Additional personnel: Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar); Josh Abraham, Jay Gordon (synthesizer, programming); Elijah Blue (synthesizer, background vocals); Dieter (drums); Anthony Valcic (programming); Jonathan Davis (background vocals).
Recorded at Donner Pass Cabin, Truckee, California; N.R.G. Studios, North Hollywood, California; Josh's Garage, Hollywood, California; Westlake Audio, West Hollywood, California.
Detractors will undoubtedly peg them as Marilyn Manson imitators, but that's like putting down Stevie Ray Vaughan for his Hendrixisms. The band works well within the parameters of their chosen genre, and if you go for the industrial-inflected synth rock of Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, etc., you'd be foolish to overlook CANDYASS. The sonic assualt is almost unrelentingly brutal, as pounding drums, jackhammer guitars and wailing, buzzing synths (all heavily processed) pin your ears back. The cold, detached vocal style matches the uncompromising electro-rock arrangements perfectly. Apocalyptic, iconoclastic and willfully abrasive, ORGY is the worst nightmare of every teen's parents, and that's what rock & roll's all about.
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