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Wiretap Scars by Sparta
Wiretap Scars is an album by Sparta, released in 2002. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 8 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Cut Your Ribbon”, on 6 lists with a best position of #34.
Wiretap Scars, the debut album from El Paso's Sparta, came out on August 13, 2002, just months after their first EP, Austere. When At the Drive-In blew apart in 2001, Omar and Cedric went off to form the Mars Volta and left post-hardcore behind entirely; Jim Ward, Paul Hinojos and Tony Hajjar went the other way and kept that fire lit. With Matt Miller on bass and Jerry Finn producing, Ward sings lead and plays guitar, Hinojos adds more guitar, Hajjar pounds the kit, and the whole thing churns with nervy, urgent power.
It's hard not to hear Relationship of Command in the vocals and even the song titles, and "Cut Your Ribbon" and "Air" hit with the same clenched-jaw intensity. The album climbed to number 71 on the Billboard 200.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Wiretap Scars on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cut Your Ribbon | 6 | #34 | – | 2002 | |
| 2 | Air | 2 | #60 | – | 2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.