''Nerdcore Rising'' is the official debut album by

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. The album was first released on August 27, 2005 at the

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. It consists of 16 tracks; six new tracks and ten "classic megahits" that Frontalot had previously made available through his website. Vocals for each of the old songs have been re-recorded, and production on these tracks range from slight variation on the original to drastic revisions. The voice of the "preacher" character in the song "Indier Than Thou" was provided by Remy Auberjonois, son of

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, the actor who portrayed

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on the science fiction series ''

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''.

Track listing

Credits

*Andrew Griffin –

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s *Brandon "Blak Lotus" Patton – vocals,

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 ...

tuba The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the ne ...

*Campbell Whyte – additional illustrations *Dan "The Categorical Imperative" Thiel – drums *Euclides "Yook" Pereyra – vocals *Gabriel "Gminor7" Alter –

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, vocals *John Nolt –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

*Matt Steckler –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

*Remy Auberjonois - Preacher voice *Sean McArdle –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Tony Moore – cover illustration

External links

Official ''Nerdcore Rising'' web page with samples and lyrics
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''Nerdcore Rising'', the film
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