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* HeAlsoDid: Aaron Smith, the band's drummer from 1982 to 1994, had been a Motown session musician in the 1970s and had played on hits like Music/TheTemptations' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone". Immediately prior to joining The [=77s=], he was the drummer for new wavers Romeo Void.

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* HeAlsoDid: Aaron Smith, the band's drummer from 1982 1984 to 1994, had been a Motown session musician in the 1970s and had played on hits like Music/TheTemptations' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone". Immediately prior to joining The [=77s=], he was the drummer for new wavers Romeo Void.
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* HeAlsoDid: Aaron Smith, the band's drummer from 1982 to 1994, had been a Motown session musician in the 1970s and had played on hits like Music/TheTemptations' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone". Immediately prior to joining The [=77s=], he was the drummer for new wavers Romeo Void.

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*** The 2018 reissue of ''Drowning'' uncensors “Dave’s Blues,” restores “Sneakers,” and shuffles “For Crying Out Loud” to the bonus disc.

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*** The 2018 reissue of ''Drowning'' uncensors “Dave’s Blues,” restores “Sneakers,” and shuffles “For Crying Out Loud” to the bonus disc.disc.
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: The band has spent much of the 2010s putting these out for all their albums.
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** Roe's first solo album, ''Safe as Milk'', was released the following year and largely continues those themes, although there are more {{HopeSpot}}s on it than on ''Drowning''.

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** Roe's first solo album, ''Safe as Milk'', was released the following year and largely continues those themes, although there are is more {{HopeSpot}}s lighter and hopeful material on it than on ''Drowning''.
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** Roe's first solo album, ''Safe as Milk'', was released the following year and largely continues those themes, although there are more HopeSpot s on it than on ''Drowning''.

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** Roe's first solo album, ''Safe as Milk'', was released the following year and largely continues those themes, although there are more HopeSpot s {{HopeSpot}}s on it than on ''Drowning''.
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** Roe's first solo album, ''Safe as Milk'', was released the following year and largely continues those themes, although there are more HopeSpots on it than on ''Drowning''.

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** Roe's first solo album, ''Safe as Milk'', was released the following year and largely continues those themes, although there are more HopeSpots HopeSpot s on it than on ''Drowning''.
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** Roe's first solo album, ''Safe as Milk'', was released the following year and largely continues those themes, although there are more HopeSpots on it than on ''Drowning''.
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*** Things were even worse with their next album, ''Drowning with Land in Sight''.

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*** ** Things were even worse with their next album, ''Drowning with Land in Sight''.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: ''Drowning with Land in Sight'' was subject to quite a bit of it:
** Word Records demanded that the band’s cover of “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” open the record and be the lead singer. (Most fans will agree that this was for the best.)
** They also felt that the record lacked religious content and had the band record the closing track, “For Crying Out Loud,” which is tonally very different from everything else on the album.
** The label demanded that the innuendo-laden song “Sneakers” be removed from the album. It was later released on the general-market version of Roe’s first solo album.
** They didn't care for the original album cover Roe suggested.
** Most infamously, Word backmasked the phrase “kicked my ass” in the song “Dave’s Blues” without informing the band.
** The 2018 reissue of ''Drowning'' uncensors “Dave’s Blues,” restores “Sneakers,” and shuffles “For Crying Out Loud” to the bonus disc.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: Word Records didn't want the band to call ''Pray Naked'' by that title and removed it from the cover of the album.
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Word Records demanded that the band’s cover of “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” open the record and be the lead singer. (Most fans will agree that this was for the best.)
** *** They also felt that the record lacked religious content and had the band record the closing track, “For Crying Out Loud,” which is tonally very different from everything else on the album.
** *** The label demanded that the innuendo-laden song “Sneakers” be removed from the album. It was later released on the general-market version of Roe’s first solo album.
** *** They didn't care for the original album cover Roe suggested.suggested and replaced it.
*** Most infamously, Word backmasked the phrase “kicked my ass” in the song “Dave’s Blues” without informing the band.

** Most infamously, Word backmasked the phrase “kicked my ass” in the song “Dave’s Blues” without informing the band.
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*** The 2018 reissue of ''Drowning'' uncensors “Dave’s Blues,” restores “Sneakers,” and shuffles “For Crying Out Loud” to the bonus disc.
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* CreatorBreakdown: ''Drowning with Land in Sight'' was inspired not only by Mike Roe's divorce and rocky rebound relationship, but also by the news that guitarist David Leonhardt had cancer. It's one of the darkest albums ever released on a Christian label.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: ‘’Drowning with Land in Sight’’ was subject to quite a bit of it:

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** The 2018 reissue of ‘’Drowning’’ uncensors “Dave’s Blues,” restores “Sneakers,” and shuffles “For Crying Out Loud” to the bonus disc.

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** The 2018 reissue of ‘’Drowning’’ ''Drowning'' uncensors “Dave’s Blues,” restores “Sneakers,” and shuffles “For Crying Out Loud” to the bonus disc.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: ‘’Drowning with Land in Sight’’ was subject to quite a bit of it:
** Word Records demanded that the band’s cover of “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” open the record and be the lead singer. (Most fans will agree that this was for the best.)
** They also felt that the record lacked religious content and had the band record the closing track, “For Crying Out Loud,” which is tonally very different from everything else on the album.
** The label demanded that the innuendo-laden song “Sneakers” be removed from the album. It was later released on the general-market version of Roe’s first solo album.
** Most infamously, Word backmasked the phrase “kicked my ass” in the song “Dave’s Blues” without informing the band.
** The 2018 reissue of ‘’Drowning’’ uncensors “Dave’s Blues,” restores “Sneakers,” and shuffles “For Crying Out Loud” to the bonus disc.

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