''Kerbdog'' (also sometimes known as 'Totally Switched' for the US release) is

Kerbdog Kerbdog were an alternative metal band from Kilkenny, Ireland, formed in 1991. Following two albums released on Mercury Records, the band split up in 1998. Since 2005, they have reformed for a series of occasional one-off performances. In 201 ...

's eponymous debut

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. The album was recorded in 1993 at

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and released on 28 March 1994 through

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. Though the band had various indie influences, with bands like Sonic Youth, Fugazi and Big Black, the album ended up having a Metallica influenced proto- grunge sound. The band said that this was simply the result of getting professional equipment, and turning everything up as loud as they could. What also might account for this is the fact that grunge pioneer

Jack Endino Jack Endino (born Michael M. Giacondino; 1964) is an American producer and musician based in Seattle, Washington. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands including Mudhoney, ...

recorded the album.

"If I remember right the whole thing took five weeks. No problems except that
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was still writing lyrics right up to the next-to-last day of mixing. Dummy Crusher was literally the last thing finished, we cut the vocal and then I mixed it next day. We had about run out of time at that point. liked almost all of it. Thought the intro to EOG should have been half as long, but band disagreed; and in retrospect I would have turned up the vocals on EOG just a teeny bit, though no one ever complained. Didn't like Xenophobia much but that didn't make the album. Thought Clock should have been a single."
''Jack Endino''

The album was fairly well received in

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, and

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, reaching number 97 in the UK Albums Chart. It also got a lot of radio play on US college radio, but the album didn't do as well as expected. The album was originally released on LP, CD and cassette. It was re-released on CD in September 2012 on East World Records UK. "Kerbdog" was finally re-released on green vinyl in November 2020 on Hassle Records. There was also a clear vinyl edition, limited to 300 hand-numbered copies.

Track listing

All songs written by Kerbdog. #" End of Green" – 3:53 #"

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" – 3:59 #"Dead Anyway" – 3:58 #"Cleaver" – 3:24 #"Earthworks" – 4:11 #" Dummy Crusher" – 3:19 #"The Inseminator" – 3:28 #"Clock" – 4:10 #"Schism" – 3:55 #"Scram" – 3:17 "Xenophobia" and "Self-Inflicted" from the album sessions were later used as b-sides for the

single.

Personnel

* Cormac Battle -

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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 withou ...

*Darragh Butler - Drums *Billy Dalton -

*Colin Fennelly - Bass *

- Producer,

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, Mixing *Phil Ault -

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, Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant *Simon Fowler -

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*Freddie Sodima - Art Direction *Patrick Siemer - Design,

UK Singles

*Earthworks (demo version) (1993) *End Of Green (1993) *Dry Riser (1994) #60 *Dummy Crusher (1994) #37

References

{{Authority control Kerbdog albums 1994 debut albums Vertigo Records albums Albums produced by Jack Endino Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios