals
* Tim Ward - bass, vocals
* Andrew Forsman - drums
* Joel M. Brown - production, additional vocals on "F.C.P.S.I.T.S.G.E.P.G.E.P.G.E.P."
* Jeff Suffering - vocals on "Spartacus" and "F.C.P.S.I.T.S.G.E.P.G.E.P.G.E.P."
* Gail Erak - vocals on "What Sound Does a Mastodon Make" and backing vocals on "F.C.P.S.I.T.S.G.E.P.G.E.P.G.E.P."
* Andy Myers - design and layout

References