Die Happy – Self-titled album

Description

The self-titled debut album by the American hard rock/metal band Die Happy was released on Intense Records in 1992, a division of Frontline Music Group, distributed by FMG Distribution. The album was recorded by Chris and Dino Maddalone at Dino M II Recording in Torrance, The Mixing Lab A & B in Garden Grove, and at Asaph Recording Studio in Anaheim, California; and was produced and arranged by the band with Dave Hackbarth co-producing. Overdubs recorded by Dave Hackbarth and Greg Kemble at Asaph Recording Studio and The Mixing Lab A & B. Mixed by Hackbarth at Asaph Recording Studio.

Die Happy was formed in 1990 by former Vengeance Rising members Larry Farkas (guitars), Doug Thieme (guitars), Roger Dale Martin (bass), and Glen Mancaruso (drums). The band hired Robyn Kyle Basauri, formerly of Jaguar, as a vocalist. (Basauri officially joined the band after the release of their eponymous debut.)

[Doug Van Pelt, Heaven’s Metal, May 1992]

> iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/album/die-happy-remastered/386352545)

CD tracklist:

01. Renaissance – 3:11
02. Perpetual Motion – 3:21
03. Die Happy – 4:52
04. Bone Doctor – 3:16
05. Cage – 4:07
06. Real – 5:10
07. Slide Rule – 5:54
08. Painted Truth – 3:11
09. Celebration – 5:38
10. Melrose – 4:12
11. Silver Cloud – 6:05

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Intense Records. Re-mastered and reissued on both CD and Limited Edition 12-inch vinyl LP by Roxx Records in 2020.

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