Name: State of Shock [Bonus Tracks]
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State of Shock [Bonus Tracks]

Rating

Album: State of Shock [Bonus Tracks]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hated	More Info...
2)	Clownhouse	More Info...
3)	What Is Life?	More Info...
4)	Runaround	More Info...
5)	Colors and Blood	More Info...
6)	It's Not Right	More Info...
7)	Paranoid's Demise	More Info...
8)	Dream	More Info...
9)	Better Than Expected	More Info...
10)	Martyr Man	More Info...
11)	Lexicon Devil	More Info...
12)	Two Girls, One Stein	More Info...
13)	Hysteria	More Info...
14)	Buttons	More Info...
15)	Loser	More Info...

Album: State of Shock [Bonus Tracks]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hated	More Info...
2)	Clownhouse	More Info...
3)	What Is Life?	More Info...
4)	Runaround	More Info...
5)	Colors and Blood	More Info...
6)	It's Not Right	More Info...
7)	Paranoid's Demise	More Info...
8)	Dream	More Info...
9)	Better Than Expected	More Info...
10)	Martyr Man	More Info...
11)	Lexicon Devil	More Info...
12)	Two Girls, One Stein	More Info...
13)	Hysteria	More Info...
14)	Buttons	More Info...
15)	Loser	More Info...

Performer Notes

D.I.: Casey Royer (vocals); Michael Calabro (guitar); Fredric Taccone (bass); John Knight (drums).
Additional personnel: Tim Magg (guitar); Bosco (guitar, background vocals); Steve Lyen (drums); Gene Wayne, Holiday Magic, Wilson Nite, Smooth, Kid Vicious, Bobby Pinz, Roy Andrew (background vocals).
Recorded at Soundcastle, Glendale, California.
Personnel: Casey Royer (vocals); Tim Maag (guitar); John Knight (drums); Wilson Nite, Holiday Magic, Bobby Pinz, Roy Andrew, Gene Wayne, Kid Vicious (background vocals).
Recording information: Front Page Recorders, Costa Mesa, CA; Granite Recording, Los Angeles, CA; Soundcastle, Glendale, CA; Two Guys From The Valley, North Hollywood, CA.
Unknown Contributor Role: Dave Bock.
Much as southern California peers Bad Religion re-formed after an extended break and produced an excellent comeback LP, State of Shock was D.I.'s first album of new material in five years when it was originally issued in 1994, and it confounds the stereotypes of such re-formations by sounding authentic and energetic while featuring some of the best material the band has released. In particular, "Paranoid's Demise" and "Dream" are excellent mix-tape fodder, standing out because of melodic invention and Casey Royer's strong lyrics. The 2002 Cleopatra reissue includes four bonus tracks whose sound quality is noticeably diminished, but not horribly so. ~ Brian O'Neill