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Pete Murray - vocals/programming
Neil Godfrey - guitars/programming
Jerry Oliviera - guitars
Dan Ogden - bass
James "Fed" Carroll - drums
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Genre: Alt Metal
Origin: United States
Label: Sony Records
Status: Hiatus
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Progress, the title of Ultraspank's second Epic album, means many different things to the California quintet. "It reflects the way the band's going, the way we've gone person-ally, even the way music has just changed in the short time between the two albums," says guitarist Jerry Oliviera. "It's also a statement on where we're heading together as a society. The cover is a real photo, from a genetic engineering project, of a mouse with a human ear growing out of its back. It's supposed to be like, 'we're growing ears out of animals' backs…yeah, that's progress.'"
Society may be headed in some strange directions, but Ultraspank is clearly moving forward. Progress is as heavy and assaultive as 1998's self-titled debut, but with enhanced songwriting, a new drummer, more complex instrumentation, and a triumvirate of studio superstars (producer Peter Collins, engineer
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