Prong performing live |
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| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 7 | |
| ↙Live albums | 1 | |
| ↙EPs | 4 | |
| ↙Video albums | 1 | |
| ↙Music videos | 10 | |
| ↙Remix albums | 1 | |
| ↙Other appearances | 6 | |
Prong is an American heavy metal band formed in 1986. The band was originally compose of founder Tommy Victor (vocals, guitar), along with Mike Kirkland (bass) and ex-Swans drummer Ted Parsons.[1] Their first two studio releases, the EP Primitive Origins (1987) and follow-up Force Fed issued a year later, were released independently and directed more towards the hardcore punk.[2] The trio signed with Epic Records, and their first major label release, 1990's Beg to Differ, was a minor success, and received regular exposure on MTV's Headbangers Ball.[1] Former Flotsam and Jetsam bassist Troy Gregory replaced Kirkland for 1991's Prove You Wrong. Gregory was soon replaced by ex-Killing Joke bassist Paul Raven, plus keyboardist John Bechdel (ex-Murder Inc.) for 1994's Cleansing. The album marked a change of direction towards a more industrial sound, being regarded as Prong's "most varied record."[3] Prong would disband following 1996's "less inspired"[1] Rude Awakening.
Prong was reformed in early 2002, after a five-year hiatus with a new lineup, tour, and subsequent signed to the Spanish Locomotive Music label to release their first live album, "not-so-creatively titled"[4] 100% Live; followed by 2003's Scorpio Rising. In 2007, the band signed to Al Jourgensen's 13th Planet label,[5] releasing Power of the Damager.
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||
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| US [6] |
US Heat. [7] |
AUT [8] |
GER [9] |
SWI [10] |
UK [11] |
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| 1988 | Force Fed | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | Beg to Differ
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| 1991 | Prove You Wrong
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| 1994 | Cleansing
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126 | — | 38 | 40 | 36 | 71 |
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| 1996 | Rude Awakening
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107 | — | 36 | 48 | — | 131 |
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| 2003 | Scorpio Rising
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | Power of the Damager
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— | 47 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | Power Of The Damn MiXXXer
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— | 47 | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||
| Year | Album details |
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| 2002 | 100% Live
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| Year | Album details |
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| 2009 | Power of the Damn Mixxxer
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| UK | ||
| 1987 | Primitive Origins
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| 1990 | The Peel Sessions
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| 1992 | Whose Fist Is this Anyway?
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58 [13] |
| 1993 | Snap Your Fingers, Break Your Back (The Remix EP)
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions |
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| UK [11] |
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| 1994 | "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" | 80 |
| 1996 | "Rude Awakening" | 82 |
| Year | Video details | Notes |
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| 2005 | The Vault
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Double DVD, featuring three different shows, a complete 2002 concert at Amsterdam's Melkweg, another full show from the 2003 Hultsfred Festival in Sweden, and six songs at With Full Force festival in Germany for television broadcast in 2003.[14] |
| Year | Title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Beg to Differ" | Kevin Kerslake[15] |
| "Lost and Found" | ? | |
| 1991 | "Unconditional" | Evan Stone[16] |
| "Prove You Wrong" | ? | |
| "Pointless" | ? | |
| 1992 | "Prove You Wrong" (Fuzzbuster Mix) | ? |
| 1994 | "Broken Peace" | Bill Ward[17][18] |
| "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" | ||
| "Whose Fist Is This Anyway" | ||
| 1996 | "Rude Awakening" | Rob Zombie |
| 2004 | "All Knowing Force" | Dan Laudo, Tommy Victor[19] |
| 2008 | "Power of the Damager" | Gary Smithson[20] |
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "Mind the Cap" and "Daily Dose" | The End of Music as We Know It[21] |
| 1994 | "Inheritance" | Airheads[22] |
| 1995 | "Strange Days" (with Ray Manzarek) | Strange Days[23] |
| "Corpus Delecti" | Tonnage: A Compilation[24] | |
| 1997 | "London Dungeon" | Violent World: A Tribute to the Misfits[25] |
| 2004 | "Enter Sandman" | Metallic Attack: Metallica - The Ultimate Tribute[26] |
Media related to Prong at Wikimedia Commons
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