When it comes to the heavier side of Nineties alt-rock, Failure are a definitive band. The TOOL-approved unit concocted a lasting brew of grunge, alt-metal and space-rock that reached listeners worldwide, and despite the significant gap in the middle of their career (a break-up that lasted from 1997 to 2014), the band have still racked up six albums and five EP's worth of material. If someone who's never heard Failure before wanted to get dive in, where would they start?
For them, Revolver is here to help with our "Point of Entry" series, in which we ask artists to pick the single standout cut from across their entire catalog that they believe is the best place for virgin listeners to begin their journey. Below, Failure guitarist Greg Edwards does the honors. It's a tough choice.
"Another Space Song"
I think I'd have to go with "Another Space Song," from Fantastic Planet, because it encompasses … everything. And it's maybe our most popular song, in terms of streaming. Which is interesting because it was never a single, there's no video for it. I was really surprised; I think it was only three or four months ago that I became aware of that. For the first time I was really looking at the streaming numbers and it was shocking. I don't know how that happened… We never got a sync thing for a Netflix show. There's no reason other than a complete organic natural progression. I haven't seen anything that explains it, other than people hear the song, or Shazam the song, and tell friends about it.
"Another Space Song" was a song that I was really excited about when we first had the idea for it back in 1994 when we were working on it and recording it for the record. But I had the feeling that it was just going to be a really cool album cut that I would always enjoy hearing. So it's great when something like that becomes one of our most popular songs.
