Clients (album)

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Clients
Clients cover
Studio album by The Red Chord
Released May 17, 2005
Genre Deathcore, Mathcore
Length 36:20
Label Metal Blade
Producer Zeuss
The Red Chord chronology
Fused Together in Revolving Doors
(2003)		 Clients
(2005)		 Prey for Eyes
(2007)

Clients is the second studio album by The Red Chord. The album is "In loving memory of Tony guarino "The Antman""

Contents

[edit] Background Information

The title of the album was originally derived from an inside joke/story between Guy Kozowyk's family and friends, referring to the mentally disabled students whom a member of Kozowyk's family drove a bus for. This term eventually spread out to mean anybody whom one did service for. The title reflects the songs, as the songs are stories from and about "clients," or mentally disabled people whom Guy has had experience with working in a convenience store located next to a rehabilitation/mental hosptial.

Each song is a different "client," or a different person with a mental ailment, ranging from schizophrenia, to multiple personality disorder, to extreme obsessive compulsive disorder. The song "Black Santa" would best desribe the album and its meanings, as it actually depicts everything that is used as an inspiration in the album: Guy's job, the people he encountered, the stories he heard, and the notion that everybody both has and is a "client," meaning everybody works for somebody, and that everybody is not entirely mentally stable.

[edit] Music Videos

The Red Chord released Four music videos/singles for the album "Clients".

"Antman", the first single, was directed by David Brodsky of My Good Eye and notably features live ants crawling on Greg Weeks, the band's bassist. It had the honor of being the most played video on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball in 2005.

"Blue Line Cretin", directed by acclaimed artist Paul Romano (who designed the "Clients" CD graphics).

"Black Santa", again directed by David Brodsky, was shot on location at the notorious Manhattan nightclub, Crobar. The claymation "battle" between the Antman and Black Santa characters was executed by Randy Gordon-Gatica and conceived of by Guy, Randy and Brodsky. It has been nominated for Best Video of 2006 on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball.

"Fixation On Plastics"

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by The Red Chord.

  1. "Fixation on Plastics" – 2:44
  2. "Lay the Tarp" – 3:12
  3. "Black Santa" – 2:52
  4. "Antman" – 3:07
  5. "Upper Decker" – 5:17
  6. "Clients" – 1:00
  7. "Hospice Residence" – 3:14
  8. "Dragon Wagon" – 3:01
  9. "Love on the Concrete" – 2:57
  10. "Blue Line Cretin" – 2:27
  11. "He Was Dead When I Got There" – 7:29

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Music

[edit] Production & design