''The Element of Sonic Defiance'' is an EP by

Strung Out Strung Out is an American punk rock band from Simi Valley, California, formed in 1989. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of melodic punk rock, progressive rock and heavy metal to form their primary sound. They ...

, released on

Fat Wreck Chords Fat Wreck Chords (pronounced "Fat Records") is a San Francisco, California-based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by NOFX lead singer Michael Burkett (better known as Fat Mike) in 1990. The label has released mater ...

. It contains one of their most popular songs, "Mephisto". It was recorded in February 2000.

Track listing

#"Mission To Mars" – 2:37 (Jake Kiley) #"Scarecrow" – 2:14 (Jake) #"Savant" – 3:21 (Jake) #"Blew" – 4:33 (

Rob Ramos Strung Out is an American punk rock band from Simi Valley, California, formed in 1989. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of melodic punk rock, progressive rock and heavy metal to form their primary sound. They ...

, Jake) #"Everyday" – 2:22 (Rob) #"Razorblade" – 3:59 (Rob, Jake) #"Jackie-O" – 3:02 (Jake) #"Mephisto" – 2:51 (

Jason Cruz Jason Alexander Cruz (born February 6, 1974) is the American lead singer and lyricist of punk band Strung Out, which formed in 1989 when he was 15 years old. He is also an artist, and a poet and fronts his roots Americana band 'Jason Cruz and ...

, Jake) "Andre's Circus", as fans have dubbed it, is appended to the end of "Blew". The speech is an excerpt from the movie My Dinner with Andre.

Miscellaneous

*All of the leads are by Rob Ramos except for "Scarecrow", which is by Jake Kiley. *"Scarecrow" and "Mephisto" were featured in the

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game

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. *"Everyday" was featured in the opening credits of the PlayStation 2 game ESPN Winter X-Games Snowboarding.

Credits

Lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

, Art direction, Design * Jake Kiley -

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 ...

* Chris Aiken - Bass * Jordan Burns -

Drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

s *Ramon Breton - Mastering *Adam Krammer - Assistant *Nick Rubenstein - Art Direction, Design

References

Strung Out albums 2002 EPs Fat Wreck Chords EPs {{2000s-punk-album-stub