Vapor Transmission
Vapor Transmission is the second album by American rock band Orgy. It was released on October 10, 2000.
The first 1000 pressings of the album included a bonus track known as "The Spectrum", which starts at the 6 minute mark of the last track "Where's Gerrold".
Some packages of this album included an enhanced CD that contained a demo version of the song "Stitches," a remix, and a video for the single "Fiction ". The aforementioned single received significant radio play upon release, reaching number 6 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. A second single, "Opticon", had more moderate success, and was featured on the soundtrack to the 2001 horror film Valentine. According to vocalist Jay Gordon, the song contains a drum sample from "The Stroke" by Billy Squier. "Suckerface" and "Eva" were also released as promotional singles.
Vapor Transmission largely continues the style heard on Candyass. However, while the electronic effects remain prominent, heavily distorted guitars are slightly de-emphasized with a strong focus on melody.
Track listing
- "The Spectrum" was later featured on the compilation album MTV: The Return of the Rock, Vol. 2.
- "The Spectrum" was later re-released as a standalone single on streaming a digital download services.
- Another song recorded during these sessions was "Sonic", among other demos.
Personnel
Band- Jay Gordon - lead vocals, engineering
- Ryan Shuck - guitars, backing vocals
- Amir Derakh - keyboards, backing vocals, engineering
- Paige Haley - bass, backing vocals
- Bobby Hewitt - drums, backing vocals
- Torry Shaun - additional vocals on "Where's Gerrold"
- Melanie Cockrum - spoken vocals on "Vapor Transmission "
- Josh Abraham - additional guitar, additional programming and keyboards on "Fiction ", background vocals, production, engineering
- Chris Hager - additional guitar on "Where's Gerrold"
- Jimbo Barker - additional guitar on "Chasing Sirens"
- Troy Van Leeuwen - additional guitar on "Fiction " and "Re-Creation"
- Anthony Valcic - additional programming and keyboards on "Fiction ", additional programming on "Saving Faces", engineering
- Kenny Pierce - additional drums on "The Odyssey"
- Toddy Allen - additional drums on "The Odyssey" and "Chasing Sirens"
- Judd Kalish - additional programming on "Dramatica"
- Elijah Blue Allman - additional vocals and prodcution on "The Spectrum"
- Wylie Biechler - additional vocals and production on "The Spectrum"