First Grand Constitution and Bylaws explained

First Grand Constitution and Bylaws
Type:	Album
Artist:	Secret Chiefs 3
Cover:	First Grand Constitution and Bylaws (Secret Chiefs 3 album - cover art).jpg
Studio:	Forking Paths Studios
Genre:	Experimental rock
Length:	47:08
Label:	Amarillo
Producer:	Trey Spruance
Next Title:	Hurqalya
Next Year:	1998

First Grand Constitution and Bylaws is the debut studio album by American experimental rock band Secret Chiefs 3, released on September 30, 1996 by Amarillo Records.^[1]

Release history

In 2000 Web of Mimicry remastered and reissued the album on CD bonus tracks "Emir of the Bees". In 2011, French label !Angrr! issued the release with a further bonus track on vinyl.

Critical reception

AllMusic praised the album, noting that "the trio somehow [manage] to concoct even more mysterious and demented compositions than Mr. Bungle".

Personnel

Adapted from the First Grand Constitution and Bylaws liner notes.^[2]

Secret Chiefs 3

• • Trevor Dunn – bass guitar, vocals Danny Heifetz – drums, trombone, percussion
• Trey Spruance – electric guitar, organ, synthesizer, sampler, tape, bass guitar, vocals, recording, mixing, editing, illustrations, art direction

Additional musicians

Production and design

• • Billy Anderson – recording and mixing Mike Bogus – additional engineering
• Mike Johnson – editing
• Mari Kono – photography
• Margaret Murray – design
• Marc Orten – additional engineering
• Guy Slater – mastering
• Gregg Turkington – executive production

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1996	Amarillo	CD	ACM-603
	1998	Web of Mimicry		WoM 003
France	2012	!Angrr		LP	GRr 015

Notes and References

1. Christe . Ian . March 1997 . Metal . . 48 . 30 June 2016.
2. First Grand Constitution and Bylaws . . 1996 . booklet . . San Francisco, California.