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Red Fang to celebrate 20th anniversary with ‘Deep Cuts’

Red Fang kicks off its 20th anniversary celebrations with the release of Deep Cuts, an expansive collection of 26 non-album tracks, covers and previously unreleased singles available March 14.

A preview of the album is now available with the single ‘It’s Always There’ which you can listen to below.

“I remember really liking the melancholic tone of ‘It’s Always There,’ but Aaron and I couldn’t come up with any vocal ideas,” Bryan Giles recalls. “When I lived in San Diego, I became friends with Pall Jenkins and I’d always been a fan of Three Mile Pilot and The Black Heart Procession, so I was thrilled to have him help bring the song to life. I think he did a really beautiful job!”

Deep Cuts also includes several covers such as Wipers’ “Over The Edge” and Tubeway Army’s “Listen To Sirens,” along with rare Red Fang originals such as “Antidote” (from the video game “Red Fang: Headbang!”) and “Wires (demo),” which makes its vinyl debut.

“It may not seem like much to others, but I find it incredible that we lasted twenty years,” says Aaron Beam. “Before I started playing in John Sherman’s basement, I had already been in 40 bands (maybe more!), none of which lasted more than a year or two. Yet somehow in 2005, for the first time since probably 1987, I found myself without a band to play in. It turned out that this was true for John, David and Bryan too! So it was only natural that we started playing together.

“All we ever wanted to do was make music that we knew our friends would love to listen to at a basement party. Our first show was in David’s basement, and no matter how big the stages we ended up playing were, we always tried to convey as much of that basement party feeling as possible.”


‘Deep Cuts’ – Tracklist:

1.    Antidote (from the “Red Fang: Headbang!” mobile game)
2.    The Shadows (from Scion AV Presents – Red Fang)
3.    Murder The Mountains (bonus track from Whales and Leeches Deluxe Version)
4.    Weird Poly *
5.    Hollow Light
6.    Over The Edge (Wipers’ cover)
7.    Listen To The Sirens (Tubeway Army cover)
8.    Stereo Nucleosis (from the Adult Swim Singles Series)
9.    Black Hole (bonus track from Murder the Mountains Deluxe Digital Version)
10. Through (No Talent cover)
11. Champ Chugger **
12. Ice Ice Baby *
13. It’s Always There (bonus track from Whales and Leeches Deluxe Version)
14. Black Water (bonus track from Whales and Leeches Deluxe Version)
15. Pawn Everything (bonus track from Murder the Mountains Deluxe Digital Version)
16. Wires (Demo)
17. In 5 With Keys *
18. Bad Places (Played on the band’s first U.S. tour, one of the first ever Red Fang songs)
19. Forgot To Write *
20. Endless Sea (from the Spelljams soundtrack)
21. Suicide (Dust cover)
22. OMG OMD *
23. LSP (from “Wires” single)
24. 50’s Tremors **
25. AGB Fruit **
26. Feeder (bonus track from Only Ghosts Deluxe Version)


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