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Stabbing Westward

Stabbing Westward is an American industrial rock band. Christopher Hall and Walter Flakus formed the band in 1986 in Macomb, Illinois. The band released an extended play in 1992, followed by four studio albums from 1994 to 2001. Stabbing Westward announced a dissolution on February 9, 2002. Two compilation albums were later released in 2003. Stabbing Westward reunited in 2016 to celebrate their 30th anniversary together, and has since continued to perform live shows.
Christopher Hall and Walter Flakus formed the band Stabbing Westward when they were in college. They came up with the name while working at the college radio station WIUS-FM. During an interview in 1996, Hall stated, "Since we went to Western Illinois University, Stabbing Westward had a certain 'kill everybody in the school' vibe to it! The school's way out in farm country and the country is really close minded. I was walking around like Robert Smith with real big hair, big baggy black clothes, black fingernail polish and eye makeup. They just didn't get it. We hated the town."

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	Top Songs	Album
1	Save Yourself (Re-Recorded) [Remastered]	Raised On '90s	4:33
2	Sometimes It Hurts	Playlist: The Very Best of Stabbing Westward	3:39
3	Save Yourself (Re-Recorded / Remastered)	HANNA Tales	4:33
4	Lost	Ungod	3:20
5	Shame	The Essential Stabbing Westward	4:51
6	What Do I Have to Do (Re-Recorded)	Songs of the 90's	4:08
7	So Wrong	Wither Blister Burn + Peel	3:20
8	Save Yourself (Re-Recorded)	90s Best of the Hits	4:33
9	Television	Stabbing Westward	4:52
10	Shame (Re-Recorded / Remastered)	Save Yourself - The Best Of	5:09

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Stabbing Westward

Stabbing Westward

Stabbing Westward is the self-titled fourth and final studio album by the American industrial rock band Stabbing Westward. It is their first and only album to be produced by Ed Buller and released on Koch Records. The album was released on May 22, 2001, and the band later broke up on February 9, 2002. The album shows a change in direction for the band. The album's songs are much less heavy and aggressive, while the industrial focus has given way to a more melodic sound. Before the album was released, Christopher Hall said in an interview that Stabbing Westward wrote great pop-rock songs, but the band had always ended up making them ugly by adding effects and screaming, etc. On this album, he claimed, they decided to write what they wanted, regardless of fan expectation.
"The Only Thing" is a love song for Chistopher Hall's wife.

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Darkest Days is the third album released on Columbia Records by industrial rock band Stabbing Westward. The album was recorded in L.A. in 1997 and released on April 7, 1998. Although the album didn't achieve the same level of success as Wither Blister Burn & Peel, it received positive reviews and is often considered the band's best album. The band was dropped from Columbia Records in 2000 following this release. The track "Save Yourself" reached number 4 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart and number 20 on the U.S. Modern Rock chart and remains a staple of alternative music. Darkest Days was certified gold on March 1, 2000.
Darkest Days is a concept album consisting of four acts, with each portraying a different emotional phase gone through after a break-up. The first act is about sabotaging the relationship. The second act is about lust, hope, and longing. The third act is about hitting rock bottom after it is all over. The fourth act is about recovery and self-respect.

Wither Blister Burn + Peel

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Wither Blister Burn & Peel is the second album released on Columbia Records by the American industrial rock band Stabbing Westward. The album was recorded in New York in May 1995, and released in New York City and Los Angeles on January 4, 1996. The album was released throughout the rest of the United States on January 23, 1996. It includes the singles "What Do I Have To Do?" and "Shame". Wither Blister Burn & Peel was certified gold on September 27, 1996.
"What Do I Have To Do?" was the band's first hit, thanks to heavy MTV exposure, first reaching the Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it would peak at #11, then achieving even greater success on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at #7. "Shame" was released soon after, matching "What Do I Have To Do"'s #7 peak on the Mainstream Rock chart, and peaking at #14 on the Modern Rock chart.

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Ungod is the debut album by American industrial rock band Stabbing Westward. The album was recorded in six weeks in Chiswick, England in 1993, and released by Columbia Records on February 15, 1994. With adequate album sales and touring with the likes of Depeche Mode, a second album, Wither Blister Burn & Peel, was released in 1996. The guitar line in the chorus of the song "Ungod" was later used in Filter's song "Hey Man Nice Shot" in 1995. Stuart Zechman, who was also playing guitar for Filter at the time, took the riff and showed it to Stabbing Westward who ended up using it as well.

Save Yourself - The Best Of

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Playlist: The Very Best of Stabbing Westward

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The Essential Stabbing Westward

Stabbing Westward

The Essential Stabbing Westward is the first compilation album by the American industrial rock band Stabbing Westward, released on Sony Music as part of their Essential series. The album was released on April 1, 2003, a year after the band broke up on February 9, 2002. It features fourteen remastered tracks: twelve tracks from their three albums released in the 1990s, and two from movie soundtracks.

Save Yourself (Re-Recorded Versions)

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What Do I Have To Do?

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