“Middle” by Rocket from the Crypt

"Middle" rides on Scream, Dracula, Scream!, the fourth studio album Rocket from the Crypt dropped on October 10, 1995, and their first with a major label, Interscope, behind them. It capped a ridiculously busy year: the EP The State of Art is on Fire and the album Hot Charity had already come out in 1995, and singer and guitarist John Reis would later bundle all three records together as a trilogy.

The writing credit gets split six ways, between Reis, Atom, Jason Crane, Paul O'Beirne, Petey Reichert and Andy Stamets, and Mark Trombino mixed it. The album made them an alternative-radio hit at home and a sudden favorite in the UK, and the tours behind it became famous for raffles, fire breathing, a game-show wheel that picked the set list and matching stage outfits that got fancier every time out.

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