Passive Restraints

Passive Restraints is the second EP by the band Clutch, released in April 1992 on the famous Heavy Metal label, Earache Records.

Passive Restraints
EP by
Clutch
ReleasedApril 1992
Recorded1992
StudioUncle Punchy Studios, Silver Springs,Maryland
GenreHardcore punk
Length13:39
LabelEarache Records
ProducerClutch, Larry Packer
Clutch chronology
Pitchfork
(1991)		 Passive Restraints
(1992)		 Transnational Speedway League
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Recording and release

It was a three-song EP with some early Punk/Metal tracks that don't make the live set list much any more, though they were a good example of their influence by bands such as the Bad Brains. It hasn't ever had much live set coverage, with the exception of 'High Calibre Consecrator', over the years either. Neil Fallon, the vocalists, has stated, about hearing the Bad Brains for the first time, on their debut self-titled album, Bad Brains, that:[2]

"..Upon listening though [to the album], I was totally confused. I had nothing to compare it to. It was freakish. But after repeated listens, there was that eureka moment, and ever since then they have been on the loftiest of rock pedestals"[3]

It had a reissue called Impetus in 1997 with extra songs.[4]

Background

The second EP from Clutch was also to become a rare find. It was released on CD and 12" vinyl, but according to Earache Records the 12" is no longer available. It was also the second album produced/engineered with Lawrence "Uncle Punchy" Packer at his studios in their home state of Maryland.

Track listing

All tracks written by Clutch

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Passive Restraints"3:03
2."Impetus"3:32
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."High Caliber Consecrator"7:04
Total length:13:39

Personnel

Production
  • Produced by "Uncle Punchy" Lawrence Packer at Uncle Punchy Stoudios, Silver Spring, MD

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Neil on albums of influence". weathermakermusic.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  3. "Neil on albums of influence". Noisecreep. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  4. "CLUTCH Discography". www.pro-rock.com. Retrieved 2016-02-19.


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