On The Turn is the second and final album by Irish

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 heavy-metal

Heavy metal music

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 outfit Kerbdog

Kerbdog

Kerbdog was an alternative rock band from Kilkenny, Ireland who formed in 1991. Following two albums released on Mercury Records, the band split up in 1998...

. It was recorded in Los Angeles

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 in 1996 and was produced by GGGarth who had previously worked with Rage Against the Machine

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. Unfortunately, the album was delayed by almost a year and never sold in great enough quantities to satisfy the record label, reaching number 64 in the UK Albums Chart. Kerbdog were dropped by Mercury and their back catalog was deleted shortly thereafter. The band split in 1998, reforming for a reunion in 2005. Since then the band has continued to perform occasional one-off shows. Artists such as Biffy Clyro, Cars on Fire, Frank Turner, Inme, and many others have all said this album had a major influence on their music. Biffy Clyro also stated that they chose GGGarth to produce their last two albums based on his work with Kerbdog. Biffy Clyro's lead singer, Simon Neil, has been quoted as saying that On the Turn 'is a beautiful, beautiful thing'.

Track listing

All songs composed by Kerbdog

1. "Sally" - 3:56
2. "JJ's Song" - 5:23
3. "Didn't Even Try" - 4:07
4. "Mexican Wave" - 4:19
5. "Severed" - 4:12
6. "Pledge" - 4:11
7. "On the Turn" - 4:47
8. "Secure" - 4:03
9. "Lesser Shelf" - 4:19
10. "Pointless" - 5:02
11. "Rewind" - 3:27
12. "Sorry for the Record" - 7:16

Personnel

• Cormac Battle
  Cormac Battle
  Cormac Battle is an Irish musician and radio presenter/producer. He is the vocalist and lead guitarist with the bands, Kerbdog and Wilt as well as the current presenter of RTÉ 2fm's alternative music programme, The Battle Axe . The show airs each Sunday night from 19:00 - 22:00...
  
   - vocals/guitar
• Billy Dalton - guitar
• Colin Fennelly - bass
• Darragh Butler - drums
• Roy Z
  Roy Z
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   - guitar
• GGGarth - producer

Singles

• "JJ's Song
  JJ's Song
  "JJ's Song" is a song by Kerbdog and a single released in 1996, taken from Kerbdog's second album On the Turn. The single was released on CD and 7" vinyl...
  
  " - (1996) #139
• "Sally" - (1996) #69
• "Mexican Wave
  Mexican Wave (song)
  "Mexican Wave" is a song by Kerbdog and a single released on March 17, 1997, taken from their second album On the Turn. The single was released on three different CD singles. The B-sides are live recordings of various tracks from On the Turn and Kerbdog, recorded at the Feile Festival at The Point,...
  
  " - (1997) #49

Chart performance

On the Turn entered the UK artist albums chart on 12 April 1997 and spent one week on.

Chart (1997)	Peak position
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