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So what DOES Stick sound like? Comparisons could be made to Helmet, Korn, and especially Clutch, mainly because Stick employs a similar "drop-D" tuning, giving their instruments a heavier sound, since superseded by today's "Nu metal". The All Music Guide wants to label them "grunge", and I guess that is fairly accurate, even though I've never understood what that term means. It simply serves as a convenient catchall for describing the sound of rock being reborn in the early 90s, with Seattle bands leading the charge. Anyway... the album opener, "Grind", launches with a multiple-octave wall of distorted guitar and doesn't let up from there. "No Groovy" was, I believe, chosen as the first single, which was a mistake -- it's a good song, but the slower tempo is not as immediately enticing as some other tracks. "Stoning" and "Disposable", tracks 3 and 4, are simultaneously the most punishing and the most accessible.
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TRACK LISTINGS
1. Grind
2. No Groovy
3. Stoning
4. Disposable
5. Fuel
6. Zero
7. Conditional
8. Taught to Lose
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