Cut to the Chase (Vampire Rodents album)

Cut to the Chase is a compilation album by Vampire Rodents, released on November 12, 2019, by Rodentia Productions. The album compiles tracks from outside the band's main discography, namely the previously unreleased songs "Cut to the Chase", "Henry Catwallace", "Lizardman" and "Blind Acceleration", remixed tracks by Chemlab, Killing Floor and Penal Colony and the song "Cocked, Loaded & Ready" with the original opening intact.[1][2]

Cut to the Chase
Compilation album by Vampire Rodents
Released	November 12, 2019
Recorded	1993 – 1995
Genre	Sound collage industrial rock
Length	60:10
Label	Rodentia Productions
Vampire Rodents chronology
Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version) (2018) Cut to the Chase (2019)
Daniel Vahnke chronology
Early Soundtrack Sketches, Vol. II (2018) Cut to the Chase (2019) ElevatorMan (2020)

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Cut to the Chase"	Daniel Vahnke	Daniel Vahnke	Vampire Rodents	2:50
2.	"Henry Catwallace"		Vahnke	Ether Bunny	4:20
3.	"Chemical Halo" (V. Rodents' Sax Mix)	Jared Louche	Dylan Thomas More	Chemlab	4:30
4.	"Blind Acceleration"	Vahnke	Vahnke	Vampire Rodents	2:41
5.	"Lizardman"	Vahnke	Vahnke Victor Wulf	Vampire Rodents	4:36
6.	"Cocked, Loaded & Ready"	Mel Hammond	Vahnke	Vampire Rodents	4:31
7.	"Gout" (V. Rodents' Mix)	Dee Madden	Jason Hubbard Dee Madden Andy Shaw Chris Shinkus	Penal Colony	3:01
8.	"Good Vibrations" (V. Rodents' Mix)	Brian Wilson	Brian Wilson	Fleshhouse	4:58
9.	"Combine" (V. Rodents' Mix)	Madden	Hubbard Madden Shaw Shinkus	Penal Colony	3:44
10.	"Valentine" (V. Rodents' Mix)	Christian Void	James Basore John Belew Christian Void Marc Phillips Karl Tellefsen	Killing Floor	5:10
11.	"Reconciled" (V. Rodents' Mix)	Madden	Hubbard Madden Shaw Shinkus	Penal Colony	4:44
12.	"Clockseed" (Alt Vox Take)	Dave Creadeau Boom chr Paige	Vahnke	Vampire Rodents	4:25
13.	"Heliopause" (Alt Vox Take)	Madden	Vahnke	Vampire Rodents	2:50
14.	"Dowager's Egg" (Lo Vox Mix)	Christian Void	Vahnke	Vampire Rodents	2:57
15.	"Chemical Halo" (Loud Sax Mix)	Louche	More	Chemlab	4:44

Personnel

Adapted from the Cut to the Chase liner notes.[3]

Axon Tremolo

• Daniel Vahnke – sampler, remixer (3, 7-11, 14, 15), vocals (1, 4, 5)
• Victor Wulf – keyboards (5)

Additional performers

• James Basore – drums, drum programming and tape (10)
• John Belew – sampler, electronics, programming (10)
• Marc C. Bennett – guitar (6)
• Chase – percussion and loops (1, 2, 4, 6, 12-14)
• Dave Creadeau – vocals (12)
• Mark Edwards – sampler and vocals (8)
• Mel Hammond – vocals (6)
• Jason Hubbard – sampler, programming and drum programming (7, 9, 11)
• Mark Kermanj – drums (3, 15)
• Jared Louche – arrangements and vocals (3, 15)
• Dee Madden – vocals (7, 9, 11, 13), sampler and programming (7, 9, 11)
• Boom chr Paige – vocals (12)
• Marc Phillips – guitar, bass guitar and backing vocals (10)
• Dylan Thomas More – programming, loops and sampler (3, 15)
• Andy Shaw – guitar and backing vocals (7, 9, 11)
• Chris Shinkus – bass guitar and backing vocals (7, 9, 11)
• Karl Tellefsen – guitar and bass guitar (10)
• Ned Wahl – bass guitar (3, 15)
• Steve "Fly" Watson – guitar (3, 15)
• Christian Void – vocals (10, 14), sampler and electronics (10)

Production

• Joan McAninch – engineering (6, 12-14), mastering (6)
• Neil Wojewodzki – editing, mastering, mixing (6) post-mastering (6)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
United States	2019	Rodentia Productions	DL

References

1. Cappuccini, David (March 7, 2017). "Intervista a Daniel Vahnke (Vampire Rodents)". Santa Sangre. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
2. Villa, Stefano (2009). "Vampire Rodents: La scienza del collage" (in Italian). Onda Rock. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
3. Cut to the Chase (digital). Vampire Rodents. Rodentia Productions. 2019.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Cut to the Chase at Discogs (list of releases)
• Cut to the Chase at Bandcamp
• Cut to the Chase at iTunes