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Linchpin (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Linchpin'" is a single by American heavy metal band Fear Factory from their album 'Digimortal'. It peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
The 'Linchpin EP' was released on April 2, 2002 exclusively in Australia.
Music video
The music video shows shots of machinery and what appears to be a polygraph machine intercut with footage of individual band members playing while at times being surrounded by smoke or doused in a white liquid. A picture of the Vitruvian Man, along with a rendition of Fear Factory's logo can be seen briefly at the end of the video superimposed over lead singer Burton C. Bell. The video was directed by Thomas Mignone. Although the song has a "Radio Edit" version which omits the pre-chorus, the video contains the LP version.
Track listing
Australian tour EP
Track 6 was recorded at the Desert Sky Pavilion in Phoenix, Arizona on October 25, 1996. Track 7 was recorded at the Palace in St. Kilda, Melbourne on February 26, 1999.
Videos 2 to 5 make up the documentary 'The Making of Digimortal', directed by Doug Spangenberg.
Charts
{|class="wikitable sortable"
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!Chart (2001)
!Peak
position
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|US Mainstream Rock ('Billboard')
|align="center"|31
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|UK Singles Chart (OCC)
|align="center"|85
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Credits
;Fear Factory
*Burton C. Bell vocals
*Dino Cazares guitar
*Christian Olde Wolbers bass
*Raymond Herrera drums
;Additional
*Rhys Fulber keyboards, programming, production
References
Category:2001 songs
Category:2001 singles
Category:2002 EPs
Category:Fear Factory songs
Category:Songs written by Burton C. Bell
Category:Roadrunner Records singles
Category:Songs written by Dino Cazares
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