Prong is a metal band from New York City, New York, US, formed in 1986. Pro… Read Full Bio ↴Prong is a metal band from New York City, New York, US, formed in 1986. Prong had two independent releases, Primitive Origins and Force Fed. The albums attracted the attention of Epic Records, which signed the trio in 1989. The group disbanded in 1997 after the Rude Awakening tour, but re-formed in 2003. A pioneer of the urban scene, Prong is fronted by Tommy Victor.
Prong was founded in 1986 by singer/guitarist Tommy Victor (then a soundman at New York City's renowned CBGB's). With bassist Mike Kirkland (formely of NYHC band Damage and doorman at CBGB’s) and ex-Swans drummer Ted Parsons, Prong released two independent CDs that were noted for their brutal hardcore sound.

Epic Records saw the band's potential and signed them in 1989. Prong's major label debut album Beg to Differ, was released in 1990.

In the following year, Kirkland left the band and was replaced by Ex-Flotsam and Jetsam bassist Troy Gregory. Prong issued their fourth release Prove You Wrong which saw the band experiment with programming and electronic samples while still retaining an aggressive yet melodic sensibility.

By 1994, Troy Gregory was out of the band and was replaced by Paul Raven (bassist) and John Bechdel (keyboard), both from Killing Joke and Murder, Inc. The new line up released Cleansing (Prong’s 5th major release). With a strong industrial sound that still managed to be hard and heavy, Cleansing contained songs that are still considered Prong classics ("Broken Peace" and "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck") and is Prong’s most successful release to date. The videos for these two songs became staples of MTV’s legendary Headbangers Ball.

Prong's sixth album Rude Awakening was released in 1996. The album was not as successful as the last three albums. Shortly thereafter Parsons left the band to join Godflesh. Tommy Victor left New York and moved to Los Angeles. As the band Prong sat idle, Tommy Victor worked with legends of the rock world, including Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, celldweller and Glenn Danzig.

In 2002, Victor re-formed Prong with bassist Brian Perry, drummer Dan Laudo and guitarist Monte Pittman (Madonna). In 2002, after a 42-show American tour that was recorded for a live CD (100% Live, Locomotive Music) Prong entered the studio and recorded a new CD titled Scorpio Rising which was received with mixed responses.

Victor played on and off again with Glen Danzig from 1998 -2005 in between time with Prong. His final goal of playing and writing on a Danzig record was met with Circle of Snakes in 2004.

Prong released a live 2-disc DVD in 2005 entitled "The Vault" which features performances from the Hulstsfred and With Full Force festivals and a full show in Amsterdam. This disc has Mike Longworth on bass as well, who later replaced Perry. As a result of the drum performance on Scorpio Rising , band members Tommy Victor and Monte Pittman decided a change needed to be made. This resulted in the firing of Dan Laudo and the enlistment Aaron Rossi, who used to be in the bands Strife (Victory Records), Shelter (Century Media Records), John 5 (Shrapnel Records), and Ankla (Bieler Bros. Records)

Victor and Raven joined Ministry in 2005 to write and tour in support of their album Rio Grande Blood (2006). They were nominated for a Grammy in 2007 for the song Senior Peligro in the "Best Metal Performance" category. The two also appear on Ministry's follow up album The Last Sucker (2007), although in a more limited capacity.

On June 4th, 2007, Prong posted a MySpace bulletin stating that they were recording in El Paso, Texas. The band left Locomotive Music, and were signed to Al Jourgensen's 13th Planet Records, who released their latest album Power of the Damager on October 2, 2007.

The band embarked on the "Slicing Across America" and "Slicing Across Europe" tours supporting Power of the Damager in 2007 and early 2008. Joining Tommy Victor in the current live membership of the band is bassist Monte Pittman and drummer Aaron Rossi.

Paul Raven died of an apparent heart attack in his sleep on October 20, 2007 at the age of 46. He was recording with French recording artists Treponem Pal on their new album with Ted Parsons at the time of his death.

Aaron Rossi was joining Ministry as their new drummer on the "C U LaTour" which started in March 2008.

In February 2008, Headbanger's Ball premiered the video "Power Of The Damager".

Disbelief
Prong Lyrics

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The Ways Of Your Way

I'm Lost In Disbelief
How Can You Breathe Freely

And Look At What You See

The Space That You Tread

What You Do Perceive

Your Objects Of Desire
I Know They're Not For Me

Not Forgetting All The Crimes

All I Can Now Cry
Neither Nor The Lesson
Your World's Not Mine
Your World's Not Mine

I See What I Touch

Burn In My Own Dreams

No Feeling For Your Life
Your World Can't Be Seen

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Prong's song Disbelief seem to depict a sense of detachment and disillusionment with the world as the singer fails to connect with the objects of desire that seem to be within reach. The opening lines "I'm lost in disbelief, how can you breathe freely and look at what you see" suggest a lack of understanding and an overwhelming sense of conflict with the status quo. The singer wonders how people can be so oblivious to the reality of the world and still carry on with their lives as if everything is normal.

As the song progresses, the theme of detachment is further reinforced, "I see what I touch burn in my own dreams, no feeling for your life, your world can't be seen", the singer is unable to identify with the world they see around them as they are consumed by their own internal struggles. The line "neither nor the lesson" suggests that the singer has given up trying to make sense of why the world operates the way it does and has resigned themselves to the fact that they will never truly understand it.

The song seems to offer a bleak perspective on the world, with lines like "not forgetting all the crimes, all I can now cry" reminding the listener of the atrocities committed every day that go unpunished. Overall, the lyrics of Disbelief seem to convey a sense of frustration and hopelessness, as the singer struggles to find meaning in a world that seems to have lost its way.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm Lost In Disbelief
I am bewildered and doubtful

How Can You Breathe Freely
I wonder how you can be guiltless

And Look At What You See
and yet you overlook the truth

The Space That You Tread
the environment you move in

What You Do Perceive
the things you observe

Your Objects Of Desire
the things you want and crave for

I Know They're Not For Me
but I cannot have them

Not Forgetting All The Crimes
remembering all the wrongs you did

All I Can Now Cry
and I can only weep

Neither Nor The Lesson
neither have you learned the lesson

Your World's Not Mine
our worlds are not similar

Your World's Not Mine
our worlds are not similar (repeated for emphasis)

I See What I Touch
I acknowledge only what I can feel

Burn In My Own Dreams
I am tormented in my own fantasies

No Feeling For Your Life
I lack empathy for your existence

Your World Can't Be Seen
I don't understand your world

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: ANTHONY PAUL ROGERS, JONATHAN THOMAS BROOKES, MARK VINCENT COLLINS, MARTIN VICTOR BLUNT, TIMOTHY BURGESS

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