''Paranormalized'' is the third album by

Six Finger Satellite Six Finger Satellite (a.k.a. 6FS) are an American synthesizer-based post-hardcore band, based in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. History The band formed in 1990 around a line-up of J. Ryan (singer/keyboards), John MacLean (guitar) ...

, released on August 6, 1996 through

Sub Pop Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the grunge movement. They are often ...

. It was marked by an almost complete reliance on synthesizers, in contrast to their earlier records, in which guitars still played a significant part. The record was recorded at The Parlour, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, less than a year after the release of ''

Severe Exposure ''Severe Exposure'' is the second album by American band Six Finger Satellite, released in 1995 through Sub Pop. It was marked by the extensive use of synthesizers, which augmented the jittery, post-punk sound of the band's earlier releases. A vi ...

''. Singer J. Ryan would later explain, "That record was put together pretty quick just as an attempt to get back on the road. Our touring for ''Severe Exposure'' had been pretty spotty."T. Watts, "Six-fingered aliens beam into town," ''The Michigan Daily'', 11 Sep 1998
online
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Track listing

Personnel

;Six Finger Satellite *James Apt – bass guitar,

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

* John MacLean – guitar,

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

Moog synthesizer The Moog synthesizer is a modular synthesizer developed by the American engineer Robert Moog. Moog debuted it in 1964, and Moog's company R. A. Moog Co. (later known as Moog Music) produced numerous models from 1965 to 1981, and again from 20 ...

*Richard Ivan Pelletier –

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 ...

, drum machine *Jeremiah Ryan – vocals, Moog synthesizer ;Additional musicians and production *Peter Goldberg – photography *John Golden – mastering *Jeff Kleinsmith – design *Nate Pellochoud – photography * Charles Peterson – photography *

– production, engineering, mixing

References

External links

* {{Authority control Six Finger Satellite albums 1998 albums Sub Pop albums