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"Dry Riser" | ||||
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Single by Kerbdog | ||||
from the album Kerbdog | ||||
Released | 25 February 1994 | |||
Recorded | Summer 1993 at Rockfield Studios, Wales | |||
Genre | Alternative metal | |||
Label | Vertigo VERCD83 / 858 257-2 (CD1) VERCX83 / 858 257-2 (CD) VERR83 / 858 256-7 (Clear 7") VER83 / 858 254-7 (Black 7") | |||
Songwriter(s) | Cormac Battle Darragh Butler Colin Fennelly Billy Dalton | |||
Producer(s) | Jack Endino | |||
Kerbdog singles chronology | ||||
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"Dry Riser" is a song by Kerbdog and a single released in 1994, taken from their self titled debut album, recorded at Rockfield Studios, Wales by Jack Endino. The single was released on four different formats, two CDs, and two 7" vinyls. CD1 was released as a limited edition Digipak and one of the 7" singles was released as a limited edition, pressed on clear vinyl as opposed to the usual black. The single climbed to number sixty on the UK Singles Chart.
Many of the B-sides over the four discs are covers. "New Day Rising" is a cover of the song by Hüsker Dü from their album of the same name, "Suspect Device" is a cover of the song by Stiff Little Fingers, their debut single from 1978, and "Something In My Head" is a cover of the song by a band called The Jerusalem Taxis, a local band on the Irish scene that Kerbdog's singer Cormac Battle is a fan of.
The two B-sides on CD1, "Xenophobia" and "Self Inflicted", as well as "Same With The Hammer" from the 7" clear vinyl, are Kerbdog originals.
"Xenophobia" and "Self Inflicted" recorded by Jack Endino assisted by Phil Ault. "Same with the Hammer" and "Something in my Head" recorded by Nick Woolage. "New Day Rising" and "Suspect Device" recorded by Pat Dunne assisted by Lorcan Cousins.
VERCX83
There was also a 12" single DJ promo (VERDJ83) which featured Dry Riser on both sides.
"Dry Riser" entered the UK singles charts on 12 March 1994 and spent one week at number 60. [1]
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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UK Music Week Top 75 Singles | 60 |
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"If I remember right the whole thing took five weeks. No problems except that Cormac was still writing lyrics right up to the next-to-last day of mixing. Dummy Crusher was literally the last thing finished, we cut the vocal and then I mixed it next day. We had about run out of time at that point. [I] liked almost all of it. Thought the intro to EOG should have been half as long, but band disagreed; and in retrospect I would have turned up the vocals on EOG just a teeny bit, though no one ever complained. Didn't like Xenophobia much but that didn't make the album. Thought Clock should have been a single."
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