Third Eye Open (Hardware album)

Third Eye Open is a 1992 album release by the Funk/Rock band Hardware. Hardware consists of lead guitarist Stevie Salas, P-Funk bassist Bootsy Collins, and drummer Buddy Miles, formerly of the Band of Gypsys. 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.

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".

Track listing

1. "Got A Feelin'" (Stevie Salas, Buddy Miles)
2. "Waiting On You" (Buddy Miles)
3. "What's Goin' Down?" (Stevie Salas)
4. "Love Obsession (When The Eagle Flies)" (Buddy Miles)
5. "Hard Look" (Stevie Salas, Bootsy Collins, Buddy Miles)
6. "Shake It" (Stevie Salas, Bootsy Collins, Dave Friendly)
7. "The Walls" Came Down (Stevie Salas)
8. "500 Years" (Stevie Salas)
9. "Tell Me" (Stevie Salas)
10. "Leakin'" (Stevie Salas)

Personnel

• Stevie Salas - guitars, vocals (Co-producer)
• Bootsy Collins - space bass, vocals
• Buddy Miles - drums, fuzz bass, vocals
• Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Bernard Fowler, George Clinton - background vocals
• David Friendly, Vince McClean, Matt Stein - digital bollocks