{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | name = Therapy | type = ep | artist = [[Diatribe (band)|Diatribe]] | cover = Diatribe - Therapy.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1991}} | recorded = {{Start date|1990}} – {{Start date|1991}} | venue = | studio = Suburban Blood Shed<br /> {{small|([[San Jose, California|San Jose]], CA)}} | genre = [[Industrial rock]] | length = 21:49 | label = Eight One Nine | producer = [[Marc Jameson]] | next_title = [[Nothing (EP)|Nothing]] | next_year = 1992 }}
'''''Therapy''''' is the debut [[Extended play|EP]] of [[Diatribe (band)|Diatribe]], released in 1991 by Eight One Nine Productions.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000669660|pure_url=yes}}|title=Diatribe: ''Therapy'' > Overview |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name="virtualnightangelint">{{cite web|first1=Tina |last1=Baumann |first2=Travis |last2=Baumann |url=http://www.virtualnightangel.com/diatribe.html |title=Live at the Whisky |publisher=Virtual Night Angel |date=September 22, 1995 |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref> It was reissued by [[COP International]] later that year.
==Music== [[Diatribe (band)|Diatribe's]] ''Therapy'' [[Extended play|EP]] was originally released in 1991 by Eight One Nine Productions. The music came to the attention of [[Christian Petke]], vocalist and founding member of [[Deathline International]], and he decided to use Diatribe and [[Battery (electro-industrial band)|Battery]] as premier band's for his label [[COP International]].<ref name="sonicboombatteryinterview">{{cite journal|first=Kevin |last=Congon |url=https://sonic-boom.com/interview/battery-1.interview.html |title=Interview with Battery, Club Arte, San Francisco |journal=Sonic Boom |date=November 17, 1995 |volume=4 |issue=6 |accessdate=August 27, 2020}}</ref> "Cockeyed Motherfucker" was first released on the 1990 various artists compilations ''[[From the Machine]]'' by Index Productions<ref name="fifthpath">{{cite journal |last=Ward |first=Robert |date=August 8, 1991 |title=Reviews: Various Artists - ''From the Machine Vol. 1'' |url=https://archive.org/details/TheFifthPath02/page/n39 |journal=[[The Fifth Path]] |issue=2 |page=38 |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref> and ''[[A Reason for Living]]'' by Santa Cruz Skateboards.<ref name="linearnotesreasonforliving">{{cite AV media notes |title=[[A Reason for Living]] |others=[[Diatribe (band)|Diatribe]] |year=1990 |type=booklet |publisher=Santa Cruz Skateboards |location=San Jose, California}}</ref> The songs "Tantau" and "Needle Park" were released on [[COP International|COP Intl.'s]] ''[[California Cyber Crash Compilation]]'' and [[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...'s]] ''[[The Cyberflesh Conspiracy]]'' in 1992.<ref name="allmusiccaliforniacybercrash">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000669676|pure_url=yes}}|title=Various Artists: ''California Crash'' > Overview |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name="blackmonday">{{cite journal |first=Larry |last=Dean Miles |url=http://lundinoir.com/mag/BMv1_1.pdf |title=Battery |journal=Black Monday |date=1996 |issue=1 |pages=8 |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref><ref name="cdreview">{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=azE5AQAAIAAJ |title=Various Artists: ''The Cyberflesh Conspiracy'' |journal=[[CD Review|CD Review Digest]] |publisher=Peri Press |date=1994 |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=823 |accessdate=July 26, 2020}}</ref><ref name="sonicboomcyberfleshconspiracy">{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/cyberflesh.conspiracy.html |title=Various Artists: ''The Cyberflesh Conspiracy'' |journal=Sonic Boom |date=October 1995 |volume=3 |issue=8 |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref> The artwork for the release was accidentally switched with ''[[Meat Market (EP)|Meat Market]]'' by [[Diatribe (band)|Diatribe]] when it was reissued on [[COP International]] in 1992.<ref name="ink19interview">{{cite journal|first=Geoff |last=Baumgartner |url=https://ink19.com/1999/05/magazine/interviews/battery |title=Battery |journal=Ink 19 |date=May 4, 1999 |accessdate=August 30, 2020}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = [[Marc Jameson]], Kevin Marburg, Vince Montalbano and Pat Toves | title1 = Therapy | length1 = 4:29 | title2 = Tantau | length2 = 5:43 | title3 = Billy the Kid | length3 = 1:15 }}
{{track listing | headline = Side two | title1 = Cockeyed Motherfucker | length1 = 5:13 | title2 = Needle Park | length2 = 5:09 }}
{{track listing | headline = CD issue | extra_column = Lyrics/Vocals | title1 = Therapy | length1 = 4:42 | title2 = Tantau | length2 = 5:42 | title3 = Maximum Therapy | length3 = 8:48 | title4 = Meathook | length4 = 1:27 }}
==Personnel== Adapted from the ''Therapy'' liner notes.<ref name="linearnotes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Therapy |title-link=Therapy (Diatribe EP) |others=[[Diatribe (band)|Diatribe]] |year=1991 |type=booklet |publisher=Eight One Nine Productions |location=San Jose, California}}</ref>
'''Diatribe''' * [[Marc Jameson]] – [[Singing|lead vocals]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Programming (music)|programming]], [[record producer|production]], [[Audio engineering|engineering]] * Kevin Marburg – [[bass guitar]], [[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]], [[cover art]], [[design]] * Vince Montalbano – [[electric guitar]] * Pat Toves – electric guitar
==Release history== {|class="wikitable" ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |- |rowspan="3"| United States |rowspan="2"| 1991 | Eight One Nine | [[Compact cassette|CS]] | eon 021 |- |rowspan="2"| [[COP International|COP Intl.]] |rowspan="2"| [[compact disc|CD]] |rowspan="2"| COP 003 |- | 1992 |}
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== External links == * {{Discogs master |master=95328 |name=Therapy |type=album}}
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