Don't Drink the Water (Stone Gods song)

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"Don't Drink The Water"
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Single by Stone Gods
from the album Silver Spoons & Broken Bones
B-side "Making it hard [live]"
"Knight of the Living Dead [live]"
ReleasedOctober 26, 2008 Download
October 27, 2008 CD
Format CD
Digital download
Genre Hard rock
Heavy metal
Length10 min 18 s
Label Self-released
Songwriter(s) Dan Hawkins
Richie Edwards
Toby MacFarlaine
Ed Graham
Producer(s) Dan Hawkins
Nick Brine
Stone Gods singles chronology
"Knight of the Living Dead"
(2008)
"Don't Drink The Water"
(2008)
"Start Of Something"
(2009)
"Knight of the Living Dead"
(2008)
"Don't Drink the Water"
(2008)
"Start Of Something"
(2009)

"Don't Drink the Water" is the third single from Stone Gods, and the second song on their debut album, Silver Spoons & Broken Bones . It was announced on September 2, 2008, on the official website blog, [1] and released on 27 October 2008, and reached number 2 in the UK Rock Chart and 10 in the UK Indie Chart. Along with the title track came two B-sides, ("Making It Hard" and "Knight Of The Living Dead") recorded at Norwich Waterfront in June. They are both live.

Stone Gods

Stone Gods were a British hard rock / heavy metal band formed by some ex-members of the UK hard rock band The Darkness. Their debut album, titled Silver Spoons & Broken Bones, was released on 7 July 2008, with the first single "Knight of the Living Dead" being released on 23 June 2008. On 9 December 2010 they officially went on hiatus.

<i>Silver Spoons & Broken Bones</i> album

Silver Spoons & Broken Bones is the debut album of the East Anglian band Stone Gods and was released on July 7, 2008 through Play It Again Sam. It is the band's first full-length album. Two of the songs, "Burn the Witch" and "You Brought a Knife to a Gunfight", were previously released on the limited edition Burn the Witch EP.

Norwich City and non-metropolitan district in England

Norwich is a historic city in Norfolk, England. Situated on the River Wensum in East Anglia, it lies approximately 100 miles (161 km) north-east of London. It is the county town of Norfolk and is considered the capital of East Anglia, with a population of 141,300. From the Middle Ages until the Industrial Revolution, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important.

Contents

The current Stone Gods drummer, Robin Goodridge, does not play on this single, as it was recorded before Ed Graham's departure.

Ed Graham British musician

Edwin James Graham is an English musician who is best known as the original drummer of the rock band The Darkness, as well as the subsequent successor band Stone Gods fronted by guitarist and singer Richie Edwards.

The lyrics detail a man's holiday in Spain, not caring and relieving stress, with the title of the song referring to the warning phrase "Don't drink the water", used to deter foreign visitors from drinking water of which their metabolism may be unused to, causing illness.

Music video

The music video is performed entirely in a small, dark room, in which there are a few bright lights, which occasionally pulse with the music. The band is dressed in dark colours, with frontman Richie wearing a leather jacket and a pair of trademark opaque Aviator sunglasses. The camera shots are all close, swaying around and brief, resting on an individual band member for only a few seconds, and many close-ups of guitars. The video is six seconds longer than the studio track, due to the silence at the beginning of the video.

Track listing

CD Single; all songs written by Dan Hawkins, Ritchie Edwards, Toby MacFarlaine and Ed Graham.

  1. "Don't Drink The Water" - 2:47
  2. "Making It Hard (Live)" - 3:56
  3. "Knight Of The Living Dead (Live)" - 4:22

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References

  1. Archived September 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine .