Collateral Damage (album)

Collateral Damage is the debut studio album of Spahn Ranch, released on September 20, 1993 by Cleopatra Records.^[4][5][6] The album marked the debut of Athan Maroulis, who continued to serve as the band's main vocalist and lyricist for the remainder of their existence.^[7] Maroulis began writing for the album three weeks after joining Spahn Ranch and has said that he was primarily listening to drum and bass producer Klute during its recording sessions. Spahn Ranch toured the United States for the first time in promotion of Collateral Damage^[8][9]

Collateral Damage
Studio album by Spahn Ranch
Released	September 20, 1993 (1993-09-20)[1][2][3]
Recorded	April – May 1993 (1993-05)
Studio	JLab Studio (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Industrial rock
Length	42:07
Label	Cleopatra
Producer	Matt Green Rob Morton
Spahn Ranch chronology
Spahn Ranch (1992) Collateral Damage (1993) The Blackmail Starters Kit (1994)
Alternative cover
Zoth Ommog cover

Reception

Jon Worley of Aiding & Abetting called Collateral Damage a "strident industrial soundtrack" and said "Spahn Ranch merely cuts through all pretense and serves up 10 tracks of pure vitriol"^[10] Keyboard commended the band's resistance to being pigeonholed.^[11] Critic Dave Thompson said "Ranch's industrial anguish and fury seethes with barely repressed emotion" and they "create a hard-hitting and provocative indictment of life's injustices, filled with anger, angst, and bleakness."^[12]

Option criticized the music for being recorded poorly and for being derivative of Ministry and Skinny Puppy. The critic concluded by noting "this is a band that hasn't found its voice yet; everything is cliché from the music to the unappetizing cadaver shot on the cover, which was obviously purloined from a medical textbook — talk about cheesy."^[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wires"	Athan Maroulis Rob Morton	5:24
2.	"Succumber"	Matt Green Maroulis Morton	4:34
3.	"Forceps"	Maroulis Morton	4:28
4.	"Antibody"	Green Maroulis Morton	3:20
5.	"Cesium 137"	Maroulis Morton	4:41
6.	"Breath and Taxes"	Maroulis Morton	4:22
7.	"Stoma"	Maroulis Morton	3:39
8.	"Peel"	Maroulis Morton	1:42
9.	"Machine Politics"	Green Morton	3:30
10.	"Quince"	Green Maroulis Morton	5:27
11.	"Chuck"	Morton	1:00

Personnel

Adapted from the Collateral Damage liner notes.^[14]

Spahn Ranch

• Matt Green – sampler, keyboards, production, mixing
• Athan Maroulis – lead vocals, mixing
• Rob Morton – programming, sampler, loops, production, mixing

Production and design

• Judson Leach – recording, mixing, editing, mastering and additional programming (4)
• Christopher Payne – cover art, illustrations, design
• Patty Whizenhunt – photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1993	Cleopatra	CD, CS	CLEO 7109
Germany	1994	Zoth Ommog	CD	ZOT 105
United States	1995	Cleopatra		CLEO 90052

References

1. Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Winter 1996–1997. Stereophile, Incorporated: 165. ISBN 9781575980386. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
2. Barnhart, Becky (1999). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. 9 (1). Stereophile, Incorporated: 244. ISBN 9781575980652. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
3. Fletcher, Tony; Robbins, Ira (1997). Spahn Ranch. The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock. McFarland & Company. p. 764. ISBN 9780684814377. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
4. "Spahn Ranch: Collateral Damage > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
5. "Spahn Ranch: Collateral Damage". CD Review Digest. 7 (4). Peri Press: 7. 1994. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
6. Noël, Sophie (August 13, 2009). Spahn Ranch. CHARLES MANSON: Le gourou du rock. Camion Blanc. ISBN 9782357795921. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
7. Wilson, MacKenzie. "Spahn Ranch > Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
8. Fechner, Krista (September 1995). "Interview with Spahn Ranch". Sonic Boom. 3 (7). Retrieved August 17, 2020.
9. gileZ (May 1996). "Down on the Ranch: An Interview with Athan Maroulis of Spahn Ranch". Cybase23. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
10. Worley, Jon (June 15, 1994). "Spahn Ranch: Collateral Damage". Aiding & Abetting (56). Retrieved August 17, 2020.
11. "Spahn Ranch: Collateral Damage". Keyboard. 23 (7–12). GPI Publications: 13. 1997. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
12. Thompson, David (November 1, 2000). Spahn Ranch: Collateral Damage. Alternative Rock: Third Ear – The Essential Listening Companion. Miller Freeman, Inc. pp. 648–649. ISBN 9780879306076. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
13. Baxter, John (1994). "Spahn Ranch: Collateral Damage". Option (54–58). Sonic Options Network.
14. Collateral Damage (booklet). Spahn Ranch. Marina del Rey, California: Cleopatra Records. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

• Collateral Damage at iTunes
• Collateral Damage at Discogs (list of releases)