We Became Snakes Explained

We Became Snakes
Type:	studio
Artist:	Saccharine Trust
Cover:	Saccharine Trust - We Became Snakes.jpg
Released:	1986
Genre:	Post-hardcore, jazz fusion
Length:	37:46
Label:	SST (048)
Producer:	Mike Watt^[1]
Prev Title:	Worldbroken
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	The Sacramental Element
Next Year:	1986

We Became Snakes is Saccharine Trust's second album, released in 1986 through SST. It would be their last studio effort until the release of The Great One Is Dead fifteen years later.

Personnel

Saccharine Trust

• Joe Baiza – guitar, vocals on "Longing for Ether"
• Jack Brewer – vocals, acoustic guitar on "Belonging to October"
• Tony Cicero – drums
• Bob Fitzer – bass guitar
• Steve Moss – tenor saxophone, harmonica on "Belonging to October"

Additional musicians and production

• Louise Bialik – accordion on "Belonging to October"
• Gary Jacobelly – vocals on "Longing for Ether"
• Ethan James – engineering
• Lame Dude – twelve-string acoustic guitar on "Belonging to October"
• Mike Watt – production^[1]
• Paul Roessler – piano on "The Need"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Spurrier. Jeff. Saccharine Trust's Back-Alley Visions. The Los Angeles Times. October 5, 1986. October 12, 2019.