History Music / Clutch

* ''10001110101'' was in ''{{VideoGame/Prey}}''

* CarefulWithThatAxe: Parodied on the ''[[PissTakeRap rap]] [[RapMetal metal]]'' song (for real, Neil has surprisingly good hip hop flow) ''Careful With That Mic''.

* ''Immortal'' appears ''{{VideoGame/Hitman}} Contracts''

* BlackSheepHit: [[PissTakeRap Careful With That Mic]]

* ConspiracyTheorist: Most explicitly, ''Escape From the Prison Planet'' and ''Animal Farm'' (see below). Other references include Bob Lazaar, DavidIcke (''Oregon''), MJ-12, the Skull & Bones society, {{Atlantis}} and TheMenInBlack.

* ''10001110101'' was in ''VideoGame/Prey''

* ''Immortal'' appears ''VideoGame/HitmanContracts''

* {{Mondegreen}}: A very common one is from the aforementioned The Regulator. The opening line is NOT "I see Atlanta burning" but "I see a lantern burning." The mistake was even made by the producers of {{The Walking Dead}}, who used the song in one episode (what is it with zombie media using Clutch songs?)

* ''The Regulator'' was used in an episode of TheWalkingDead.

Clutch has never broken through big-time in the mainstream, although many of their songs have managed to become [[EarWorm Earworms]] without people knowing who they are. Their songs have appeared in the following media:

''Escape From The Prison Planet'' was the credits song in ''Film/EscapeFromLA''.
''Mob Goes Wild'' appeared in an episode of Jackass (Bam Miguera additionally directed the music video)
''10001110101'' was in ''VideoGame/Prey''
''Electric Worry'' was used for the ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' commercials.
''Cypress Grove'' was used in an episode of ''Ace of Cakes'' (Fallon's sister is a cake maker on the and the band appeared in the episode where they were made a cake that looked like their signature orange amp).
''The Regulator'' was used in an episode of TheWalkingDead.
''Immortal'' appears ''VideoGame/HitmanContracts''
The band themselves put ''Mob Goes Wild'' and ''50,000 Unstoppable Watts'' on the ''VideoGame/RockBand'' platform though Rock Band Network.
Plus many other video games, NFL broadcasts and various radio shows have used snippets of their songs for bumpers. They may be one of the most heard groups that no one knows the name of.

Clutch has never broken through big-time in the mainstream, although many of their songs have managed to become [[EarWorm Earworms]] without people knowing who they are (''Escape From The Prison Planet'' (on the ''Film/EscapeFromLA'' soundtrack, ''Mob Goes Wild'', ''10001110101'', and recently ''Electric Worry'' from the ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' commercials).

Fallon's sister is a cake maker on ''AceOfCakes'' and the band has appeared in one episode where they were made a cake that looked like their signature orange amp.

* SignatureSong: Averted for a while. Due to the aforementioned Left For Dead 2 commercial, it was Electric Worry. The band stopped playing the song after a few years. Then while on tour with [[Motorhead]], Lemmy asked why they stopped and they said they were sick of it. Lemmy told them that it was a mistake, it was their "Ace of Spades." They resumed playing it after that.

** An inversion is the band Robot Lords of Tokyo, who took their name from a line in their the song ''10001110101''. which also makes reference to the "temple of Syrinx", which is a nod to {{Rush}}'s ''2112''.

** Also, Neil is not waiting on the corner for the guitarist from Deathklok, he's waiting for the Swiss Gaurd.

* Mondegreen: A very common one is from the aforementioned The Regulator. The opening line is NOT "I see Atlanta burning" but "I see a lantern burning." The mistake was even made by the producers of {{TheWalkingDead}}, who used the song in one episode (what is it with zombie media using Clutch songs?)

*** This troper heard that Robot Lords of Tokyo took their name from the song in the first place.

** ''10001110101'' makes reference to the Robot Lords of Tokyo--another hard rock band--and the "temple of Syrinx" which is a nod to {{Rush}}'s ''2112''.

** ''Milk of Human Kindness'' has the line "''[[TheBeatles Helter skelter!]]'' ''Run for shelter!''"

Clutch has never broken through big-time in the mainstream, although many of their songs have managed to become [[EarWorm Earworms]] without people knowing who they are (''Escape From The Prison Planet'' (on the ''EscapeFromLA'' soundtrack, ''Mob Goes Wild'', ''10001110101'', and recently ''Electric Worry'' from the {{Left4Dead}} 2 commercials).

* ConspiracyTheorist: Most explicitly, ''Escape From the Prison Planet'' and ''Animal Farm'' (see below). Other references include Bob Lazaar, DavidIcke (''Oregon''), MJ-12, the Skull & Bones society, {{Atlantis}} and {{MIB}}.

* CarefulWithThatAxe: Parodied on the ''rap'' song (for real, Neil has surprisingly good hip hop flow) ''Careful With That Mic''.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Song]]: Several as mentioned above, but most commonly ''Electric Worry'' due to its use in the Left 4 Dead 2 commercial.