Fear Factory "Cars (Single & Video)"

"Cars" is the first solo single by the English musician Gary Numan. It was released on 24 August 1979 and is from his debut studio album The Pleasure Principle. The song reached the top of the charts in several countries, and is Numan's most successful single.

Fear Factory, an American industrial metal band, recorded a version of "Cars" and released it as the second single from their album Obsolete. The song was only included as a bonus track on the limited edition digipak re-release of Obsolete and would be instrumental in breaking Fear Factory into the mainstream. In their rendition, Gary Numan performs a duet with frontman Burton C. Bell.

According to Bell, around 1996, the band started performing "Cars" as an encore at European concerts. Word spread that Fear Factory was performing the song, and as a result, Gary Numan's manager contacted them. Upon request, Numan's management flew him out to the Vancouver studio for a three-day span to record vocals on "Cars." The band also asked Numan to record a spoken word piece for the introduction of the song Obsolete.

Numan had a long-standing dislike for being associated with what he perceived as dated music, and this initially made him apprehensive of working with Fear Factory until realizing "there was a chance that it could introduce me to a new generation of people who didn't know my history. And that can be useful, because my music's got a lot heavier and darker anyway." The result would be satisfactory for both parties, and Numan praised the band as "brilliant, really easy to work with. They didn't have a bad word to say about anyone."

The uncharacteristically bouncy and bright rendition somewhat contrasts with Fear Factory's reputation for intense, grinding metal, while the heavy use of synthesizer and other electronic elements corresponds with the band's industrial style. Drummer Raymond Herrera described the cover as "basically like a blueprint of a futuristic car." He added that, while other songs were considered, the band chose "Cars" because all the band members knew and appreciated it and because the keyboards suited Fear Factory's sound. Herrera later noted that the group initially wanted to record U2's "New Year's Day" but chose "Cars" because they were fortunate enough to have Numan participate. Fear Factory later covered the U2 song "I Will Follow," in 2005.

"Cars" played a significant part in Obsolete's status as Fear Factory's highest-selling album. By 2001, it had sold over 750,000 copies. According to Herrera, the cover received greater enthusiasm in the UK than in the band's native US, which was validated by its chart status. During the song's promotion, Gary Numan joined the band for a concert performance in Brixton, London to much enthusiasm.

After the radio trade publication R&R listed "Cars" as the most added track on both active rock and mainstream rock in May 1999, the song earned "Breaker" status and continued to surge up the chart. "Cars" debuted and peaked at number 57 in the UK Singles Chart on 9 October.

It peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and No. 38 on Modern Rock Tracks.

The song was featured as the main theme for Test Drive 6, a video game released in 1999 for the PlayStation and Dreamcast consoles.

Numan also appears in the sci-fi music video, directed by John S. Bartley and filmed in Vancouver, which debuted in June 1999. Bell enthusiastically described the ambitious video as having a "Stanley Kubrick-type of vibe to it":

[Bartley] put Gary and me into harnesses and we had to simulate floating in space. We were floating around this junked out '79 Trans Am that he had as this car in space, and we're coming up to it. They had another '70 Trans Am that was turned into a spaceship, and that's what we're driving in. It was just wicked. It was unbelievable. It was like a dream come true.

According to Bell, at one point during the shoot, Numan remarked, "Odd; the song is about cars – why are we in space?"

Track listing

1. "Cars" (remix) – 3:39
2. "Descent" (Falling Deeper Mix) – 4:38
3. "Edgecrusher" (Urban Assault Mix) – 4:33

Fear Factory "Dog Day Sunrise (Single & Video)"

"Dog Day Sunrise" is a song by British rock band Head of David, released in 1988 as the third track on their second studio album, Dustbowl.

"Dog Day Sunrise" was covered by American industrial metal band Fear Factory on their second studio album, Demanufacture (1995). It was released as the second and final single from the album on February 22, 1996.

The song reached No. 85 on the UK singles chart, but did not chart anywhere in the US.

Track listing

1. "Dog Day Sunrise" (Edit) 2:47
2. "Replica (Electric Sheep Mix)" 4:00
3. "Concreto" 3:30
4. "Dog Day Sunrise" (LP) 4:47

Total length: 15:04

Tracks 1 & 3 are previously unreleased.

Recording information:

Recorded at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, NY (October 7 - November 20, 1994).

Additional tracking at Whitfield Street Recording, London, UK (December 2 - 18, 1994).

Mixed at The Enterprise Studios, Burbank, CA (February 4 - 26, 1995). Co-mixed by Fear Factory.

Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY.

Faith No More "Epic (Single & Video)"

"Epic" is a song by American rock band Faith No More. It was released as the second single from their third album, The Real Thing (1989), in 1990 in the United States and Europe. The song was the band's breakthrough hit, peaking at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100, number seven on the US Cash Box Top 100, number two in New Zealand, and number one in Australia for three weeks. It is among the band's most popular songs and a staple in their concerts.

Bassist Billy Gould said, "It was conceived naturally as a riff in the studio between Roddy, myself and Mike Bordin during rehearsal that later got fleshed out into an entire song." He also said that, after the disappointing performance of the album's first single ("From Out of Nowhere"), the record label had low expectations and let the band pick whatever song they wanted as the next music video (and thus, the next single). "So we picked 'Epic' because it just felt the most natural at the time. We had very little expectations of it becoming a commercial hit," said Gould.

The song has been labeled rap metal, rap rock, funk metal, and alternative metal.

Directed by South African Ralph Ziman, the music video for "Epic" features surreal images, which are combined with performance footage of the band soaked by an artificial rainstorm on a sound stage. The final shot is of keyboardist Roddy Bottum playing the piano outro on an upright model, which explodes in slow motion after he finishes and walks away from it.

Guitarist Jim Martin was a schoolmate, close friend and fan of the late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton. In the video, he can be seen wearing a T-shirt with a photo of Cliff with the words "A Tribute to Cliff Burton". In addition, Mike Patton can be seen wearing a Mr. Bungle shirt that reads "There's A Tractor In My Balls Again".

The video was criticised by animal rights activists, as it features a flailing fish out of water. 

During an interview, the band joked that the fish seen flopping around in the music video belonged to Icelandic singer Björk, who at the time was the singer for the band The Sugarcubes, and they claimed to have stolen it from her at a party. There are also stories of Björk giving the fish to Bottum after a poetry reading in San Francisco. This was confirmed by the singer who defended the group, saying that "I know those guys, I know they wouldn't do anything to harm [him]. But I know, if I had gone home with MY fish, which was given to ME, none of this would have ever happened.

Director Ralph Ziman confirmed in 2010 that several fish were used during the filming of the video and none were out of water for very long. The fish were released following the completion of the video.

"Epic" was the band's most successful single in the US and was generally well received. According to Rolling Stone, it set a standard that Faith No More did not match with its later albums. Both the Philadelphia Daily News and Los Angeles Times praised the song, citing the song as "radio-ready" and "radical", respectively. However, The New York Times also cited Faith No More as "style-crunching," using "Epic" as their example. The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop annual year-end critics' poll ranked "Epic" at number five on their poll of the best singles of 1990, tying with Lisa Stansfield's "All Around the World".

Faith No More "We Care A Lot (Single & Video)"

"We Care a Lot" is a song by American rock band Faith No More. There are three versions of the song, all of which have been officially released on three different albums. The original was released on the band's debut studio album, We Care a Lot (1985). A re-recorded version, with new lyrics, was included on the album Introduce Yourself (1987) and was the lead single, reaching No. 53 on the UK Singles Chart. The live version, with Mike Patton on vocals, was included on the live album and video Live at the Brixton Academy (1990) and released as a single in 1991.

It was the second most frequently-played song during the band's live performances, behind "Epic". "We Care a Lot" featured different lyrics and ad-libs when performed by Mike Patton, much like performances of "Chinese Arithmetic".

The original version of the song was one of the first five songs finished for We Care a Lot, recorded before the band received financial backing for the album, at Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati, California, and was re-recorded, with some updated lyrics, for their second studio album and major label debut, Introduce Yourself.

The lyrics of the song are a sarcastic parody of charity concerts such as Live Aid, especially "the popstar posing that accompanied those charitable events", according to Steve Huey of AllMusic. The song lists a range of things about which the band sarcastically claims "we care a lot", such as the LAPD, the "food that Live Aid bought", the Garbage Pail Kids and even The Transformers. The original version, released in 1985, mentions Madonna and Mr. T. This was altered for social relevance in the 1987 re-release. When asked about the song's meaning, Chuck Mosley replied:

Well, ah Roddy wrote all the things that he cared about and I just wrote the part that says, "it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it" 'cause I figured that's just the feeling I got. That's the only thing I submitted. That, and the newer lyrics in the updated version.

There was a seven-second-long ad-lib of "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" by New Kids on the Block on The Real Thing-era live performances, including the Live at the Brixton Academy version.

The music video produced for "We Care a Lot", directed by Bob Biggs and Jay Brown, was the first video produced for a Faith No More song and received moderate airplay on MTV.

As well as the appearing on the albums We Care a Lot, Introduce Yourself and Live at the Brixton Academy the song has appeared on every compilation and video album released by the band and has three different cover versions on the tribute to Faith No More compilation album Tribute of the Year.

Europe "Superstitious (Single & Video)"

"Superstitious" is a 1988 single released by the Swedish rock band Europe. It was the first single released from the album Out of This World. It charted at #31 in the Billboard Hot 100, #9 at the Mainstream Rock Tracks and #34 in the UK Singles Chart. It was the last song by Europe to chart in the US.

The video for "Superstitious" was filmed at Hempstead House, on Long Island, New York. When performing the song live, Europe often include a part of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" in the middle of the song.

Europe "Carrie (Single & Video)"

"Carrie" is a power ballad by the Swedish rock band Europe released in 1987. It was the third single released internationally from the album The Final Countdown and was a Top 30 hit in several territories worldwide. In the US, it is their highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart—peaking at #3 (#1 on the Radio and Records chart) during the fall of 1987, outperforming the band's most internationally successful song, "The Final Countdown". It also reached #36 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The track on the B-side of the 7" single was "Love Chaser".

Europe "The Final Countdown (Single & Video)"

"The Final Countdown" is a song by the Swedish rock band Europe, released in 1986. Written by their lead singer Joey Tempest, it was based on a keyboard riff he made in the early 1980s, with lyrics inspired by David Bowie's "Space Oddity". Originally intended only to be a concert opener, it is the first single and title track from the band's studio album of the same name.

The music video by Nick Morris, made to promote the single, has received over 1.3 billion views on YouTube. The video features footage from the band's two concerts at Solnahallen in Solna, Sweden as well as extra footage of the sound checks and footage from Stockholm.

The song "Pictures", from the 2017 album Walk the Earth, is a sequel to "The Final Countdown".

The song was based on a keyboard riff which Joey Tempest had written, as early as 1981 or 1982, with a Korg Polysix keyboard which he had borrowed from keyboardist Mic Michaeli. In 1985, bassist John Levén suggested that Tempest should write a song based on that riff. Tempest recorded a demo version of the song and played it for the other band members. At first, the members expressed mixed reactions to it, including guitarist John Norum who was put off by the synth intro but later said that he was glad that they didn't listen to him. Tempest described their uncertainty: "Some of the guys in the band thought it was too different for a rock band. But in the end, I fought hard to make sure it got used."

The song's lyrics were inspired by David Bowie's song "Space Oddity". The sound of the keyboard riff used in the recording was achieved by using a Yamaha TX-816 rack unit and a Roland JX-8P synthesizer, as described by Michaeli: "I made a brassy sound from the JX-8P and used a factory sound from the Yamaha, and just layered them together."

When it was time to choose the first single from the album The Final Countdown, Tempest suggested the song "The Final Countdown". The band had not originally planned to release the song as a single, and some members wanted "Rock the Night" to be the first single. "The Final Countdown" was written to be an opening song for concerts, and they never thought it would be a hit. When their record company Epic Records suggested, however, that it should be the first single, the band decided to release it.

As Tempest stated in 2005:

It's always a nice feeling. Sometimes, you hear it on the streets or someone has it on their mobile phone or something… it's a nice feeling! Actually, I did an interview about a year ago with a newspaper from America and they talked about how much it's been used in sports in America… which I didn't know so much about. Apparently, it has been used a lot and it was nice to hear. The ironic thing, though, is that the song was actually written for the fans. It was over six minutes long and was never meant to be a hit or anything like that. It was meant to be an opening for the 'live' show. We were putting out our third album and we wanted a really 'grand' opening for the show. So, I had that 'riff' tucked away in a drawer since my college years and I took it out, found a tempo for it, wrote lyrics, and it turned out to be a great opening for that album and for the show, as well. Nowadays, we don't rehearse it, but when we play it live, it is still just so amazing! It does communicate so well with the audience and we really love playing it.

In 2009, Tempest told the BBC's Liam Allen, "I can trace bands like UFO in it, sort of a galloping theme like Iron Maiden had on The Number of the Beast album on quite a few songs. I wanted to make a combination of guitars and keyboards. That was a statement on that and it sort of worked out nicely." It is set in the key of F♯ minor.

"The Final Countdown" became a success on the charts worldwide after its release during 1986 and 1987, reaching number one in 25 countries (including the UK, where it spent two weeks at the top and is Europe's only Top 10 hit to date), and is widely regarded as the band's most popular and recognizable song. The single reached number 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and is the most successful song from the album on the Album Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 18 (and charting for 20 weeks).

The song is also the band's highest-charting single in Australia and Canada, peaking at number 2 and at number 5.

Blender listed "The Final Countdown" as the 27th worst song ever, and both VH1 and Blender included it at 16 on the list of the "Most Awesomely Bad Songs...Ever". VH1 ranked it at number 66 on their list of the best hard rock songs of all time.

The music video, directed by Nick Morris, contains footage from two concerts the band did at Solnahallen in Solna, Sweden on 26 and 27 May 1986, as well as some extra footage filmed at the sound checks for those concerts.

The song has been a regular in Europe concerts ever since its live debut on the premiere of their Final Countdown Tour in April 1986. One of the most memorable performances of the song took place in Stockholm, Sweden on 31 December 1999, as part of the Millennium celebrations, as it was the first, and to date only, Europe performance with both of the band's lead guitarists, the original guitarist John Norum and his replacement, Kee Marcello.

Dokken "Heaven Sent (Single & Video, Japan, Elektra Records, P-2363)"

Heaven Sent is a single, released in 1987 by American Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band Dokken, from their album Back For The Attack.

Tracklist:

Side A

1. Heaven Sent 04:50   

Side B

1. Mr. Scary 04:37   

Time:  09:27

Dokken "Into The Fire (Single & Video, Japan, Elektra Records, P-1924)"

"Into the Fire" is a song by American heavy metal band Dokken, released on September 11, 1984 on the album Tooth and Nail. The song peaked at number 21 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the United States.

It was featured in the 1987 film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors along with a title track named after the film.

The song was absent on the VHS release but was reinstated on the original DVD release and all future releases thereon.

In 2019, the song was used as the theme music to the National Wrestling Alliance's weekly wrestling show, NWA Power, and was the namesake for their pay-per-view event, NWA Into the Fire.

Track listing:

Side A

1. "Into the Fire" 4:30

Side B

1. "Bullets to Spare" 3:32

Deep Purple "Perfect Strangers (7'' Vinyl Single & Video, Holland, Polydor, 881 605-7)"

"Perfect Strangers" is a song by the British rock band Deep Purple. It is the title track of their 1984 comeback album Perfect Strangers. It was also released as the first single from the album in the UK.

It is one of the few Deep Purple compositions not to feature a guitar solo. Nevertheless, founding band member and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore has called it his favorite Deep Purple song. The lyrics are inspired by the Elric books by Michael Moorcock.

As a single, it spent 3 weeks in the UK Singles charts from 26 January to 9 February 1985 peaking at No. 48, a modest performance as compared to the album as a whole which had peaked at No. 5 of the UK Album charts throughout November and December the previous year.

Dimmu Borgir on their album Abrahadabra as a bonus track.

Progressive metal band Dream Theater on their EP A Change of Seasons. Dream Theater also performed it live on a BBC Radio show with Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson singing the lead vocals. The band also performed it under the pseudonym Nightmare Cinema at interludes during their concerts when they would switch instruments.

Hard rock vocalist Jørn Lande on his solo album Unlocking the Past.

Finnish duo Timo Kotipelto and Jani Liimatainen during live performances and on their studio album Blackoustic.

American doom metal band Yob covered Perfect Strangers as a standalone single.

1980s glam metal band Vixen (band) performed the song as an interpolation between their song Rock Me included in their live album Live Fire (2018), a recording of their live performance in Chicago in 2017.

Deep Purple "Smoke On The Water (Single & Video)"

"Smoke on the Water" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple, released on their 1972 studio album Machine Head. The song's lyrics are based on true events, chronicling the 1971 fire at Montreux Casino in Montreux, Switzerland. It is considered the band's signature song and its guitar riff is considered to be one of the most iconic in rock history.

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed "Smoke on the Water" number 434 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Total Guitar magazine ranked the song's riff number 4 on its "Greatest Guitar Riffs Ever" list, and in March 2005, Q magazine placed it at number 12 in its list of the 100 greatest guitar tracks.

In 2017, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

"Smoke on the Water" is easily identified by its central theme, developed by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. It is a four-note blues scale melody in G minor, harmonised in parallel fourths. The riff, played on a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar by Blackmore, is later joined by hi-hat and distorted organ, then the rest of the drums, then electric bass parts before the start of Ian Gillan's vocal.

Blackmore later claimed that the main riff is an interpretation of the inversion of the main theme of Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven, and that "I owe him a lot of money".

Jon Lord doubles the guitar part on a Hammond C3 organ played through a distorted Marshall amp, creating a tone very similar to that of the guitar. Blackmore usually plays the main riff using a finger pluck.

On the eve of the recording session, a concert with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention was held in the Montreux casino's theatre. This was the theatre's final concert before the casino complex closed down for its annual winter renovations, which would allow Deep Purple to record there. At the beginning of Don Preston's synthesiser solo on "King Kong", the place suddenly caught fire when somebody in the audience fired a flare gun towards the rattan-covered ceiling, as mentioned in the "some stupid with a flare gun" line. Although there were no major injuries, the resulting fire destroyed the entire casino complex, along with all the Mothers' equipment. The "smoke on the water" that became the title of the song (credited to bassist Roger Glover, who related how the title occurred to him when he woke from a dream a few days later) referred to the smoke from the fire spreading over Lake Geneva from the burning casino as the members of Deep Purple watched from their hotel. Glover said that, "It was probably the biggest fire I'd ever seen up to that point and probably ever seen in my life. It was a huge building. I remember there was very little panic getting out, because it didn't seem like much of a fire at first. But, when it caught, it went up like a fireworks display." The "Funky Claude" running in and out is referring to Claude Nobs, the director of the Montreux Jazz Festival who helped some of the audience escape the fire. Swiss police named Zdeněk Špička, a Czechoslovak refugee living in Épalinges, as a suspect in the case, but he fled Switzerland shortly after.

Left with the expensive Rolling Stones Mobile Studio and no place to record, the band was forced to scout the town for another place to set up. One promising venue (found by Nobs) was a local theatre, the Pavilion, but soon after the band loaded in and started working/recording, neighbours took offence at the noise. The band was only able to lay down backing tracks for one song (based on Blackmore's riff and temporarily named "Title No.1"), before local police shut them down.

After about a week of searching, the band rented the nearly-empty Grand Hôtel de Territet and converted its hallways and stairwells into a makeshift studio, where they laid down most of the tracks for what would become their most commercially successful album, Machine Head (which is dedicated to Claude Nobs).

The only song from Machine Head not recorded entirely in the Grand Hotel was "Smoke on the Water" itself, which had been partly recorded during the abortive Pavilion session. Its lyrics were composed later, primarily by Gillan and based around Glover's title, and the vocals were recorded in the Grand Hotel.

Because of the incident and the exposure Montreux received when "Smoke on the Water" became an international hit, Deep Purple formed a lasting bond with the town. The song was honoured in Montreux by a sculpture along the lake shore (right next to the statue of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury on the concrete wall right below the Marché couvert) with the band's name, the song title, and the riff in musical notes. However, this monument has been removed and has not been there since at least 2017. The new casino in Montreux displays notes from the riff as decoration on its balustrade facing the gambling hall. The only other memorial in Montreux dedicated to the band's song is a small plaque placed outside the back entrance of the former Grand Hôtel de Territet, the building in whose hallways the album Machine Head was partially recorded.

On the Classic Albums episode about Machine Head, Blackmore claimed that friends of the band were not fans of the "Smoke on the Water" riff, which they thought too simplistic. Blackmore retorted by making comparisons to the first movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony, which revolves around a similar four-note arrangement.

"The amazing thing with that song, and Ritchie's riff in particular," observed Ian Paice, "is that somebody hadn't done it before, because it's so gloriously simple and wonderfully satisfying."

The intro riff has been described as very similar to the intro of the bossa nova song "Maria Moita" composed by Carlos Lyra and Vinicius de Moraes in 1964, appearing in Lyra's album Pobre Menina Rica, and also recorded the same year by Nara Leão for her first album, Nara.

On March 3, 2024, to celebrate the Super Deluxe Edition of Machine Head, Deep Purple released its first official music video to "Smoke on the Water" after 52 years. The song was remixed by Dweezil Zappa, son of musician Frank Zappa, and the animated music video was directed by Dan Gibling and Luke McDonnell of Chiba Film.

"Smoke on the Water" was included on Machine Head, which was released in early 1972, but was not released as a single until a year later, in May 1973. ("Never Before" and "Highway Star" were the first singles issued from the album.) The band members have said that they did not expect the song to be a hit, but the single reached number 4 on the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States during the summer of 1973, reached number 2 on the Canadian RPM charts, and propelled the album to the top 10 more than a year after its release. Live performances of the tune, featuring extended interplay between Blackmore's guitar and Jon Lord's Hammond organ, would become a centrepiece of Deep Purple's concerts, as in the live version found on the album Made in Japan. Warner Brothers included the live version of "Smoke on the Water" from Made in Japan as the B-side of the "Smoke on the Water" studio single.

Record World called it a "heavy thumper that never gives up."

The principal songwriters included the song within their subsequent solo ventures after Deep Purple had split up. Ian Gillan in particular performed a jazz-influenced version in early solo concerts. The band Gillan adopted a feedback-soaked approach, courtesy of Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme. The song was also featured live by Ritchie Blackmore's post-Deep Purple band Rainbow during their tours 1981–83, and again after Rainbow were resurrected briefly in the mid-1990s and for three European concerts in June 2016.

During Ian Gillan's stint with Black Sabbath in 1983, they performed "Smoke on the Water" as a regular repertoire number on encores during their only tour together.

Deep Purple "Speed King (Single & Video)"

"Speed King" is a song by the English rock band Deep Purple, from their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. The song has been cited as an influence in the development of speed metal.

Although released as B-side to the "Black Night" single in the United Kingdom and many other countries, "Speed King" was released as a single in its own right in The Netherlands and Germany, ahead of the Deep Purple In Rock album.

"Speed King" was the first Deep Purple song to be written by vocalist Ian Gillan, who stated that before the lyrics were fully formed, the song's working title was "Kneel & Pray". The song reportedly developed from a bass riff by Glover, who was trying to emulate Jimi Hendrix' "Fire". Gillan developed the lyrics by writing down a mix of lines from Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Chuck Berry songs in the order that they came to mind. In an interview with Gillan, he stated: "The first things that came into my head were Chuck Berry and Little Richard words, so I just stole them."

The song has been cited as an influence on the development of speed metal. The song's aggressive guitar riffs, loud volume, and relatively fast tempo would later become some of the defining characteristics of speed metal and other subgenres of heavy metal.

Deep Purple "Fireball (Single & Video)"

"Fireball" is a song by the English rock band Deep Purple, from the album of the same name. It was also released as the band's second single of 1971, and peaked at No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song is one of several based on Ian Gillan's real life experiences: "She was a complete mystery to me. This is another tale of unrequited love", he explained.

The song begins with the sound of an air conditioner being switched on, recorded by assistant engineer Mike Thorne. Roger Glover suggested to engineer Martin Birch that the sound of a machine starting up would be a good way to begin both the song and the album, but Birch could not think of anything available that would fit the purpose. Thorne suggested the sound of an air conditioning unit, and duly recorded it, to the band's delight. At the time the members of Deep Purple claimed that the sound was produced by a "special" synthesizer. A promo clip was made for the song, consisting of the band miming to the studio recording in front of a dancing audience.

The song features a rare instance of Ian Paice playing a double-bass drum, thus it often appeared as an encore in the band's live show so the crew would have time to add the extra bass drum to Paice's stage kit. With is fast tempo and rapid guitar picking, the song is often cited as one of the earliest influences in the later development of speed and thrash metal.

Deep Purple "Strange Kind Of Woman (Single & Video)"

"Strange Kind of Woman" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple that was originally released as a follow-up single after "Black Night" in early 1971. The song also became a hit, peaking at No. 8 on the UK chart and Germany, and No. 1 in Denmark. The 1996 remix by Roger Glover later appeared on the re-release of the band's 1971 album Fireball, while the original version can be found on various Deep Purple compilations. Although not part of the Fireball recording sessions, "Strange Kind of Woman" was included on the US and Canadian editions of the album, in lieu of the track "Demon's Eye" on the UK edition.

The B-side song, "I'm Alone", was later released on The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's as well as on the 25th anniversary reissue of Fireball.

The song was originally called "Prostitute". Vocalist Ian Gillan introduced the song on Deep Purple in Concert: "It was about a friend of ours who got mixed up with a very evil woman and it was a sad story. They got married in the end. And a few days after they got married, the lady died." In Wordography's section Gillan gives a slightly different version of the song's history:

I loved her in a strange post-adolescent-pre-adult way, but then so did quite a lot of other people. She loved them too and gave them good return for their money. I failed miserably when I tried to break her from the habit… she said it wasn't a habit, it was her life and what did I know anyway? I did get promoted from Wednesday morning trysts to Saturday evening dates (sort of). The fact is, this song is not about one woman… but a compilation of thrills and disappointments, and such a package can only be called Nancy. I grew up fast… the innocence died and, in the category… My Woman… all claims were relinquished.

When Deep Purple performed the song live, Gillan and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore would engage in a call and response guitar-vocal duel in the middle. This would always end with an extremely long, high-pitched scream from Gillan before the band returned to playing the original song. An example can be heard on the live album, Made in Japan, recorded in 1972.

Deep Purple "Stormbringer (Single & Video)"

"Stormbringer", la portadora de tormentas, es una canción escrita por David Coverdale y Ritchie Blackmore, vocalista y guitarrista respectivamente de la banda británica de hard rock Deep Purple.

"Stormbringer" es una de las canciones más reconocidas de la banda y ha sido convertida en una versión en vivo por bandas de diversos países, incluyendo a la banda Rata Blanca, que la interpretó junto con Glenn Hughes en un concierto en Argentina.

Stormbringer es el nombre que le dio la banda a la canción que se basa en la infame espada negra que pertenece al personaje de ficción Elric de Melniboné creado por el autor del género fantástico Michael Moorcock. En el foro del autor, éste menciona que la banda no sabía que el nombre de la espada fue inventado por él mismo.​

En un análisis superficial, la canción parece hablar de un ser implacable de oscuro poder que tiene por misión exterminar vidas. En ningún momento da la impresión de hablar de una espada, aunque la única referencia a ella es que al encontrarse con ella de nada sirve huir porque serás alcanzado y en ese momento encontrarás la muerte.

La canción está construida a ritmo de seis golpes y un segmento de requinto al medio. La batería marca el ritmo pesado de la melodía, lo que le da esa energía que va un poco más allá de lo que llega "Smoke on the water". Aunque el teclado de Jon Lord se escucha poco, es el que marca la entrada a los demás instrumentos de la banda. "Stormbringer" es del tipo de canciones que tiene un remate final, opuesto a las que terminan con el sonido musical desvaneciéndose.

Con el álbum Burn y Stormbringer, la banda debía mantener la estabilidad y la calidad de las canciones tras la partida de Ian Gillan y Roger Glover, dos de sus principales elementos, pero en la canción "Stormbringer" demuestran que pueden sobrepasar las expectativas y darles a los fanáticos ese sonido estridente y melódico que buscan en la banda.

La canción ha sido interpretada en Alemania, Austria, Estados Unidos, Inglaterra, Bélgica y otros países desde su aparición y, aunque en el concierto del 14 de febrero en Monterrey, México fue una de las más esperada por los fanáticos de la banda, no fue tocada.

El ritmo de la canción, así como la atmósfera y el sonido de efecto en la guitarra en los solos es bastante similar a Stargazer de la banda Rainbow que fundaría el mismo Ritchie Blackmore después de su salida de Deep Purple.

Deep Purple "Black Night (Single & Video)"

"Black Night" is a song by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, released as a single in June 1970. "Black Night" became a hit in August 1970 peaking at No. 1 on UK New Musical Express and Melody Maker charts, while reaching No. 2 on the UK singles chart, and remains Deep Purple's highest charting UK single. It also topped the chart in Switzerland, and is one of only two singles from the band to chart in Ireland, peaking at No. 4, thus making it the group's only Irish Top 10 hit. It was later included on the 25th anniversary version of their 1970 studio album, Deep Purple in Rock.

Once Deep Purple in Rock had been completed, EMI asked for a suitable single to be recorded to help promote the album. Though Roger Glover states that Ricky Nelson's 1962 hard rocking arrangement of the George Gershwin song "Summertime" was the basis for the Mk II Deep Purple single "Black Night", it is also similar to Blues Magoos's 1966 psychedelic hit song "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet". In the BBC documentary Heavy Metal Britannia, keyboardist Jon Lord supports Glover's statement about the song's origin, stating "Black Night was nicked from the bass line in Ricky Nelson's Summertime" and then proceeds to play the bassline riff on his grand piano.

"Black Night" made its way into the setlist soon after release, generally as the first encore. It was not played in full after Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left the band in 1973, but snippets were often played by Ritchie Blackmore as part of his improvisations. On the reformation of Deep Purple in 1984, it returned as part of the main set list. The song is featured on many Deep Purple live albums.

Contraband "All The Way From Memphis (Single & Video)"

"All the Way from Memphis" is a single released by Mott the Hoople as the lead track from the album Mott in 1973. The song tells a story about a rock and roller whose guitar is shipped to Oriole, Kentucky, instead of Memphis, Tennessee.

Contraband covered the song on their self titled debut album.

Tracklist:

All The Way From Memphis 4:54

All The Way From Memphis (Balls To The Wall Version) 5:24

Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild Wild Livin' 4:25

Carcass "Under The Scalpel Blade (Flexi-disc, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided, Single & Video, Picture Disc, Blue, Decibel Magazine/Nuclear Blast, DB109)"

Under The Scalpel Blade is a Picture Disc Single by British Melodic Death Metal band Carcass, released December 4th, 2019.

Included in deluxe subscribers' issues of Decibel Magazine no. 183, January 2020.

Tracklist:

Single-sided

1. Under the Scalpel Blade 03:53   

Time:   03:53  

Part of the Decibel Magazine Flexi series.

Carcass "Livestock Marketplace (Promo Single & Video, Germany, Nuclear Blast)"

Livestock Marketplace is a promo single from Carcass EP Surgical Remission - Surplus Steel, released November 14th, 2014.

Tracklist:

1. Livestock Marketplace  4:15

Time:  4:15

Recording information:

Recorded at Chapel Studios, South Thoresby, Lincolnshire, England, UK & Treehouse Studio, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK.

Mixed and mastered at Backstage Studios in Ripley, Derbyshire, England.