Pure Rock Fury


Pure Rock Fury is the fifth full-length album by the band Clutch released on March 13, 2001, and is the only album release with Atlantic Records. The album liner notes state that it is dedicated to Ronnie True.

Album Information

This album features guest appearances by Scott "Wino" Weinrich of The Obsessed, Saint Vitus, and Spirit Caravan, Leslie West of Mountain, and Dan and Joe of Sixty Watt Shaman, highlighting the band's habit of having musical contemporaries play on their albums.
The album yielded a minor hit with "Careful With That Mic...", a Rap Metal parody, which CMJ complimented for its clever rhymes, which then adds the genre Rap Metal to the band's already long list of styles on their albums. The song "Immortal" was originally released with different lyrics and arrangement as the song "Baby I'm Down" by Leslie West on his debut album Mountain. Clutch rearranged it and changed the lyrics somewhat, and it features a guitar solo by the original author, Leslie West, on it, who then had his band Mountain cover this Clutch version on their Mystic Fire album the following year.
Clutch vocalist Neil Fallon has stated that of all Clutch's albums, this is his least favourite.

In popular culture

The song "Immortal" is featured in the video game '. The song "Pure Rock Fury" is featured in the video game '.

Track listing

All songs written by Clutch except where noted.

Personnel

"Open Up the Border" produced by Machine and Uncle Punchy
"Careful With That Mic..." & "Drink to the Dead" produced by Machine
"Immortal" produced by Jason Corsaro & Leslie West
"Careful With That Mic..." recorded by Machine at IIWII, Weehawken, NJ, The Machine Shop, Hoboken, NJ and Uncle Punchy Studios
"Immortal" recorded by Jason Corsaro at Show Place Studios, Dover, NJ
"Careful With That Mic...", "Red Horse Rainbow" & "Drink to the Dead" mixed by Uncle Punchy
"Careful With That Mic...", "Drink to the Dead" and "Spacegrass"
F.O.H. engineer: Shawn Vitale
Albums
Singles