''Harmony and Dissidence'' is the second full-length album by

Jackson United Jackson United is an American punk rock band, formed by singer and lead guitarist Chris Shiflett in 2003. Shiflett recruited his older brother Scott Shiflett (bass) and Pete Parada (drums) to complete the band. A debut eponymous EP was recorded ...

. It was released in 2008 through Magnificent Records, Acetate Records and Deck Cheese Records.

History

The album was recorded during 2007 at

Foo Fighters Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1994. Foo Fighters was initially formed as a one-man project by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Following the success of the eponymous debut album, Grohl (lead vocals, guitar) re ...

' personal Studio, 606 West in Northridge, CA, United States. All songs were written by

Chris Shiflett Christopher Aubrey Shiflett ( ; born May 6, 1971) is an American musician. He is most recognizable as lead guitarist for the American rock band Foo Fighters. He was previously a member of the punk rock bands No Use for a Name (1995–1999) a ...

, guitarist for Foo Fighters. It features bandmates

Dave Grohl David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He is the founder of the rock band Foo Fighters, in which he is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter. Prior to forming Foo Fighters, he was the drummer of gru ...

and

Taylor Hawkins Oliver Taylor Hawkins (February 17, 1972 – March 25, 2022) was an American musician, best known as the drummer of the rock band Foo Fighters, with whom he recorded eight studio albums between 1999 and 2021. Before joining the band in 1997, he ...

sharing drumming duties, as Jackson United did not have a regular drummer at the time of recording. Also featured on the album are Foo Fighters touring members

Rami Jaffee Rami Jaffee (born March 11, 1969) is an American musician. He is best known as the keyboardist for the rock band Foo Fighters, whom he initially joined in a touring and session capacity in 2005. Jaffee has contributed to six of the band's studi ...

and

Drew Hester Drew Hester (born August 26, 1969) is a drummer, percussionist, and record producer, winning two Grammy Awards with Foo Fighters. He has played drums with Joe Walsh (1999—2016) on drums, Stevie Nicks (2017–present) on drums, Beck (2014) on dr ...

on keyboards and percussion respectively.

Chad Blinman Chad Blinman is an American recording engineer and mixer, music producer, and electronic musician. He has worked with such artists as Face to Face, The Get Up Kids, Saves the Day, Jackson United, Faith and the Muse, Monica Richards, Senses Fail ...

mixed the album at his personal studio, The Eye Socket. The album was first released as a download album via iTunes on April 8, 2008, and CD versions followed later in Australia, Japan, United Kingdom (November 3) and United States (September 2).

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Shiflett #"21st Century Fight Song" #"Undertow" #"Black Regrets" #"Lifeboat" #"Trigger Happy" #"White Flag Burning" #"Stitching" #"The Land Without Law" #"The Day That No One Smiled" #"Damn You" #"Like A Bomb" #"You Can't Have It"

Bonus Tracks

International versions of the album came with the following bonus tracks: #"Help Save The Youth Of America" #"Poison In The Blood" (UK Release only) #"Loose Ends" (US Release only) On the UK edition of the CD, "Poison In The Blood" and "Help Save The Youth of America" are erroneously reversed on the disc compared to the track listing on the CD.

Personnel

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

Scott Shiflett Scott David Shiflett (born August 22, 1966) is an American musician who has been the bassist in the punk rock band Face to Face (punk band), Face to Face since 1995. Born in Santa Barbara, California, he is the brother of Foo Fighters lead guita ...

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bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*Doug Sangalang –

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

on tracks 2,3,4,5,6,7,11 *

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on tracks 1,8,9,10,12 *

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keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

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percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

Other

*Producers: Jackson United *Engineers: Mike Terry, John Lousteau *Mixing:

*Mastering: Joe Gastwirt *Art direction and Design: Jeff Nicholas *Photography: Ricky Drasin, Gillian Jackman

References

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