Gash (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Gash
Type = Studio album
Artist = Foetus


Released = April 18, 1995
Recorded = Unique, New York City
Genre = Industrial
Length = 62:52
Label = Sony/Columbia
Producer = J. G. Thirlwell
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:zlm8b5c4nsqj link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/130997/foetus?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1 link]
Last album = "Vice Squad Dick"
(1994)
This album = "Gash"
(1995)
Next album = "Null"
(1995) |

"Gash" is a Foetus album released in 1995 by Sony/Columbia. "Gash" is the only Foetus album to appear on a major label and their most widely-distributed, with releases in North America, Europe, and Japan. "Gash" is Columbia Records #CK 66461.

Track listing

All songs by J. G. Thirlwell.
#"Mortgage" – 6:19
#"Mighty Whity" – 3:56
#"Friend or Foe" – 4:27
#"Hammer Falls" – 5:34
#"Downfall" – 2:58
#"Take It Outside Godboy" – 4:54
#"Verklemmt" – 4:45
#"They Are Not So True" – 3:34
#"Slung" – 11:21
#"Steal Your Life Away" – 4:42
#"Mutapump" – 5:33
#"See Ya Later" – 4:48

Bonus tracks

The Japanese Sony release contained bonus tracks taken from "Null":
*"Be Thankful"
*"Butter"
*"Into the Light"

Personnel

*J. G. Thirlwell - All instruments and vocals, except:
*Tod Ashley - Bass (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12)
*Vinnie Signorelli - drums (5, 9)
*Marc Ribot - Guitar (3, 9, 12)
*Marcellus Hall - Harmonica (3)
*Steve Bernstein - Trumpet (2, 5, 6, 11, 12)
*The Heresey Horns - Horns (2, 4, 9)

Production

*J. G. Thirlwell - Production, composition, arrangements, digital artwork concept and design
*Rob "Rok" Sutton - Engineering
*Howie Weinberg - Mastering
*Steve Bernstein - Heresy Horn arrangements
*Brian Wallace - Art direction
*Alex Winter - Photography
*Adam Sanders - Computer imaging
*Richard White - Graphic artist

Miscellanea

*"Gash" is the only Foetus record to include pictures of Thirlwell in its artwork. Alex Winter (of Bill and Ted fame) performed the photography for the artwork, and also directed the music video for "Verklemmt."
*"Take It Outside Godboy" takes its title from dialogue in "The Simpsons" episode "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song."
*The "character" in the track 'Steal Your Life Away' seems to be based on the Australian standover-man-turned-author, Mark Brandon Read.

External links

* [http://foetus.org/discog/gash.html "Gash"] at foetus.org