Clutch discography

The discography of Clutch, an American rock band, consists of twelve studio albums, five live albums, three compilation albums, five extended plays, ten singles, and two video albums.

Clutch discography
Clutch performing live at the First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 17, 2007
Studio albums	12
Live albums	5
Compilation albums	3
Video albums	2
Music videos	18
EPs	5
Singles	10
Other appearances	4

Clutch was formed in 1991 by vocalist Neil Fallon, guitarist Tim Sult, bassist Dan Maines and drummer Jean-Paul Gaster.[1] The group debuted with Pitchfork, an EP released in October that same year. The band built a local following through constant gigging and released their second EP Passive Restraints through Earache). Clutch was signed by the East West Records label and released their full-length debut Transnational Speedway League. A self-titled album appeared two years later, which afforded the band some mainstream exposure.[1]

Clutch then signed with major label Columbia for 1998's The Elephant Riders, but released 1999's Jam Room on their own River Road Records label.

In 2001 the band signed with Atlantic for the release of Pure Rock Fury, which included guest appearances from members of Spirit Caravan and Sixty Watt Shaman.

Their sixth album, Blast Tyrant, appeared three years later and was the first through DRT Entertainment, followed by Robot Hive/Exodus in 2005, which featured the first lineup change since the early 1990s; the addition of organist Mick Schauer.[1] 2007 saw the release of From Beale Street to Oblivion, and in the next year their first video, entitled Full Fathom Five: Video Field Recordings, which was accompanied by a CD version Full Fathom Five: Audio Field Recordings.

In 2009, Clutch released Strange Cousins from the West on their own label, Weathermaker Music. The band was once again a four-piece, without Schauer in the line-up.

In 2013, they released their tenth studio album Earth Rocker again through Weathermaker, their highest charting record in the US at the time. It peaked at #15 on the Billboard 200 chart.

In 2015, they released Psychic Warfare on Weathermaker, peaking at #11 on the Billboard 200. That same year, they also released a compilation album, La Curandera, exclusively on pink vinyl, as part of the Ten Bands, One Cause campaign for breast cancer awareness.

In 2018 the band released Book of Bad Decisions, their twelfth studio album.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [2]	US Heat. [3]	US Ind. [4]	NOR [5]	UK [6]
1993	Transnational Speedway League: Anthems, Anecdotes & Undeniable Truths Released: August 17, 1993 Label: East West Formats: CD, CS, LP	—	—	—	—	—
1995	Clutch Released: May 9, 1995 Label: East West Formats: CD, CS, LP	—	33	—	—	—
1998	The Elephant Riders Released: April 14, 1998 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, CS	104	1	—	—	—
1999	Jam Room Released: October 1, 1999 Label: River Road Records Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—
2001	Pure Rock Fury Released: March 13, 2001 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD	135	3	—	—	—
2004	Blast Tyrant Released: March 23, 2004 Label: DRT Formats: CD	147	4	4	—	—
2005	Robot Hive/Exodus Released: June 21, 2005 Label: DRT Formats: CD	94	—	7	—	—
2007	From Beale Street to Oblivion Released: March 27, 2007 Label: DRT Formats: CD	52	—	4	39	112
2009	Strange Cousins from the West Released: July 14, 2009 Label: Weathermaker Formats: LP, CD	38	—	5	—	95
2013	Earth Rocker Released: March 15, 2013 Label: Weathermaker Formats: LP, CD	15	—	3	13	50
2015	Psychic Warfare Released: October 2, 2015 Label: Weathermaker Formats: LP, CD	11	—	2	—	20
2018	Book of Bad Decisions Released: September 7, 2018 Label: Weathermaker Formats: LP, CD	16	—	2	—	13
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

Year	Album details
2002	Live at the Googolplex Released: 2002 Label: River Road Formats: CD
2004	Live in Flint, Michigan Released: November 22, 2004 Label: River Road Formats: CD
2007	Heard It All Before: Live at the HiFi Bar Released: December 13, 2007 Label: New Found Frequency Formats: CD
2008	Live at the Corner Hotel Released: April 4, 2008 Label: New Found Frequency Formats: CD
	Full Fathom Five: Audio Field Recordings (2007–2008) Released: September 9, 2008 Label: Weathermaker Formats: CD
2010	Strange Cousins at the Prince Released: 25 February 2010 Label: liveband.com.au Formats: CD, MP3[7]

Compilation albums

Year	Album details
2003	Slow Hole to China: Rare and Unreleased Label: River Road Records Formats: CD, LP
2005	Pitchfork & Lost Needles Released: July 12, 2005 Label: Megaforce Formats: CD
2015	La Curandera Released: September 28, 2015 Label: Weathermaker Formats: LP
2020	Monsters, Machines, and Mythological Beasts Released: March 27, 2020 Label: Weathermaker Formats: Digital

Video albums

Year	Album details
2008	Full Fathom Five: Video Field Recordings (2007–2008) Released: November 11, 2008 Label: Weathermaker Formats: DVD
2010	Clutch: Live at the 9:30 Label: Weathermaker Formats: DVD

Extended plays

Year	EP details
1991	Pitchfork Label: Inner Journey Formats: LP, CD
1992	Passive Restraints Label: Earache Formats: LP, CD
1997	Impetus Label: Earache Formats: CD
2012	Pigtown Blues Label: Weathermaker Formats: LP
2014	Run, John Barleycorn, Run Label: Weathermaker Formats: LP

Singles

Year	Song	Peak chart positions	Album
		US Main. [2]
1995	"Tight Like That"	—	Clutch
1998	"The Elephant Riders"	—	The Elephant Riders
2001	"Careful with That Mic..."	24	Pure Rock Fury
	"Immortal"	—
2002	"Pure Rock Fury"	—
2004	"The Mob Goes Wild"	39	Blast Tyrant
2005	"10001110101"	—	Robot Hive/Exodus
	"Mice and Gods"	—
2007	"Electric Worry"	38	From Beale Street to Oblivion
2009	"50,000 Unstoppable Watts"	—	Strange Cousins from the West
2012	"Pigtown Blues"	—	Non-album single
2013	"Earth Rocker"	—	Earth Rocker
	"Crucial Velocity"	—
2015	"X-Ray Visions"	—	Psychic Warfare
2018	"Gimme the Keys"	—	Book of Bad Decisions
	"How to Shake Hands"	—
	"Hot Bottom Feeder"	—
	"In Walks Barbarella"	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Music videos

Year	Song	Director(s)
1992	"Wicker"	Hillary Johnson, Melissa Alonso[8]
1993	"A Shogun Named Marcus"	Dan Winters[9]
1998	"The Soapmakers"	Unknown
2002	"Pure Rock Fury"	Stephen Smith[8]
2004	"The Mob Goes Wild"	Bam Margera[8]
2005	"Burning Beard"	Jeremy Hunt[10]
2007	"Electric Worry"	Stephen Smith[11]
2009	"50,000 Unstoppable Watts"	Jeremy Hunt[12]
2013	"Crucial Velocity"	Aisha Tyler[13]
2015	"X-Ray Visions"
2016	"A Quick Death In Texas"	Dave Brodsky
	"Gone Cold"	Aisha Tyler
2018	"How to Shake Hands
	"Hot Bottom Feeder"
	"In Walks Barbarella"
2019	"Ghoul Wrangler"	David Brodsky
	"Evil"	David Brodsky
	"Fortunate Son"	David Brodsky
2020	"Willie Nelson"[14]	David Brodsky

Other appearances

Year	Song	Album
2000	"Cross-Eyed Mary" (Jethro Tull cover)	Sucking the 70's
2006	"Red Hot Mama" (Funkadelic cover)	Sucking the 70's: Back in the Saddle Again
2007	"King of Arizona"	Viva la Bands, Vol. 2

Unreleased material and B-sides

In addition to Slow Hole to China (remastered and re-released in 2009), Pitchfork & Lost Needles and Basket of Eggs, Clutch frequently hides b-sides or "Easter Eggs" on their albums. Some of these may be found in import version of classic albums, in deluxe packages (such as Earth Rocker: Deluxe Edition), in remasters and re-releases (such as those re-released on Weathermaker Music with bonus and live tracks), or as singles and EPs. Clutch has also released such songs for Record Store Day and even movie soundtracks. Some of these stand-alone songs, not generally attached to albums such as Slow Hole to China, Pitchfork and Lost Needles or Basket of Eggs, include:

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Molt"	6:51
2.	"The Wheel"	3:53
3.	"The Package"	4:43
4.	"Money (Pink Floyd cover)"	5:41
5.	"Neighborhood"	5:51
6.	"Apache (Clutch outtake, appears on "Big News" EP)"	7:27
7.	"Big News 3"	4:01
8.	"24 Earth Years (The Elephant Riders era)"	4:09
9.	"David Rose (The Elephant Riders outtake)"	4:31
10.	"Gifted & Talented (The Elephant Riders outtake, appears on "Wishbone Mini EP")"	2:42
11.	"05 (The Elephant Riders outtake, appears on "Wishbone Mini EP")"	4:29
12.	"Cactus Mountain Blues"	9:51
13.	"Cross-Eyed Mary (Jethro Tull cover, appears on Sucking the 70's)"	3:33
14.	"Red Hot Mama (Funkadelic cover with Five Horse Johnson, appears on Sucking the 70's - Back in the Saddle Again)"	4:00
15.	"Metroliner Special (Strange Cousins From The West outtake)"	3:42
16.	"Pigtown Blues"	3:50
17.	"Motherless Child (acoustic, appears on "Pigtown Blues" single)"	4:10
18.	"Run John Barleycorn Run (split single with Lionize for Record Store Day 2014)"	5:01
19.	"Night Hag (Earth Rocker outtake, appears on deluxe album version)"	3:36
20.	"Scavengers (Earth Rocker outtake, appears on deluxe album version)"	4:05
21.	"We Need Some Money (Psychic Warfare Deluxe), (Chuck Brown cover)"	5:10
22.	"Outland Special Clearance (Psychic Warfare Deluxe)"	3:17
23.	"Mad Sidewinder (Psychic Warfare Deluxe)"	3:15
Total length:		1:36:06

For Record Store Day 2014, Clutch released "Run John Barleycorn Run" as a split single with Lionize, featuring their song "Ether Madness." For 2015, Clutch released their 2009 album From Beale Street to Oblivion as a 2-LP set on purple vinyl, limited to 1,300 copies. For 2016, Clutch released an exclusive 12-inch vinyl EP with the two bonus tracks from their 2015 album "Psychic Warfare," containing "Mad Sidewinder" and "Outland Special Clearance," limited to 3,000 copies.

Clutch in other media

• "Mice and Gods" was used by DaMarques Johnson as entrance music at UFC 112.[15]
• The American television series The Walking Dead used Clutch's song, "The Regulator" for the closing credits of the episode titled Nebraska.[16]
• "Electric Worry" was used in official TV spots for the 2009 video game Left 4 Dead 2 developed and published by Valve.[17]

References

1. Bush, John. "Clutch > Biography". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
2. "Clutch Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
3. "Clutch Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
4. "Clutch Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
5. "Discography Clutch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
6. {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5683/clutch/%7Ctitle=Clutch {{!}] full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=September 15, 2018}}
   • Below the top 100:Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: Chris C. - CZR". Zobbel. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
7. http://www.liveband.com.au/music/clutch-strange-cousins-at-the-prince.html
8. "Multimedia". pro-rock.com. Clutch. Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
9. "Clutch > Music Videos > A Shogun Named Marcus". MTV. MTV Networks. 1997-02-28. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
10. "Clutch > Music Videos > Burning Beard". MTV. MTV Networks. 2005-08-01. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
11. "Clutch > Music Videos > Electric Worry". MTV. MTV Networks. 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
12. "Clutch > Music Videos > 50,000 Unstoppable Watts". MTV. MTV Networks. 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
13. "Clutch > Music Videos > Crucial Velocity". MTV. MTV Networks. 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBAE006qkoo&list=PLTPjabMj118JknI--KucDikMU7sjors45&index=2&t=0s
15. "Watch and Listen: The 50 Best Entrance Songs in UFC History". Bleacher Report. 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
16. "Video: 'The Walking Dead' Uses Clutch's "The Regulator"". Metal Insider. 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
17. "The Second Left 4 Dead 2 TV Spot". Kotaku. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2019-12-01.

External links

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