Seeking Refuge
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Seeking Refuge is the third and final album by Excel
. It was released in 1995 and is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed album The Joke's on You
(1989).
Some of the material on this album was originally demoed/recorded as early as 1991 while Excel began writing The Joke's on Yous follow-up. Due to members being involved in their own activities at the time, Seeking Refuge was set aside for a number of years before finally being completed in 1995. The band shows quite a change in musical style with a stoner metal sound.
Seeking Refuge is also the only Excel album not recorded with their "classic" line-up.
Like other Excel albums, the album is out of print.
The only single off this album was "Unenslaved".
Excel (band)
Excel was a punk/metal fusion band from Venice, California founded in 1983 by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel. They were influenced by famous 70's punk rock musicians like The Police and The Sex Pistols, and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Trouble, Slayer, Corrosion of...
. It was released in 1995 and is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed album The Joke's on You
The Joke's on You
The Joke's on You is the second album by Excel, released in 1989. The song "The Joke's on You" was already released on the previous album, Split Image....
(1989).
Some of the material on this album was originally demoed/recorded as early as 1991 while Excel began writing The Joke's on Yous follow-up. Due to members being involved in their own activities at the time, Seeking Refuge was set aside for a number of years before finally being completed in 1995. The band shows quite a change in musical style with a stoner metal sound.
Seeking Refuge is also the only Excel album not recorded with their "classic" line-up.
Like other Excel albums, the album is out of print.
The only single off this album was "Unenslaved".
Track listing
- "Unenslaved"
- "Hair Like Christ"
- "Plastic Cracks"
- "Take Your Part Gotta Encourage"
- "Drowned Out"
- "United Naturally in True Youth"
- "Riptide"
- "Overview"
- "Downpressor"
Personnel
- Dan ClementsDan ClementsDaniel Clements is a singer-songwriter from Venice, California, best known as the lead vocalist of Crossover thrash band Excel and the only member that remained in the group since its formation until its dissolution...
- vocals - Brandon Rudley - guitar
- Shaun RossShaun Ross (musician)Shaun Ross is a bassist from Venice, California, and former member of Excel, a band with he performed since 1985 until its dissolution. He took his first inspirations from very different kinds of music, like Rudimentary Peni, Jungle Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone and Deep Purple...
- bass - Max - drums