It didn't really work so it didn't make Ultrabeliever but still it was fairly good fun and lead to the Body Balanced version.

The bass really sound too rough compared to old versions. Duncan gets the timing wrong and comes in early for the chorus. Not as good as the original so it was ditched.


I kind of think this should go back on the album. Sure it's rather morbid but it's not badly made. Nice synth from Duncan and the vocals sound interesting if a touch crap. I think my vocal awkwardness has removed it from the album.


Egads this is awful. Just because Duncan thought his lyrics were cliched he decided to reverse everything in them to make them less goth. It didn't work and just sounds awkward. Much like the out of tune guitar. Also, note to self, if you're going to have dramatic pauses, make sure they're in time with the beat.


Not too bad a remake but the original is still the best. There's a particular thing I do on the bass late on which sounds really good which I never really recaptured in this version. It's probably just that bit too clean as well. The beat is surprisingly meaty for a remade version. Also it's impossible to record the full version now because I accidentally recorded some acoustic guitar playing over the end.



This is actually pretty good. The bass was being put through the Zoom effects pedal I think or possibly through the Korg Pandora. It sounds a bit like the Satch patch on the Pandora but could have been one of the zoom distortions. Anyway that's a great bassline. The beat is a little odd. It's possible a bit too fiddly. The recording of it is often wrong on both versions. One way too noisy, the other not quite noisy enough. Duncan's vocals were meant to be more distorted on the original but I had the original vs effected mix level too high. The second version might have worked had I not made a mess of playing the bass at the end. Almost worthy of going on the album but not quite. I think I'll use that bassline again. This was later remade as a much more mellow version but seems to be missing.==Here's to the Fighters

The first version is a horrible noisy mess. The second version has a bass drum way way too high in the mix causing unwanted distortion. It just never quite worked. I think I did the second version all on my own. I still like the string synth part in this and that's a great chorus. It's the first track to feature the Korg Electribe as well, exciting. The octamed programming job on this was pretty massive. I spent ages doing it. There's panning and all kinds of kerrazy stuff going off but with the electribe being a very weedy drum machine I think that kind of stopped it become the monster track it should. Those lyrics don't really work either. I recall they were cut up and rearranged physically on a bit of paper. Stapled back together as I recall. But only in couple of line segments I think. Duncan intended to re-arrange them back into order one day. He never will though. I think I'll re work this, mainly for the chorus. Oh hang on there's a third version, I tone down my growly vocals a bit and make the string synth a bit wimpier (sadly). Nice grungy sequenced synth but it doesn't sound quite right panned all over to one side. The chorus is just way too wimpy in this but at least it's clearly recorded this time. I think again, it was all just by me on this occasion. Might have been better if the string synth (almost certainly the DW8000) had been higher in the mix. Oh and what a terrible failure to sing the chorus at the end, I choke!