{"id":25562,"date":"2022-05-20T03:26:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T03:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=25562"},"modified":"2022-08-02T15:35:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:35:05","slug":"arc00248","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/product\/arc00248\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanatos: Thanatos Comes Alive! \u2014 Part 1 (the 90s) (Digital)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 373px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album= 3844131347\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/projektrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/thanatos-comes-alive-part-1-the-90s\">Thanatos Comes Alive! \u2014 Part 1<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"hideme\">\n1 An Embassy to Gaius \u2014 Live at Thurstons, Chicago, \u201997<br \/>\n2 Watching the River Freeze \u2014 Live at Thurstons, Chicago, \u201997<br \/>\n3 A Feast of Snakes \u2014 Live at Thurstons, Chicago, \u201997<br \/>\n4 The Shattered Sky Now Settled \u2014 Live at Thurstons, Chicago, \u201997<br \/>\n5 No Longer at Ease \u2014 Live at Thurstons, Chicago, \u201997<br \/>\n6 The Wait Smothers Me \u2014 Live at Thurstons, Chicago, \u201997<br \/>\n7 Moon of Dying Grass \u2014 Live at Thurstons, Chicago, \u201997<br \/>\n8 All I Have Left \u2014 Live at Thurstons, Chicago, \u201997<br \/>\n9 Hebron \u2014 Live at Thurstons, Chicago, \u201997<br \/>\n10 Don&#8217;t Fear the Reaper \u2014 Live at Thurstons, Chicago, \u201997<br \/>\n11 As With Water \u2014 Live at Thurstons, Chicago, \u201997<\/p>\n<p>1 Von Stauffenberg \u2014 Live at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC,  \u201996<br \/>\n2 Fear and Trembling \u2014 Live at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC,  \u201996<br \/>\n3 All I Have Left \u2014 Live at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC,  \u201996<br \/>\n4 Connie \u2014 Live at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC,  \u201996<br \/>\n5 The Cobra School of Happiness \u2014 Live at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC,  \u201996<br \/>\n6 Infinite in all Directions \u2014 Live at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC,  \u201996<br \/>\n7 Jamais Pars \u2014 Live at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC,  \u201996<br \/>\n8 Necessities of Hell and Creation \u2014 Live at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC,  \u201996<br \/>\n9 The Wait Smothers Me \u2014 Live at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC,  \u201996<br \/>\n10 Things Fall Apart \u2014 Live at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC,  \u201996<br \/>\n11 God Damn the Sun \u2014 Live at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC,  \u201996<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><IMG SRC=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/assets\/images\/DigitalOnly.png width=400><\/p>\n<p><BR>Thanatos live is a fundamentally different creature from Thanatos studio. On their first two albums, the songs were mostly acoustic and built around singer, acoustic guitarist and songwriter Patrick Ogle\u2019s voice and lyrics. Then in 1996, Ogle took the band out of the studio and on the road. And they (almost) rocked! On these two (almost) complete shows from \u201996 and \u201997 the focus of the music shifts from the acoustic to the electric guitar. Even though there are plenty of purely acoustic tracks here, William Tucker&#8217;s electric rings out, making Thanatos live sound punchy and powerful, changing the tone from the often-retiring studio versions.<\/p>\n<p><BR>\u201cA big part of this change was having Tucker in the band, but it is also the fact that if you play mellow music in a club \u2014 and we played lots of clubs \u2014 you wind up with people talking louder than the music!\u201d says Ogle.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Until 1996 Thanatos had been a home studio project consisting of Ogle and keyboardist Sam Rosenthal. There never really was a thought of playing live. While living in Los Angeles, Ogle caught the live bug (there is no vaccine for this). You might say the \u201cbug\u201d bit him at a Chris Connelly Band show at the Troubador. That&#8217;s the night Ogle met Tucker for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><BR>A few months later, back in Chicago, Ogle contacted old friend and former Godbullies bassist, Eric Polcyn who signed on to play with Thanatos live. Polcyn suggested asking Tucker to join the band. Ogle&#8217;s initial reaction was \u201cWhy would he want to play with ME?\u201d The music was something of a departure from the usual bands Tucker played in such as Ministry, Chris Connelly Band, Foetus, Pigface, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, and seminal NJ instrumental band, Regressive Aid (which later morphed into Scornflakes when vocals were added). After listening to Thanatos\u2019 1995 sophomore album <strong>An Embassy to Gaius<\/strong>, Tucker signed on.<\/p>\n<p><BR>\u201cHe said, &#8216;I get it, it is like a concept album,&#8217;\u201d says Ogle. \u201cAnd we went to work from there. We fundamentally changed some of the songs over time to fit the live environment. On stage, we worked on and worked out the songs that would wind up on the <strong>Blisters<\/strong> record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><BR>Thanatos&#8217; first show ever was in Hamilton, Ontario in &#8217;96 as part of a half dozen dates in the Northeast. The tour continued later the same year with the second leg starting at Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC. That show is captured on <strong>Thanatos Comes Alive Part 1 (the 90s)<\/strong>. The other show on this recording is from Thanatos&#8217; third (and longest) tour, in \u201997. It was the second-to-last show at Chicago venue, Thurston\u2019s. Both shows capture the band as a three piece with no drummer. Tucker played electric guitar and did programming. Ogle sang and played acoustic guitar while Polcyn added bass, keyboards and occasional percussion.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Included is a dramatic and dirge-like version of Thanatos\u2019 famed cover of Blue Oyster Cult\u2019s &#8220;(Don\u2019t Fear) The Reaper\u201d and five tracks that would later appear on the 1997 <strong>Blisters<\/strong> album.<\/p>\n<h3>Release: May 27 2022<\/h3>\n<p>Cover photo by Susan Jennings<\/p>\n<div class=\"socials\"><h2>love it, share it<\/h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Farc00248%2F&t=Thanatos%3A+Thanatos+Comes+Alive%21+%E2%80%94+Part+1+%28the+90s%29+%28Digital%29\" class=\"socials-small facebook-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" >facebook<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Farc00248%2F&text=Thanatos%3A+Thanatos+Comes+Alive%21+%E2%80%94+Part+1+%28the+90s%29+%28Digital%29\" class=\"socials-small twitter-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" >twitter<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Farc00248%2F&media=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/ARC00248.jpg&description=+%0D%0A\" class=\"socials-small pinterest-small\"  onclick=\"window.open(this.href); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" >pinterest<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Farc00248%2F&title=Thanatos%3A+Thanatos+Comes+Alive%21+%E2%80%94+Part+1+%28the+90s%29+%28Digital%29\" class=\"socials-small google-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Google\" >google<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=https:\/\/projektrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/thanatos-comes-alive-part-1-the-90s  TARGET=BLANK><IMG SRC=\/store\/assets\/images\/Button-Bandcamp.png width=129><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[54,105,25,556,225,566],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-25562","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-all","product_cat-alternative-rock","product_cat-darkwave","product_cat-digital","product_cat-industrial","product_cat-thanatos","pa_artist-thanatos","pa_release-year-872","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple","border"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/25562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=25562"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=25562"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=25562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}