Shortsharpshock E.P.

For the phrase, see Short, sharp shock.

Shortsharpshock EP

EP by Therapy?

Released

8 March 1993

Recorded

January 1993 at Black Barn Studios, Surrey, England

Rock / Heavy Metal

A&M

Therapy? chronology

"Teethgrinder"
(1992)

"Shortsharpshock E.P."
(1993)

"Face the Strange E.P."
(1993)

Shortsharpshock was the first EP released by the band Therapy?. It was released on 8 March 1993 through A&M Records. Its lead track is Screamager, which reached number 9 in the UK Top 40,^[1] leading to an appearance on Top of the Pops. It also reached number 2 in the Irish Singles Chart.^[2] In September 2000 Screamager placed #86 in Kerrang! magazine's 100 Greatest Riffs Ever feature.

The first three tracks also feature on the Hats Off to the Insane mini-album released in North America and Japan. Screamager features on the 1994 album Troublegum. Accelerator is a re-recording, different from the version on Nurse.

It was released on 7” vinyl, limited edition pink 7” vinyl, 12” vinyl, CD Digipak and Cassette.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Screamager"
2.	"Auto Surgery"
3.	"Totally Random Man"
4.	"Accelerator"

Personnel

Andy Cairns - vocals, guitar
Fyfe Ewing - vocals, drums
Michael McKeegan - bass
Chris Sheldon - Producer

Promo Video

"Screamager": Directed by Jon Klein

References

Therapy?

Studio albums

Compilations

Live album

We're Here to the End

Singles and EPs

"Meat Abstract"
"Teethgrinder"
"ShortSharpShock" EP
"Face the Strange" EP
"Opal Mantra"
"Nowhere"
"Trigger Inside"
"Die Laughing"
"Isolation"
"Femtex"
"Stories"
"Loose"
"Diane"
"Stories" (re-release)
"Bad Mother"
"Church of Noise"
"Lonely, Cryin', Only"
"Hate Kill Destroy"
"Gimme Back My Brain"
"I Am the Money"
"If It Kills Me/Rust"
"My Voodoo Doll"
"Polar Bear/Rock You Monkeys"
"Rain Hits Concrete" EP
"Crooked Timber"
"Exiles"
"Living in the Shadow of the Terrible Thing"
"Still Hurts"
"Deathstimate"

Radio only promos

"Nausea" (US)
"Perversonality" (US)
"Screamager" (US)
"Knives" (US)
"Misery" (US)
"Stay Happy" (UK)
"Six Mile Water" (BE)
"Bad Karma Follows You Around" (UK)
"Rise Up (Make Yourself Well)" (UK)
"Die Like a Motherfucker" (BE)
"Long Distance" (BE)
"Perish the Thought" (BE)

Rare and specialty

Thirty Seconds of Silence (demo)
Meat Abstract (demo)
Have a Merry Fucking Christmas
Live in Japan (Fan Club Edition)
Official Fan Club 1996
Webgig

Videos

Scopophobia
Gold

Andy Cairns solo

See Also	List of rare songs by Therapy?

Bands	Catweazle Casey Jones Reaction Evil Priest Sons Of Massey The Beyond Cable Gorilla

Labels	Wiiija Records A&M Records Ark21 Records Spitfire Records Blast Records Amazing Record Co.

Categories	Therapy? Members Albums Songs

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