Misguided
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Misguided is Argyle Park
's first and only album under that name. The album was released by R.E.X. Records into the Christian rock market, and sits alongside other early 90s work by Circle of Dust and Mortal as being instrumental in introducing industrial music to the Christian music scene.
Misguided is a diverse album that combines elements such as techno, metal guitar, ragtime piano, horns, samples, and dark vocals, and is notable for melding industrial metal with electronic dance music, an uncommon mix at the time; members cited influences such as Portishead and jazz being responsible for the experimentation on the album. It also features a wide variety of guest appearances by other alternative Christian bands and mainstream industrial bands of the mid 90s. The lyrics generally center around themes of betrayal, bitterness, and emotional pain, with band members and associates at various times hinting that the album was acting as catharsis for a child abuse situation at the church they all attended while growing up. The resultant thematic darkness of the album caused its reception to be mixed, with many Christian listeners protesting the lack of positive content, even going so far as to call it "anti-Christian". R.E.X. themselves attempted to censor the band before the album's release, deeming the outro verse of the song "Doomsayer" as being too controversial and cutting it from the song. The band, however, inserted the cut snippet onto the end of the album master tape before R.E.X. noticed and the outro now appears as a hidden track at the very end of the CD. The controversy and backlash caused the band members to shut Argyle Park down two years after conception.
Tommy Victor
of Prong wrote the main riff for the song "Doomsayer", and later used this same riff in the Prong song "Controller". Originally released on R.E.X. Records, the album was re-issued as a limited run in 2005 by Retroactive Records with bonus tracks, additional booklet information, and enhanced ROM material on the disc.
Following "Uffern", a number of silent tracks, each under a minute long, separated the three hidden features from the bulk of the album and from each other.
Hidden Tracks:
26. Phone Conversation About "Skin Shed" – 2:08
29. Message From Og ("Get It On (Bang A Gong)" Improv) – 1:53
34. Doomsayer (Original Ending) – 0:59
album Disengage, and presumably would have been one of the songs included on Buka's Backwoods Records compilation (see Backwoods on the Argyle Park wiki page).
Argyle Park
For the park of the same name in Babylon, NY, see Argyle Lake ParkArgyle Park was an underground industrial rock supergroup founded in New York City in 1994 and active until 1996. Members of the group reformed under the name AP2 in 1998, and were active under that name until winter 2000...
's first and only album under that name. The album was released by R.E.X. Records into the Christian rock market, and sits alongside other early 90s work by Circle of Dust and Mortal as being instrumental in introducing industrial music to the Christian music scene.
Misguided is a diverse album that combines elements such as techno, metal guitar, ragtime piano, horns, samples, and dark vocals, and is notable for melding industrial metal with electronic dance music, an uncommon mix at the time; members cited influences such as Portishead and jazz being responsible for the experimentation on the album. It also features a wide variety of guest appearances by other alternative Christian bands and mainstream industrial bands of the mid 90s. The lyrics generally center around themes of betrayal, bitterness, and emotional pain, with band members and associates at various times hinting that the album was acting as catharsis for a child abuse situation at the church they all attended while growing up. The resultant thematic darkness of the album caused its reception to be mixed, with many Christian listeners protesting the lack of positive content, even going so far as to call it "anti-Christian". R.E.X. themselves attempted to censor the band before the album's release, deeming the outro verse of the song "Doomsayer" as being too controversial and cutting it from the song. The band, however, inserted the cut snippet onto the end of the album master tape before R.E.X. noticed and the outro now appears as a hidden track at the very end of the CD. The controversy and backlash caused the band members to shut Argyle Park down two years after conception.
Tommy Victor
Tommy Victor
Tommy Victor is the lead singer and guitarist for the crossover thrash/industrial metal band Prong that he founded in New York in 1986. In the late 1980s Victor worked as a soundman at CBGB's. After the release of Rude Awakening in 1996, Prong disbanded and Victor moved to Los Angeles. Since then...
of Prong wrote the main riff for the song "Doomsayer", and later used this same riff in the Prong song "Controller". Originally released on R.E.X. Records, the album was re-issued as a limited run in 2005 by Retroactive Records with bonus tracks, additional booklet information, and enhanced ROM material on the disc.
R.E.X. Records CD
- "Refuge" (Argyle Park, Buka) – 1:13
- guest vocals: Jim Thirlwell
- "Headscrew" (Argyle Park, Dred, Deathwish, King Salomon, Buka) – 4:57
- guest vocals: Christy Sweet, Celldweller, King Salomon, Klank
- "Agony" (Argyle Park, Celldweller) – 5:15
- guest vocals: Gyro
- guest shouts during chorus: Dirk Lemmenes, Gyro, Jeff Bellew, Ted Cookerly
- bass: Alabama King Fish
- "Futile" (Argyle Park) – 1:41
- horns: Keith Corp
- "Scarred for Life" (Dred, Celldweller) – 4:18
- "A Burden's Folly" (Buka, Deathwish, Dred, Celldweller) – 2:29
- "Circle" (Deathwish) – 3:04
- guest vocals: Christy Sweet
- "Leave Me Alone" (Argyle Park, Dred, Lauren Boquette) – 5:31
- guest vocals: Lauren Boquette
- extra percussion: Marco Forcone
- piano: Alabama King Fish
- "Violent" (Deathwish, Dred) – 4:29
- guest vocals: Evol Eye Jeni, Celldweller
- "Diesel" (Argyle Park) – 1:02
- "Gutterboy (I Am I Am)" (Dred, Buka) – 4:00
- guest vocals: Jeff Bellew, Dirk Lemmenes, King Salomon
- "Og" (Og) – 1:19
- "Misanthrope" (Buka, Dred) – 4:37
- "Skin Shed Pt. 1" (Deathwish, Dred, Celldweller, Tommy Victor) – 2:19
- guest vocals: Tommy Victor, Celldweller
- "Skin Shed Pt. 2" – 2:28
- "Skin Shed Pt. 3" – 2:19
- "Doomsayer" (Argyle Park, Tommy Victor, King Salomon) – 4:23
- guest vocals: King Salomon
- guitar and bass: Tommy Victor
- "Uffern" (Deathwish) – 4:51
Following "Uffern", a number of silent tracks, each under a minute long, separated the three hidden features from the bulk of the album and from each other.
Hidden Tracks:
26. Phone Conversation About "Skin Shed" – 2:08
29. Message From Og ("Get It On (Bang A Gong)" Improv) – 1:53
34. Doomsayer (Original Ending) – 0:59
vinyl pressing
There were only three pressings of the album on vinyl, each of which were given to members of the band. One of these was eventually purchased by a fan, who confirmed that the vinyl edition of the album contained an extra track, "Babylon". This same song had been included on Klay Scott's 1998 Circle of DustCircle of Dust
Circle of Dust were a 1990s Industrial rock band created and run by Klayton who is now more widely known for his solo band Celldweller. Circle of Dust was, along with contemporaries Mortal and Deitiphobia, instrumental in bringing industrial metal to the Christian alternative metal scene...
album Disengage, and presumably would have been one of the songs included on Buka's Backwoods Records compilation (see Backwoods on the Argyle Park wiki page).
Release history
| Label | Date | Format | Catalog | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.E.X. Records | 1994 | Compact Disc Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
REX 410172-2 | |
| stereo Stereophonic sound The term Stereophonic, commonly called stereo, sound refers to any method of sound reproduction in which an attempt is made to create an illusion of directionality and audible perspective... LP |
Only three copies pressed for the band | |||
| R.E.X. Records | 1995 | Compact Disc Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
Repressed for R.E.X.'s new distribution deal | |
| Retroactive Records | 2004 | Compact Disc Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
Enhanced disc with text notes and images |
Contributors
Most of the contributors to Misguided appeared under aliases or alternate spellings of their commonly known names. Their real identities, if known, are listed here.Main Members
- Buka: still unidentified officially, though to according to a FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
post by KlankKlankKlank is the nickname for New York City-based musician Daren Diolosa and the name of Diolosa's band. Diolosa formed Klank in the mid 90's when he was a member of industrial metal band Circle of Dust, for whom Klank was a guitarist...
, his real name is Chris Martello. Jim Thirlwell claims that Buka was a producer at MTV SportsMTV SportsMTV Sports is a show that ran on MTV from 1992 to 1997. Dan Cortese hosts this Emmy-winning reality sports show featuring radical sports from around the country. It was later hosted by athlete/model Gabrielle Reece from 1993 to 1995....
. - Deathwish and Dred: aliases of KlaytonKlaytonScott Albert, now known as Klayton, is a multi-instrumentalist musician formerly of New York City and currently of Detroit, Michigan who has led several cult status underground bands and has performed under a variety of stage names since the early 1990s...
, who also produced the album using the name CelldwellerCelldwellerCelldweller is a Detroit, Michigan-based Electronic Rock project that was created by multi-instrumentalist Klayton, former frontman and songwriter of the bands Circle of Dust, Argyle Park, Angeldust . Celldweller's music is multi-faceted, often labeled electronic rock and more commonly being...
Guest appearances
- Jim ThirlwellJ. G. ThirlwellJames George Thirlwell , aka Clint Ruin, aka Frank Want, aka Foetus, is an Australian vocalist, composer and record producer...
of FoetusFoetus (band)Foetus is the primary musical outlet of industrial music pioneer J. G. Thirlwell. Until 1995 the band underwent various name changes, all including the word foetus. Monikers adopted at different times include Foetus Under Glass, You've Got Foetus On Your Breath and Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel... - Klank: Daren Diolosa, guitarist of Circle of DustCircle of DustCircle of Dust were a 1990s Industrial rock band created and run by Klayton who is now more widely known for his solo band Celldweller. Circle of Dust was, along with contemporaries Mortal and Deitiphobia, instrumental in bringing industrial metal to the Christian alternative metal scene...
and, later, frontman of his own band KlankKlankKlank is the nickname for New York City-based musician Daren Diolosa and the name of Diolosa's band. Diolosa formed Klank in the mid 90's when he was a member of industrial metal band Circle of Dust, for whom Klank was a guitarist... - Gyro: Jyro XhanJyro XhanJyro Xhan is the stage/pen name of Filipino American musician Jeff La Villa. He lives in California. He is a singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist and keyboard player. He has been in several bands such as Jyradelix, Cush, Juggernautz, but most notably Mortal and Fold Zandura. He was the main...
of MortalMortal (band)Mortal was a Christian industrial/dance band fronted by Jerome Fontamillas and Jyro Xhan. Both members went on to found the alternative rock group Fold Zandura, and for a time were members of both bands simultaneously... - Tedd Cookerly, vocalist from Every Day LifeEvery Day LifeEvery Day Life was a Christian rapcore group. The band became identified with the Straight Edge movement, which advocates abstinence from sex, drugs, and tobacco....
- Lauren Boquette and Marco Forcone from Drown
- Tommy VictorTommy VictorTommy Victor is the lead singer and guitarist for the crossover thrash/industrial metal band Prong that he founded in New York in 1986. In the late 1980s Victor worked as a soundman at CBGB's. After the release of Rude Awakening in 1996, Prong disbanded and Victor moved to Los Angeles. Since then...
of Prong - King Salomon: Mark SalomonMark SalomonMark Salomon is an American singer and author best known as the lead singer of the hard rock bands Stavesacre and The Crucified. Other bands in which he has been a key member include the punk rock Outer Circle and rap-oriented Native Son and is rumored to be one of the voices of Neon Horse, though...
, vocalist from StavesacreStavesacreStavesacre was an American rock band from Huntington Beach, California formed in 1995. The band was composed of vocalist Mark Salomon, guitarists Jeff Bellew and Ryan Dennee, bassist Dirk Lemmenes and drummer Sam West.... - Dirk Lemmenes, bass player from StavesacreStavesacreStavesacre was an American rock band from Huntington Beach, California formed in 1995. The band was composed of vocalist Mark Salomon, guitarists Jeff Bellew and Ryan Dennee, bassist Dirk Lemmenes and drummer Sam West....
- Jeff Bellew from CHATTERbOXChatterbox- In music :* "Chatterbox", a song by composer Jerome Brainin for the musical film That’s Right You’re Wrong * Chatterbox , a 1990 album by Toadies frontman Todd Lewis and guitarist Darrel Herbert...
and StavesacreStavesacreStavesacre was an American rock band from Huntington Beach, California formed in 1995. The band was composed of vocalist Mark Salomon, guitarists Jeff Bellew and Ryan Dennee, bassist Dirk Lemmenes and drummer Sam West.... - Evol Eye Jeni: Jeni from Sill
- Keith Corp
- Christy Sweet
- Chris Donahue, bassist for Circle of DustCircle of DustCircle of Dust were a 1990s Industrial rock band created and run by Klayton who is now more widely known for his solo band Celldweller. Circle of Dust was, along with contemporaries Mortal and Deitiphobia, instrumental in bringing industrial metal to the Christian alternative metal scene...
- Og: John Lopez, bassist for Circle of DustCircle of DustCircle of Dust were a 1990s Industrial rock band created and run by Klayton who is now more widely known for his solo band Celldweller. Circle of Dust was, along with contemporaries Mortal and Deitiphobia, instrumental in bringing industrial metal to the Christian alternative metal scene...