Progress (Rx Bandits album)

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Progress
Studio album by Rx Bandits
Released	July 17, 2001
Recorded	Standard Electrical Recorders (Venice, California), Larchmont Studios (Hancock Park, California)
Genre	Rock, alternative, ska punk
Length	52:43
Label	Drive-Thru
Producer	Christopher Fudurich
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (3/5) link
Rx Bandits chronology
Halfway between Here and There (1999) Progress (2001) The Resignation (2003)

Progress is an album released by Rx Bandits on July 17, 2001 through Drive-Thru Records. Despite the album's more pop compatible tendencies, compared to the band's previous and following efforts, it neither managed to significally chart the Billboard 200, nor to earn rave reviews among popular music press.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Additional Personnel 4 Additional Notes

[edit] Track listing

(all songs written by Matt Embree, except where noted otherwise)

1. " – 0:28" – 0:28
2. "VCG³" (Rich Balling) – 3:44
3. "Consequential Apathy" – 2:36
4. "Analog Boy" – 4:13
5. "Get" – 2:42
6. "All the Time" – 3:55
7. "In All Rwanda's Glory" – 3:35
8. "Babylon" – 3:20
9. "Who Would've Thought" – 3:15
10. "Status" – 3:28
11. "Anyone But You" (Balling) – 3:03
12. "Nugget" – 4:59
13. "Progress" – 3:28
14. "Nothing Sacred" – 2:58
15. "Infection" – 6:53

[edit] Personnel

• Rich Balling – trombone, vocals
• Matt Embree – vocals, guitar
• James Salomone – bass
• Chris Tsagakis – drums

[edit] Additional Personnel

• Kate Carter – violin, viola
• Alan Elliot – clavinet
• Christopher Fudurich – aural chaos
• Noah Gaffney – saxophone
• Brad Lindsay – cello
• David Vokoun – double bass
• Rich Zahniser – Hammond B3, trombone

[edit] Additional Notes

• The album spawned their first music video, for the song "Analog Boy". They made their second video recently for the "...And The Battle Begun." Former Bandit Noah Gaffney also contributed on the song "Anyone But You."
• Many changes occurred in the band's lineup during this period:
• Shortly after the release of the album, Chris Sheets joined as a second trombone player. Not long after that, Rich Balling quit the band.
• After the departure of James Salamone on bass, the Bandits had many temporary replacements, including Johnny Tsagakis, Chris' younger brother. Joe Troy, a longtime friend of Embree, who also helped to write the song "What If?" eventually joined the band as their bass player.
• Noah Gaffney's position was eventually filled by saxophonist Steve Borth, formerly of East Bay ska-punk band Link 80.
• Steve Choi, formerly of The Chinkees, also became a full member playing guitar and keyboards. Choi had also played keyboards on the demos that the band made for Progress, but when it came time to record, they decided to have Zahniser play on the album, because at the time he was touring with the band. Former Jeffries Fan Club trombonist, Chris Colonnier also played with the band at times, in the same role as Zahniser.