Sell Out (Halfcocked album)

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Sell Out
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Studio album by Halfcocked
Released January 19, 1998
Genre Hard rock
Label Curve of the Earth
Halfcocked chronology
Sell Out
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Occupation: Rock Star
(2000) Occupation: Rock Star2000
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Sell Out is the first release by Boston hard rock band Halfcocked.

Halfcocked was an American hard rock band. Influenced by 1970s hard rock and punk rock, along with 1980s glam metal, they started out in Boston in 1997 and signed with independent label Curve of the Earth Records. In 1999 the band placed third in the finals of the WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble, being the first "wild card" act to play in the finals. They signed with DreamWorks imprint Megatronic Records and moved to Los Angeles in 2000. After numerous delays, they released one final album—The Last Star—before splitting up.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Crash" – 3:24 (Tommy O'Neil)
  2. "Holly Wood" – (Charlee Johnson)
  3. "Return of the Living Dead" – (Johnson)
  4. "Superstar" – (Johnson)
  5. "Whole in the World (Thanks for the Ride)" – (Johnson)
  6. "Back Breaks" – (Sarah Reitkopp)
  7. "Missing" – (Jhen Kobran)
  8. "Less Vegas" – (O'Neil)
  9. "Not Dead Yet" – (Johnson)
  10. "Percocet (Kerosene)" – (Kobran)
  11. "Heavy" – (Johnson)
  12. "Ghost Bones" – (Johnson, O'Neil)

Personnel

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

Bass guitar Electric bass instrument

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

Backing vocalist singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists

Backing vocalists or backup singers are singers who provide vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. In some cases, a backing vocalist may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used in a broad range of popular music, traditional music and world music styles.

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