Pacifier is the debut album by the Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

-based alternative metal

Alternative metal

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 music group Nothingface

Nothingface

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. The album was released on February 6, 1997 via DCide Records

DCide

DCide is a privately held, DC based independent record label. The label was started in summer of 1995 by founding partners Jeffrey B. Clyburn, Burton Gray and Mark Thorp. Their first act Nothingface sold over 500,000 records worldwide and is widely recognized as one of the standard-bearers for the...

. The album was re-released on August 11, 1998 via DCide/Mayhem Records.

The album consists of 10 tracks, with the main theme in many of the songs being molestation as the main lyrics. There was also an early version of the album named Nothingface in 1995. The early album featuring some songs that would later be re-recorded and appear on this album is what spawned a record deal with Dcide Records.

Track listing

1. "One Thing" – 4:29
2. "Pacifier" – 3:59
3. "Lipsdick" – 3:18
4. "Undercut" – 4:17
5. "Defaced" – 2:50
6. "Self Punishment" – 4:12
7. "Hitch" – 5:38
8. "Useless" – 3:47
9. "Perfect Person" – 4:29
10. "Communion" – 5:22

Personnel

• Matt Holt
  Matt Holt
  Matt Holt is the former vocalist of Nothingface, and Kingdom of Snakes. His vocals include a wide range of very guttural and distinctive growls to ethereal melodies and even the occasional rap-style vocals on early songs like "Lipsdick" and "Breathe Out"...
  
   - vocals
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• Tom Maxwell
  Tom Maxwell
  Tom Maxwell is a modern metal/rock guitarist in the bands Knives Out! and Hellyeah. Previous bands include Nothingface in which he was a founding member and main song-writer with Bill Gaal. After Nothingface he was involved in a band with Skrape vocalist Billy Keeton. In the 1980s he was in thrash...
  
   - guitar
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• Bill Gaal - Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Chris Houck - drums
  Drum kit
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Singles

Year	Song
1997	"Pacifier"
1997	"One Thing"
1997	"Defaced"