''Pick Up Heaven'' is the debut album of

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, released in March 1992 through

Trance Syndicate Trance Syndicate was an independent record label founded in 1990 by King Coffey, drummer of Austin, Texas band the Butthole Surfers.Larkin, Colin (1999) "Trance Syndicate Records" in ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock'', Virgin Books, , p. ...

. The vocals on "Martyr's Road" were taken from an

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chant record that was in Coffey's possession.

Track listing

Personnel

;Drain *

King Coffey King Coffey (born Jeffrey Coffey; 1964) is an American drummer, known for being the drummer of the psychedelic/noise rock band Butthole Surfers. He began drumming in a Fort Worth hardcore punk band called The Hugh Beaumont Experience in high sc ...

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*David McCreath –

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 ...

, vocals *Owen McMahon –

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, vocals ;Production and additional personnel *Ben Blank –

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, mixing,

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Butch Vig Bryan David "Butch" Vig (born August 2, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the drummer and co-producer of the alternative rock band Garbage and the producer of the diamond-selling Nirvana album ''Neve ...

– recording on "Crawfish" and "Instant Hippie"

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1992 debut albums Drain (noise rock band) albums Trance Syndicate albums