Third Eye Open (Hardware album)

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Third Eye Open

Studio album by Hardware
Released	1992
Recorded	1992
Genre	Rock/Funk
Length	52:42
Label	Rykodisc Records
Producer	Bill Laswell; co-produced by Steve Salas

Third Eye Open is a 1992 album release by the Funk/Rock band Hardware. Hardware consists of lead guitarist Steve Salas, P-Funk bassist Bootsy Collins, and drummer Buddy Miles, formerly of the Band Of Gypsies. The album was produced by Bill Laswell and co-produced by Steve Salas. The album was the first to be released as part of Laswell's Black Arc Series, which includes "Lord of the Harvest" by Zillatron, "Out Of The Dark by O.G. Funk, and "Under The 6" by Slave Master.

[edit] Album history

When the album was first released in Japan on the Polystar label, the band was called the Third Eye and the name of the album was "Hardware". When the album secured distribution in the U.S., it was found that another band had owned the title "The Third Eye". To avoid any further legal hassles, it was opted that the title of the album and the title of band would simply be switched, thus the name of the band would be Hardware and the title of the album became "Third Eye Open".