True to it’s well-deserved status as a great, consistent punk band, Ten Foot Pole delivers 12 more songs packed with shredding guitars, frenzied beats, sensitive, timely lyrics and memorable melodies that evoke Bad Religion and early Offspring.
Produced by Ryan Greene and Ten Foot Pole
Engineered and mixed by Ryan Greene at Motor Studios, San Francisco August 1998.
Assistant Engineer and additional engineering by Adam Krammer.
Parts requisitions, telecommunications assistance and particle disposal by Jason.
Mastered by Joe Gastwirt, assisted by Ramón Bretón at Oceanview Digital Mastering
Art Direction by Ten Foot Pole and Kristin Vanderlip
Photography & Design by Joseph Richard Negro
Tony’s panel photo by Karin Yasuda; Steve’s panel photo by Travis Keller
Front cover fishy thanks to Al’s Bar, LA
Basic music ideas for “Seven” and “I Got Your Letter” by Glen, “Hammering Out the Details” and “Another Half Apology” by Steve, and “I Won’t Complain Today” by the band (can’t remember who started playing that one), the rest were mostly Dennis’ fault. Lyrics/melodies by Dennis except “I Got Your Letter” by Glen and Dennis. All songs published by Meet Mr. Hand Music (BMI) and Westbeach Music (BMI).
For tour dates and info please check out www.tenfootpole.com
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Ten Foot Pole would like to thank: All of our families; Hannu Sallinen for the “Unofficial” web site; Hi-Standard; Atsushi Tanshou and ESP Guitars in Japan; Ryan Greene, Adam, Jason and Fat Mike at Motor Studios; Everyone at Epitaph and Eurotaph especially Jeff, Ronco, Andy, Brett, Kristin, Mary, Hein, Rene, Philomeen, EJ, Jason, Joshua, David, Heather and Mike; Emi Hatano and Epic-Sony in Japan; Margie Alban at Do It Booking; David and Siggi at Destiny in Berlin; Craig, Eric, Jeff and Darren at Scorpion in Australia; Bobby Mack for live sound and tour managing; John “honeybear” Chapman for more-al cohol support and merchandise sales; Courtney Smith for handling the mail orders; Shawn at Mesa Boogie; Promark drum sticks for Tony’s thick wood; Ernie Ball strings; Junko Tozaki and Bayside Jenny; Eric’s Guitar Shop in Van Nuys; Mike Fassano drum rentals; JJ, Anthony and Tony at Cole Rehearsal; Henry “Dr.Bombay” Pielaet (HPPJR); Hey Pete; John Baker and The Mary’s in New Zealand; Goober Patrol; Joe Sibb and 22 Jacks; Reset; Sobut-Nicotine; Snail Ramp; Whipper-Snapper; Latchkey Kids; Guttermouth; Homegrown; Less Than Jake; Dropkick; Chris and No Use for a Name; Good Riddance and all the Santa Cruz vegi-heads; Mark, Sean and BYO; Youth Brigade; Page, Nick and Nancy at Greenland; Heather at Ignition; Jerry Ward; Black Flys; Oly at Adidas; DSO; Fish at Vans; Jeff and all at Gravity Boards; Simple; Split 500; Bjorn and Bad Taste Records; Steve Kravac; BMI; Gina at Steve Stewart; Kristin at Artist Direct; Goldenvoice; Leave Home Booking; ICM; Marina and the Snake Pit; April, Michelle and Brandon at the Coach and Horses; Debbie and Michelle at the Tip Top in S.F. for the fuel; Bernd the German driver; Shannon Gabriel; Wally the tour manager; Rewing; Steve La Porta and staff at Drum World SF; Drew and all at World Musci, Simi Valley; Brock Avery for his verbal and musical inspiration; Jammin Jersey; Mike Fassano for the brass; Cheyenne in NY for the uplifting phone conversations; Larry Krieger for his constant re-appearing magic tricks; Geess; Randy Steffes; Jebe; Martin Roy; Dan Carnan; Mike Einziger and Incubus; Adverse Side F-X; John Hamilton; Brendan Best; Eric Reagan; Chris Huber; DSO Sunglasses and Paul Guzyk; Mike and Kevin the Crunchy Critters; Shawn Hannegan; Chicken and Screaming Squeegies; Courtney, Rob, Shannon at Massive; Harlen at Collision; Rudy and Mindless Reaction; Natasja Klein; Trish Janey at the Point in Atlanta; Guy Smiley; Greg Shroeder; Karin Yasuda for the last minute photos; Tamie Nicklas; Brian Radinsky; Andrew Muggs from Aussie Land; David and Lisa Jessop; Jeff Dougherty; Jung Oh; Heather Formerly Long; The Princess and her seester Laura; JC and the Horseshoe Crew in San Diego; Schafman; Shrimp; Dave Duprey; Dieter and Jaws; Wil; Kevin; Jim Durrer; Donovan; Briggs; huge thanks from Glen to Anna Statman (the rest of us wonder what that’s all about too); Pat; Crube; Bobby Fine; Joe Russe; Lisa and Grace; Swan and Jagard Audio; the US Postal Service for making all of our printed materials obsolete (over a million items: stickers, liner notes, interviews with our PO box address) and for smashing a $500 equalizer sent Priority Mail (oops, guess we should have insured it); Kathleen Rogers, Greg and all the other very nice folks who have sent us cool photos; we probably missed lots of people and companies that have helped us, so one last thanks to all those deserving, you know who you are (come to a show and remind usJ.
03. Another Half Apology
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