8 Miles High (EP)
8 Miles High was meant to be the debut album of Australian nu-metal band Superheist. Due to problems with record company and line-up changes, it was eventually released as an EP instead.
Like the previous Ep Chrome Matrix, 8 Miles High was recorded at Backbeach Studios in Rye, Victoria by D.W Norton and Mark Rachelle.
This EP had lineup changes in the form of Si Durrant leaving just post of recording, Drew Dedman came in to fill his shoes and keyboardist Fetah Sebawi was now a permanent member of the band.
Track listing
All music composed by Superheist except track 7 by Superheist and Si Durrant.
Credits
Although credited with bass on the EP artwork Drew had joined the band after tracking was complete. The Bass parts for track 3 were recorded by DW Norton and the rest done by Si Durrant. Keyboards on Have Your Way were recorded by DW Norton, Kalju Tonuma and Fetah Sabawi
Eight Miles High
"Eight Miles High" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn (a.k.a. Roger McGuinn), and David Crosby and first released as a single on March 14, 1966 (see 1966 in music). Musically influenced by Ravi Shankar and John Coltrane, "Eight Miles High", along with its McGuinn and Crosby-penned B-side "Why", was influential in developing the musical styles of psychedelic rock, raga rock, and psychedelic pop. Accordingly, critics often cite "Eight Miles High" as being the first bona fide psychedelic rock song, as well as a classic of the counterculture era.
The song was subject to a U.S. radio ban shortly after its release, following allegations published in the broadcasting trade journal the Gavin Report regarding perceived drug connotations in its lyrics. The band strenuously denied these allegations at the time, but in later years both Clark and Crosby admitted that the song was at least partly inspired by their own drug use. The failure of "Eight Miles High" to reach the Billboard Top 10 is usually attributed to the broadcasting ban, but some commentators have suggested that the song's complexity and uncommercial nature were greater factors.
