Members: john - vocals/bass mark - guitar/vocals rob - drums/vocals
Writers: John, Rob, Mark
Instruments: Mark:same as before with the addition of a fender “the strat”. John:all the bass is the kramer 8 string, except the intro of “chainsaw” which is the first time i used my red explorer with the trem! although they are hardly in the mix, i did use bass pedals(moog taurus knockoffs...) on “fttsol” and “bring the hammer down”... also “star war” Rob:tama 24"double kick kit... Rob & John play the piano at the end of “chainsaw”(!!) Keith Nichol did the synth stuff on the album intro…and John played classical guitar again on “20/21". Mark used a carlsbro adr analog echo unit... Smashed a bottle and repeated kicked the gas fire!!! The production was helped by the rental of a lexicon digital reverb used on the mix... that was basically all the outboard gear used - Marks echo unit was used also on the mix!!!!
Production Notes: keith nichol & raven ehgineered by keoth nichol, recorded at impulsestudio, wallsend england
John's Review: insane... did all this & the “c.b.w.” ep in just over a week... wrote most of “to the limit” as we recorded it…I remember “hold back the fire” during the solos peak... mark standing on the piano stamping (whole track is live except the short 1st solo... as was 90% of the album) we really intended to go “over the top” but were never really happy with the sound - (the wrong mix was pressed as the album... )although the attitude makes up for it!! a good representation of our live show at the time... f**in nuts!!
Tracklisting: faster than the speed of light / bring the hammer down / firepower / read all about it / to the limit to the top / battlezone / live at the inferno / star war / uxb/ 20-21 / hold back the fire / chainsaw **cd reissue has the following extra tracks: crash bang wallop/ run them down/ rock hard
