''Deviant'' is an

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band

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, released in 2000. It was a follow up to the commercially successful album '' www.pitchshifter.com'', but was seen by the record label as a disappointment. Promotional videos by DOSE Productions were made for the tracks "Hidden Agenda" and "Dead Battery". The track "Everything's Fucked" was originally released as "Everything Sucks".

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makes an appearance on the track "As Seen on TV". By March 2002, the album had sold 33,000 copies in the U.S., just over half the amount www.pitchshifter.com had sold at the same time. Before Deviant was released, a promotional sampler CD was released under the name 'Deviant Sampler'.

Track listing

Album cover

Pitchshifter's album cover used a picture of one of

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. The painting shows a cross between the Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth II. The album cover was banned in Poland, due to some of the public's response and complaints to the offending image saying "Why did you insult the Pope?!". The band and

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apologized and changed the artwork.

Personnel

Pitchshifter

* J.S. Clayden –

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, programming, engineering * Jim Davies –

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s * Mark Clayden –

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* John Stanier - additional live drums * Johnny Carter – additional programming, engineering

Additional musicians

– additional vocals (8)

Technical personnel

* Annette Cisneros – engineering * Elan Trujillo – assistant engineering *

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– additional programming, additional editing * Bryan "Dewey" Hall – guitar technician * The Drum Doctor – drum technician * Sarah Debord – studio assistance * Tony Santiago – studio assistance * Chris Jensen – studio assistance * Eddie Schreyer – mastering *

– front cover original black and white painting * Howard – cover painting manipulation * Dave Willis – band photos * Tony Woolliscroft – band photos * The Huja Brothers – "Rat Bastard" comic

References

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