This album was MONUMENTAL. It was too far ahead of its time to be appreciated. The old school metal people shat all over it. To hell with those guys. This was amazing. Catchy as hell beats, awesome electronic sounds, heavy ass guitar and bass, heartfelt and intelligent lyrics. Legacy.
25 yrs later my son is stripping the paint off his bedroom wall playing this song.Power music never dies. ....it just cleans out the generational cobwebs.
Prong's best album. PERIOD. It was WAY, WAY ahead of its time. The general mindless public is never prepared for innovative pioneering. Generic metalhead simpletons put this album down, but it was more original and creative than what anyone else was doing at the time.. and the lyrics actually have real life meaning instead of just being typical murder fantasy BS. I respect this band.
Oh it was everyday life being an outcast in '96...prong captured that angst and anxiety of that lifestyle hands down in that era...miss those tragic dayz!
@@TheAnalPunisher I am familiar with, and a fan of all those bands, and this was just so good. It was innovative FOR THEM. The sounds they used were just really unique and creative to me
The thing that always blows me away about Prong is that there is A LOT of subtleties buried down in the “90’s guitar fuzz”. You have to have decent cans or speakers to hear it (and maybe twiddle EQ settings a bit), But it keeps their recordings interesting and a step ahead of their contemporaries. It’s details that showed they cared and had a higher degree of musicianship and appreciation than others.
That's it right there. My Dad was a sound engineer and with that we always had good audio equipment growing up, and this album sounded amazing with the EQ properly set. I remember him saying that "an album that sounds like that didn't get that way by accident"
This song is so fucking epic. How on earth does it get even a thought of a dislike??? I always love the alternative droning guitar chords in the back ground. Well before Linken Park and Food Fighters ( and even Kings of Leon) used it to define their sound. In fact, they should give credit to this band because in part, they borrowed their guitar sound. I especially love that their lyrics are thoughtful and provoking. Not like the death and gloom idiot lyrics of Metallica and most of the other hard bands of that era.
+TheMonkeyMedicine Yep love 99% of their music, I have seen them live in the town where I live. One night I wont forget. Was standing next to some punkers in the front of the stage had to run for my life :)
Indeed. There is a lot to listen to production wise as well. I do know the late Wayne Static openly cited Prong as an influence and it is obvious in Static X earlier work.
fucking hell what a tunes! what memories we where young nothing couldt stop us all day getin high playing in bands and doing graffiti those where the days , bless the 90s y0
Love Prong.. Riff master.. Great sound.. Love the singing too, Unique voice.. Great songs... Remember being pumped buying this album.. Already had Cleansing.
Prong > Helmet Tommy Victor > Page Hamilton Any discussion ends at that fact. STFU and keep looking for a millennial with 1/100th the talent and 100000% the anger. Prong unites everyone.
I got to see them at Bogarts in Cincinnati with Flotsam and Jetsam and Mind Over Four. It was during their Beg To Differ tour. Best moshpit ever! 🤘Oh and I got to get autographs from them and Flotsam after I realized we were parked behind the club and they were passing nurf football out back after the show.
Another rude awakening. The hard life that's been our school. More of a cruel day's reckonings. Our prime time used up too soon. There is no kindness to waste Why help those crying for more? It spins you around, takes you for a ride. What is the point to even try? Somehow got to learn to accept the rejection. The tired thoughts from troubling. A weary mind from worrying. Your constant fears upon wakening. Your real life left in your dreams
1996 15. Crossroads- Accept 14. The Ghost Of Change - Mercyful Fate 13. Next In Line- Nevermore 12. Filth Pig- Ministry 11. I Don't Believe A Word- Motorhead 10. Adidas- Korn 09. Floods- Pantera 08. Redemption City- COC 07. Trippin On A Hole In A Paper heart- STP 06. Stinkfist- Tool 05. Bleeding Me- Metallica 04. Roots Bloodly Roots- Sepultura 03. Rude Awakening- Prong 02. Bulls On Parade- Rage Against The Machine 01. Tourniquet- Marilyn Manson
@@professor4202 yep of course. I have to change this, soon when I have time. No dramatic change, just a little moving around and some stuff maybe I forgot
I remeber my stepbrother buying this cd and leaving it for me at my house. Havent heard this song since maybe 1997. I always thought they were Russian until today because of the artwork on the album sleeve
We all know prong is underatted.. dude when this album came out I bought it on tape at peaches...fort Lauderhill not expecting the brilliance...I can never capture that 1996 moment ever again
How on earth did this album break the band first time around ? overall it`s a really good album. I can only think that the Label didn`t know how to promote it properly as it`s a bit different from the previous album ? .......... Unfortunately my fave track on it
My mum told me I was gonna get a rude awakening and told me too look it up I was trying to be smart and look it up and this song came Up I played it and it’s really fucking good me being a goth into rock music fuck good tune ❤️❤️👏👏❤️❤️
I remember listening to this song in 2000-01 on the internet, on Madison, WI's active rock station WJJO, though I lived in the Detroit area at the time. I liked WJJO's music mix better than Detroit active rock stations WRIF's mix. WJJO also played Sepultura music, which I like as well. I never heard a Sepultura song on WRIF.
"Ted, you're going to wear the bunny helmet while drumming in the video." "No." "Ted, put on the bunny helmet." "No!" "Ted! BUNNY HELMET! NOW!" "Fine! But then I QUIT!" (... and that's how Prong broke up. True story.)
I had the extended CD as a kid with interactive CD ROM, seemed so cool at the time! I think it had a few music videos and some photos and stuff on it in a funky UI, wish I could see it again but I imagine it looks crude af now haha. Still effing love this album!
Hells yes !!! Bringing me back ? Remember they come back 10 times harder. Rezerrected hard core ! Do it. Do it now. Before it's too late. By your command this time it's all out war ! 200 million ! Devils in months. Your gateway wraith. Then Jump the portals now ! Overwhelm and desimate ! Welcome back from the dead. Armageddon then ? Titts. ETA August 2021 then ? Dam you're something else then. Better than boredom ? Get ready then.
Double edged sword. The popular Metallica bands now suck but the less popular bands like Prong and Exodus stay hungry and deliver the goods. That's why I actually buy physical new copies of their music in my meager way of support since they never come to my town.
As a Prong fan, I can admit that a lot of their songs sound too similar to each other. Thats why they aren't that popular. Like AC/DC, every song has similar sound and are simplistic. I love Prong though.
I Love this album. Most Prong fans don't cos it's a new direction. Wish there were more videos to the songs on Rude Awakening. This video is annoying. I hate anything with "clowns" and that whole gay ass "maccabre" vibe. Its so "carny" and it doesnt fit the song. THey were trying to move with the time (96) cos White Zombie was outselling everyone with their "groove metal" and rap was blowing up...When Sony dumped them, Static X came along and filled that void and then some.
At 58 I'm still loving this s*** out of this band and when I watched this video for some reason Tommy reminds me an awful lot of Keith Caputo before he became Mina am I the only one that sees that Either way both prong and Life of agony are still up in my top ten. 🤯🤯😷🤓
