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Twin Peaks, Washington is a fictional town in the U.S. state of
Washington
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* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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, serving as the primary setting of the
television series
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''
Twin Peaks
''Twin Peaks'' is an American Mystery fiction, mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company, ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cance ...
'', created by
Mark Frost
Mark Frost (born November 25, 1953) is an American novelist, screenwriter, film-and-television producer and director. He is the co-creator of the mystery television series ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991; 2017) and was a writer and executive story ...
and
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Be ...
, and the 2017 revival ''
Twin Peaks: The Return''. It was also featured in scenes in the 1992 movie ''
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' and the feature-length deleted scenes compilation, ''
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces''. Places commonly shown within the series include the Double R Diner, The Great Northern Hotel and, the Black and White Lodges.
FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper states, in the pilot episode, that the town of Twin Peaks is "five miles south of the Canadian border, and twelve miles west of the state line". This places it in the
Salmo-Priest Wilderness
Salmo-Priest Wilderness is a 41,335 acre (167.28 km2) wilderness area located in the Selkirk Mountains in the northeast corner of Washington state, within the Colville National Forest and the Kaniksu National Forest.
Topography
The high-cou ...
. Lynch and Frost started their location search in
Snoqualmie, Washington
Snoqualmie ( ) is a city next to Snoqualmie Falls in King County, Washington, United States. It is east of Seattle. Snoqualmie city is home to the Northwest Railway Museum. The population was 10,670 at the 2010 census and an estimated 13,62 ...
, on the recommendation of a friend of Frost. They found all of the locations that they had written into the pilot episode.
The towns of Snoqualmie,
North Bend and
Fall City
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– which became the primary filming locations for stock ''Twin Peaks'' exterior footage – are about an hour's drive from the town of
Roslyn, Washington
Roslyn is a city in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The population was 893 at the 2010 census. Roslyn is located in the Cascade Mountains, about 80 miles east of Seattle. The town was founded in 1886 as a coal mining company town. D ...
, the town used for the series ''
Northern Exposure
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''. Many exterior scenes were filmed in wooded areas of
Malibu, California
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.
Most of the interior scenes were shot on standing sets in a
San Fernando Valley
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warehouse.
Double R Diner
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The frequently seen Double R Diner is owned and managed by the character
Norma Jennings
The following is a list of characters from the television series ''Twin Peaks'', the film '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', and the 2017 revival.
Overview
Concepts
Bob
Frank Silva was a set decorator who worked on the pilot episode. ...
, portrayed by actress
Peggy Lipton
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.
''Twin Peaks'' character
Shelly Johnson, portrayed by actress
Mädchen Amick
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, works there as a waitress, alongside
Heidi
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(
Andrea Hays
Andrea Hays is an American actress, producer, screenwriter, costume designer, and nurse, best known for her role as Heidi in ''Twin Peaks'' which she played in both the 1990 original series and the 2017 revival, '' Twin Peaks: The Return,'' t ...
).
[
When filming began on the original ''Twin Peaks'' series in 1989, the Mar-T Cafe located in ]North Bend, Washington
North Bend is a city in King County, Washington, United States, on the outskirts of the Seattle metropolitan area. The population was 5,731 at the 2010 census and an estimated 7,136 in 2018.
Since the closure of Weyerhaeuser's Snoqualmie sawmi ...
was used as the Double R Diner location in the series pilot and the prequel film ''Fire Walk With Me'' and served as the model for the Hollywood sound stage set where all other Double R Diner interior scenes were filmed. The restaurant was sold in 1998 to Kyle Twede ( ), who renamed it Twede's Cafe.
A fire gutted Twede's Cafe in July 2000 and was the result of arson. News of the incident described the perpetrators as burglars who had set the cafe ablaze to cover up their theft of $450. In an interview from May 2015, Kyle Twede described the arsonists as kids who had broken into the cafe to mess around and drink wine coolers and, fearing they would get in trouble, chose to set the place on fire. The interior was destroyed, while the exterior neon sign and the structure remained; Twede’s Cafe reopened in 2001 with a new interior that looked nothing like the Double R Diner.
As of September 2015, as part of the production of the 2017 season of ''Twin Peaks'', the series production company restored the interior of Twede’s Cafe to the original Double R Diner interior. The renovations were reportedly permanent and remained in place after filming wrapped.
The Great Northern Hotel
Much of the series takes place in The Great Northern Hotel. The lead character, FBI Agent Dale Cooper
Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper, portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan, is a fictional character who is the protagonist of ABC's and Showtime's television series ''Twin Peaks''. He also plays a supporting role in the ...
, is a resident of the hotel for the length of the original series.
The exterior of The Great Northern Hotel is the Salish Lodge in Snoqualmie, WA. (In 1988, the building was completely remodeled and reopened as the Salish Lodge.) The lodge that inspired The Great Northern Hotel is the Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington
Poulsbo ( ) is a city on Liberty Bay in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It is the smallest of the four cities in Kitsap County. The population was 9,200 at the 2010 census and an estimated 10,927 in 2018.
The area was historically in ...
. The Kiana Lodge was built in the late 1920s and is furnished with alder
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bentwood
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In furniture making this method is often used in the production of rocking chairs, cafe ...
pieces dating from that era.
The hotel is owned by Ben Horne
Benjamin Joseph Horne is a fictional character in the television series ''Twin Peaks'', created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, portrayed by Richard Beymer. His middle and last names are based on department store owner Joseph Horne, founder of ...
, a business associate of Leland Palmer
Leland Palmer is a fictional character from the television series ''Twin Peaks'', created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. He also appears in the prequel, '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me''. He is portrayed in all his appearances by Ray Wise.
Le ...
; the death of whose daughter Laura Palmer
Laura Palmer is a fictional character in the ''Twin Peaks'' franchise. She is portrayed by Sheryl Lee and was created by the series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost. She first appears in the ABC original series ''Twin Peaks''. A high schoo ...
is the catalyst for the series.
Black and White Lodges
The Black Lodge is an extradimensional place which seems to include, primarily, the "Red Room" first seen by Agent Cooper in a dream early in the series. As events in the series unfold, it becomes apparent that the characters from the Red Room, the room itself and the Black Lodge, along with the White Lodge, are connected.
At first it is revealed that there is a mysterious dark presence in the woods that the town's Bookhouse Boys have been combatting for generations. Although they do not know what it is, Native American policeman Deputy Hawk
The following is a list of characters from the television series ''Twin Peaks'', the film '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', and the 2017 revival.
Overview
Concepts
Bob
Frank Silva was a set decorator who worked on the pilot episode ...
says that the Black Lodge is from the mythology of his people, describing it as:
The shadow-self of the White Lodge. The legend says that every spirit must pass through there on the way to perfection. There, you will meet your own shadow self. My people call it 'The Dweller on the Threshold' ... But it is said, if you confront the Black Lodge with imperfect courage, it will utterly annihilate your soul.
During the second season, Windom Earle
The following is a list of characters from the television series ''Twin Peaks'', the film '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', and the 2017 revival.
Overview
Concepts
Bob
Frank Silva was a set decorator who worked on the pilot episode. ...
relates a story about the White Lodge:
Once upon a time, there was a place of great goodness, called the White Lodge. Gentle fawns gamboled there amidst happy, laughing spirits. The sounds of innocence and joy filled the air. And when it rained, it rained sweet nectar that infused one's heart with a desire to live life in truth and beauty. Generally speaking, a ghastly place, reeking of virtue's sour smell. Engorged with the whispered prayers of kneeling mothers, mewling newborns, and fools, young and old, compelled to do good without reason ... But, I am happy to point out that our story does not end in this wretched place of saccharine excess. For there's another place, its opposite: A place of almost unimaginable power, chock full of dark forces and vicious secrets. No prayers dare enter this frightful maw. The spirits there care not for good deeds or priestly invocations, they're as likely to rip the flesh from your bone as greet you with a happy "good day". And if harnessed, these spirits in this hidden land of unmuffled screams and broken hearts would offer up a power so vast that its bearer might reorder the Earth itself to his liking.
As the Black and White Lodges become more prominent in the story, Major Briggs
The following is a list of characters from the television series ''Twin Peaks'', the film ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', and the Twin Peaks (season 3), 2017 revival.
Overview
Concepts
Bob
Frank Silva was a set decorator who worked ...
claims that during one or more of his disappearances, he had visited the White Lodge and goes on to offer advice regarding it. There is no clear evidence of him being affected by the Black Lodge and it is not clear how he arrives there - aside from a bright flash of light - or what the purpose of his trips were.
Location
Although the Red Room began exclusively as a location within Agent Dale Cooper
Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper, portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan, is a fictional character who is the protagonist of ABC's and Showtime's television series ''Twin Peaks''. He also plays a supporting role in the ...
's dreams, the inhabitants began appearing in other locations in the town, inciting other elements in the plot, to the point where the Red Room and White/Black Lodge stories became one. After discovering a mysterious map in Owl Cave, it becomes evident to Earle and Cooper—both independently and with different motivations for wanting to visit it—that the entrance to the Black Lodge is located in Ghostwood Forest which surrounds the town of Twin Peaks, at a pool of a substance that smells like scorched engine oil
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and surrounded by 12 young sycamore trees. This area is known as Glastonbury Grove.
It is said that the key to gain entrance to the Black Lodge is fear—usually an act of brutal murder. This is in contrast to the key to the White Lodge, which is love. Another requirement to enter the Black Lodge through the entrance in Glastonbury Grove is that it may only be entered "...when Jupiter
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and Saturn
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meet..." When the above requirements are met and one approaches the pool in Glastonbury Grove, red curtains appear, which the person walks between before the curtains vanish once again.
Interior
There is little furniture in the Red Room aside from a few armchairs, a wheeled table and a couple of floor lamps. There is also a statue of the Venus de Medici
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, easily mistaken for the ''Venus de Milo
The ''Venus de Milo'' (; el, Αφροδίτη της Μήλου, Afrodíti tis Mílou) is an ancient Greek sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period, sometime between 150 and 125 BC. It is one of the most famous works of ancient ...
'' (the ''Venus de Milo'' can be seen in the hallway). There are no doors to speak of; movement from room to room is accomplished by crossing through another set of red curtains that lead to a narrow hallway. The floor is a chevron pattern of brown and white, and all sides of any room and all walls of any hallway encountered are covered by identical red curtains. In the final episode, a second room in the Lodge is seen, identical to the first. Between the two rooms is a narrow corridor which has the same floor and "walls" as the other two rooms.
Although the Lodge inhabitants speak English, their voices are warped and strangely clipped and their movements are unnatural (this effect is accomplished by the actors performing in reverse and the footage is then played backwards). Residents often speak in riddles and non-sequiturs. The main inhabitants of the Lodge are The Man from Another Place
The Man from Another Place (played by Michael J. Anderson), also known as The Arm, is a character from the television series ''Twin Peaks'', created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. He is an inhabitant of the Black Lodge, a realm of pure evil. He w ...
, The Giant and Killer Bob
Bob (sometimes known as BOB or Killer BOB) is a fictional character in the ABC television series ''Twin Peaks,'' played by Frank Silva. He is an interdimensional entity who feeds on pain and sorrow. An inhabiting spirit, he possesses human b ...
.
In the final episode of ''Twin Peaks'', Cooper meets The Man from Another Place, who refers to the Red Room as the "waiting room". This coincides with Hawk's claim that every spirit must pass through the Black Lodge on the way to perfection and that the Red Room leads to the White Lodge as well.
The red curtains, zig-zag floors and bright spotlights of the White and Black Lodges have also appeared in several of David Lynch
David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Be ...
's other films, suggesting that Lynch may view their influences as ongoing in his narrative worlds. As the Masonic
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historian archeologist David Harrison notes in his article on ''Twin Peaks'', the floor resembles a zig-zag version of the ''Mosaic Pavement'' in a Masonic lodge
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, hence the names ''Black Lodge'' and ''White Lodge'', which consists of squares in the middle, but of triangles at the borders. As the focus of the series is on how to pass through from one surreal realm into the other, or how to transcend from one level of fear of this metaphysical realm to the one associated with love and that both are a way to come to a cumulative, final interpretation on the matter of reality
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itself, reachable from ''both sides of the medal'', the condensation and reduction of the symbolism to a zig-zag floor makes sense in context of the series' themes.
Inhabitants
The Black Lodge and White Lodges are home to many spirits and people alike including Bob, Mike
Mike may refer to:
Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and docume ...
, The Man From Another Place
The Man from Another Place (played by Michael J. Anderson), also known as The Arm, is a character from the television series ''Twin Peaks'', created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. He is an inhabitant of the Black Lodge, a realm of pure evil. He w ...
, The Giant, Laura Palmer
Laura Palmer is a fictional character in the ''Twin Peaks'' franchise. She is portrayed by Sheryl Lee and was created by the series creators David Lynch and Mark Frost. She first appears in the ABC original series ''Twin Peaks''. A high schoo ...
(passing through the Red Room before ascending to the White Lodge), and Dale Cooper.
The spirits can possess humans if they are let in: Bob possesses Leland Palmer
Leland Palmer is a fictional character from the television series ''Twin Peaks'', created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. He also appears in the prequel, '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me''. He is portrayed in all his appearances by Ray Wise.
Le ...
, but not Laura, who refuses to let him in. Later, Bob possesses Dale Cooper's doppelganger (not Cooper himself); The Giant and an elderly waiter from the Great Northern Hotel were "one and the same". Mike and The Man From Another Place (Mike's arm) possess Phillip Gerard.
References in popular culture
In the two-part ''Simpsons
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'' episode, " Who Shot Mr. Burns?", Chief Clancy Wiggum has trouble solving the case and falls into a dream sequence in which he sits in the Red Room with Lisa Simpson
Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series ''The Simpsons''. She is the middle child and most accomplished of the Simpson family. Voiced by Yeardley Smith, Lisa was born as a character in ''The Tracey Ullman Sh ...
, who speaks backwards. She gives him clues in reverse-speak, but Wiggum is unable to understand her until she gives up in frustration and speaks normally. As with ''Twin Peaks'', while recording Lisa's lines for the segment, Yeardley Smith
Martha Maria Yeardley Smith ( ; born July 3, 1964) is an American actress, artist and writer. She currently stars as the voice of Lisa Simpson on the long-running animated television series ''The Simpsons''.
Smith became an actress in 1982 afte ...
recorded the part backwards and it was reversed. Several other parts in the segment are direct references to ''Twin Peaks'', including a moving shadow on the curtain, and Wiggum's hair standing straight up after waking.
In the manga series '' Soul Eater'', the Red Room is used as a motif when Soul Eater and Maka Albarn
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are infected with Black Blood. A demon who dances backward (similar to The Man from Another Place
The Man from Another Place (played by Michael J. Anderson), also known as The Arm, is a character from the television series ''Twin Peaks'', created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. He is an inhabitant of the Black Lodge, a realm of pure evil. He w ...
) to a skipping jazz record attempts to convince them to give in to the Black Blood's madness.
The Red Room is also parodied as "The Sitting Room" in multiple episodes of ''Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
''Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'' (also known as ''Mystery Incorporated'' or ''Scooby-Doo! Mystery, Inc.'') is an American animated television series that serves as the eleventh incarnation of the ''Scooby-Doo'' media franchise created by Han ...
'', first accessed by Scooby-Doo in a dream and later accessed by all of Mystery, Inc. under mass hypnosis. A helper figure similar to The Man from Another Place appears there, and, like the original Man, is played by Michael J. Anderson
Michael J. Anderson (born October 31, 1953) is a retired American actor known for his roles as The Man from Another Place in David Lynch's television series ''Twin Peaks'', the prequel film for the series, ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', and a ...
. The Sitting Room appears to be a spirit realm where both helpful and malicious entities can dwell, as well as pieces of the souls of those tainted by the Treasure of Crystal Cove.
A parody of the Red Room is featured as "The Club" in ''Gravity Falls
''Gravity Falls'' is an American mystery comedy animated television series created by Alex Hirsch for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series follows the adventures of Dipper Pines (Jason Ritter) and his twin sister Mabel (Kristen Schaal) wh ...
'', Season 1, Episode 4 "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel".
In an interview, Atlus
is a Japanese video game developer, publisher, arcade manufacturer and distribution company based in Tokyo. A subsidiary of Sega, the company is known for video game series such as ''Megami Tensei'', ''Persona'', ''Etrian Odyssey'' and ''Trau ...
co-founder Kazuma Kaneko
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confirmed that the Black Lodge was the main source of inspiration for the Velvet Room's design in the ''Persona
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'' video game series, though the color of the room was altered to blue in reference to David Lynch
David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Be ...
's film '' Blue Velvet''.
The cult classic video game ''Deadly Premonition
''Deadly Premonition'' is an open world survival horror video game developed by Access Games. Set in the fictional, rural American town of Greenvale, Washington, the story follows FBI Special Agent Francis York Morgan as he investigates the mur ...
'', that was heavily influenced by Twin Peaks, also has a Red Room of sorts that the protagonist Agent York Morgan visits on his dreams.
The video game ''The Evil Within 2
''The Evil Within 2'' is a survival horror video game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. It was released worldwide in October 2017 and is the sequel to 2014's ''The Evil ...
'' frequently uses the Red Room motif, in association with one of the primary antagonists, Stefano Valentini.
On an episode of ''The Late Late Show with James Corden
''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' (also known as ''Late Late'') is an American late-night talk show on CBS. It is the fourth and current iteration of '' The Late Late Show''. Airing in the U.S. from Monday to Friday nights at 12:37:28am ...
'' in September 2017, the opening segment featured actor Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (; ' McLachlan, February 22, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dale Cooper in ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991; 2017) and its film prequel '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' (1992), as well as roles ...
having turned his dressing room into the Red Room, including speaking in the warped backwards manner.
It is also referenced in ''All Hail King Julien
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'' in the third episode of season three "Dance, Dance, Resolution" in which Mort speaks backwards to King Julien in the black lodge, you can see the mythical pineapple shadow on the red curtains and King Julien's parents there, to which King Julian asks "Mort why are you talking backwards!?", Mort then does a strange forward walk that also seems somewhat backwards to which King Julien's parents clap, King Julien then tries to please his parents which then turns into Maurice, then King Julien awakes.
"Black Lodge" (song)
''Twin Peaks score conductor Angelo Badalamenti
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helped write the song "Black Lodge" on the 1993 ''Sound of White Noise
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'' album by Anthrax
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. The song was released as the album's third single on August 19, 1993.
The sound of the song differs greatly from the band's earlier thrash metal
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tracks, with AllMusic
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's Dave Connolly describing it as "cooled-down".
Music video
A music video was created for the song, being directed by future filmmaker Mark Pellington
Mark Pellington (born March 17, 1962) is an American film director, writer, and producer.
Life and career
Pellington was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Bill Pellington, an All-Pro linebacker who played football with the Baltimore Colts ...
.
The video centers on a man and his wife, with the latter appearing to be a paraplegic
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"half-stricken". It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural ...
. The man bathes, feeds, and dresses his wife, puts her in the backseat of a car and drives down Hollywood Boulevard
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. The man picks up a woman off of the street, Daphne (played by Jenna Elfman), with his assistant drugging her and taking her to an empty building. The assistant dresses Daphne up to look like the wife then straps her into a chair and places electrodes on her, while the wife sits across from her in a similar chair. The man tries to stimulate Daphne by rubbing her legs and having a puppy lick her face while the wife seems to feel what the woman does. The wife quickly returns to a catatonic state, while the assistant carries Daphne off and takes her picture in front of a backdrop that resembles the Red Room. As the video ends, the camera cuts to a shot of a board with several dozen pictures of other women who went through the same ordeal that Daphne did.
The band members briefly appear in the video, showing up in quick shots in the Red Room.
Track listing
Personnel
;Anthrax
* John Bush – lead vocals
*Dan Spitz
Daniel Alan Spitz (born January 28, 1963) is an American musician best known for his work as the lead guitarist of the thrash metal band Anthrax from 1983 to 1995 and from 2005 to 2008. Spitz also founded the Christian music group Red Lamb, whi ...
– lead guitar
*Scott Ian
Scott Ian (born Scott Ian Rosenfeld, December 31, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the thrash metal band Anthrax. Ian is the guitarist and a founding member of the crossover thrash band Stormtroo ...
– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Frank Bello
Frank Bello (born July 9, 1965) is an American musician who plays bass for the thrash metal band Anthrax.
Early life
Bello is the nephew of Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante. He had a younger brother Anthony, who was murdered in the Bronx, New Yo ...
– bass
*Charlie Benante
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– drums
;Additional
*Vincent Bell – tremolo guitar parts
*Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Daniel Badalamenti (March 22, 1937 – December 11, 2022) was an American composer, best known for his work scoring films for director David Lynch, notably '' Blue Velvet'', the ''Twin Peaks'' saga (1990–1992, 2017), ''The Straight St ...
– synthesizers, orchestration and arrangement of synthesizers and additional guitars
Chart positions
References
External links
Welcome to Twin Peaks: Double R Diner Walkthrough Video
at InTwinPeaks.com
{{Anthrax (American band)
Fictional dimensions
Twin Peaks
Anthrax (American band) songs
Fictional populated places in Washington (state)