The Crash of '47 is the first studio album

Studio album

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 released by the American experimental metal band Atomship. It was released on May 4, 2004 and was produced by Dave Fortman (Evanescence

Evanescence

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, Superjoint Ritual

Superjoint Ritual

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). The song "Time for People" was released on the Wind-Up

Wind-Up Records

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 soundtrack for the movie The Punisher. The one and only single off of "The Crash of '47", is "Pencil Fight

Pencil Fight

"Pencil Fight" was the first and only single by Atomship released in 2004 from their first and only album The Crash of '47. It was written by original singer Derek Pardoe. A video for the song was recorded in late 2004, just before the disbanding of Atomship, while the song had decent airplay on...

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Atomship

Atomship started out as Watership Down, containing Nathan Slade and Chad Kent, both of whom played on The Crash of '47, and Derek Pardoe, who only wrote songs for the album. After the name change to Atomship, Joey Culver took over the vocals for Pardoe, who has anxiety problems and as a result was unable to record with the band. The bass was played by Slade on 5 tracks, and Cordell Crocket, of Ugly Kid Joe

Ugly Kid Joe

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, played on the rest.

Tracklist

Songs credited to both Culver and Pardoe were written mostly by Pardoe.

Personnel

• Joey Culver - Lead Vocals
• Chad Kent - Drums
  Drum kit
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• Nathan Slade - Guitar
  Guitar
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  , Bass on Mothra, Agent Orange, Time for People, Aliens, and Plastic People
• Cordell Crockett
  Cordell Crockett
  Cordell Crockett is an American rock bass guitarist who played for Ugly Kid Joe from 1991 to their first breakup in 1997, and again since their reunion in 2010. He also played bass on some of the songs on Atomship's The Crash of '47....
  
   - Bass on Day of Daze, Dragonfly, Pencil Fight
  Pencil Fight
  "Pencil Fight" was the first and only single by Atomship released in 2004 from their first and only album The Crash of '47. It was written by original singer Derek Pardoe. A video for the song was recorded in late 2004, just before the disbanding of Atomship, while the song had decent airplay on...
  
  , Withered, Whitfield, and Friends

• Derek Pardoe uncredited for his role on the album for his song writing (none of his bass playing appeared on the album).