''Great Adventure Cigar'' is the debut full-length by the band
Janus Stark, released in 1998 on
Earache Records
Earache Records is a British independent record label, music publisher and management company founded by Digby Pearson in 1985, based in Nottingham, England, with offices in London and New York. The label helped to pioneer extreme metal by rel ...
. Its name comes from a line in the
Wu Tang Clan song "The Projects".
[Stewart, Allison, (1998-11-23),]
Gizz Butt Splits Time Between Janus Stark and Prodigy"
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Tamagotchis, Fake British Accents and the Breeding of Fine English Dogs: The US Music Vault Speaks with Brit-punk Rockers, Janus Stark"
, US Music Vault
Two singles were released from this album, "Dynamo" (1998) and "Every Little Thing Counts" (1999). "Every Little Thing Counts" was also included on the soundtrack for the 1998 film, ''
Disturbing Behavior'' & in the 1999 film, ''
Varsity Blues (film)''.
Release history
The album was originally released on CD
Earache Records
Earache Records is a British independent record label, music publisher and management company founded by Digby Pearson in 1985, based in Nottingham, England, with offices in London and New York. The label helped to pioneer extreme metal by rel ...
on , but was later re-released the same year on CD and cassette on
Trauma Records
Trauma Records was a Los Angeles-based independent record label created in 1993 by Paul Palmer and Rob Kahane.
Trauma Records had a joint venture agreement with Interscope Records that included financing and distribution through Interscope Records ...
, on October 27.
Track listing
All songs written by Graham “Gizz” Butt except where indicated.
# "Enemy Lines" - 3:43
# "Panic Attack" - 3:14
# "Every Little Thing Counts" - 4:01 written by Graham “Gizz” Butt and Andrew “Pinch” Pinching
# "Floyd (What are you on?)" - 3:59 written by Graham “Gizz” Butt and Andrew “Pinch” Pinching
# "Dynamo" - 5:43
# "White Man Speak with Fork Tongue" - 4:10
# "Clique" - 3:56
# "New Slant on Nothing" - 3:52
# "200 Duty Frees" - 4:50
# "Barriers" - 4:45
Personnel
* Gizz Butt - guitars, lead vocals
* Shop - bass, backing vocals
* Pinch - drums, backing vocals
Guest musicians
* Terry Thomas - backing vocals (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8)
* Simon Burrel - backing vocals (track 1),
Hammond organ
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...
(track 2),
Jazz piano (track 9)
* Andy Hawkins - backing vocals (track 2)
* Richard Gombault - backing vocals (track 2)
* Shaun Atkins - backing vocals (track 5)
References
1998 debut albums
Janus Stark (band) albums
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