Pure Rock Fury
Pure Rock Fury is the fifth album by American rock band Clutch, released on March 13, 2001, and is their only album release with Atlantic Records. The album liner notes state that it is dedicated to Ronnie True.
Album information
This album features guest appearances by Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Leslie West, and Dan and Joe of Sixty Watt Shaman, highlighting the band's habit of having musical contemporaries play on their albums.The album yielded a minor hit with "Careful with That Mic...", a rap rock parody, which CMJ complimented for its clever rhymes. The song "Immortal" was originally released with different lyrics and arrangement as the song "Baby I'm Down" by Leslie West on his debut album Mountain. Clutch rearranged it and changed the lyrics somewhat, and it features a guitar solo by the original author, Leslie West, on it, who then had his band Mountain cover this Clutch version on their Mystic Fire album the following year.
Clutch vocalist Neil Fallon has stated in an interview that of all Clutch's albums, Pure Rock Fury is his least favourite.
In popular culture
The song "Immortal" is featured in the video game Hitman: Contracts. The song "Pure Rock Fury" is featured in the video game MotorStorm: Pacific Rift.Track listing
All songs written by Clutch.Personnel
- Neil Fallon – vocals, guitars on "Brazenhead", organ on "Careful With That Mic..."
- Tim Sult – guitar
- Dan Maines – bass
- Jean-Paul Gaster – drums
- Scott "Wino" Weinrich – guitar solo on "Red Horse Rainbow", guitars on "Brazenhead"
- Heartbeat – congas on "Frankenstein" and "Brazenhead", additional vocals on "Brazenhead"
- Leslie West – guitars and additional vocals on "Immortal"
- Dan Kerzwyck – additional vocals on "Sinkemlow"
- Joe Selby – guitar solo on "Frankenstein"
- Machine – additional vocals on "Careful With That Mic..."
Production
- All songs produced by Lawrence "Uncle Punchy" Packer:
"Careful with That Mic..." & "Drink to the Dead" produced by Machine
"Immortal" produced by Jason Corsaro & Leslie West
- All songs recorded by Larry Packer at Uncle Punchy Studios, Silver Spring, MD except:
"Immortal" recorded by Jason Corsaro at Show Place Studios, Dover, NJ
"Careful with That Mic...", "Red Horse Rainbow" & "Drink to the Dead" mixed by Uncle Punchy
- All songs engineered by Ben Elliott and Assisted by Henry "Earthquake" Diaz, except:
- Live portions of "Smoke Banshee", "Frankenstein" & "Brazenhead" recorded by Larry Packer at The 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., September 2000
Monitor engineer: Chris Sherman
- All songs mastered by Larry Packer at Uncle Punchy Studios
- Executive producers: Neil Fallon, Jean-Paul Gaster, Dan Maines, Tim Sult
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
| 2001 | Billboard 200 | 135 |
| 2001 | Top Heatseekers | 5 |
Singles
| Year | Song | Chart | Position |
| 2001 | "Careful with That Mic..." | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 24 |