orth ▁America ) ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Review ing ▁the ▁title ▁track , ▁Billboard ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁single ' s ▁" ass ault ing , ▁devi ant ▁style " ▁shows ▁why ▁Pr ong ▁is ▁popular . ▁ ▁Jen ni ▁Gl enn ▁of ▁C M J ▁New ▁Music ▁Month ly ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁album ▁is ▁heav ier ▁and ▁ang rier ▁than ▁Cle ans ing , ▁bl ending ▁thr ash ▁metal ▁and ▁industrial ▁music ▁to ▁maintain ▁their ▁status ▁of ▁metal ▁favor ites . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Pr ong ▁( band ) ▁albums ▁Category : 1 9 9 6 ▁albums ▁Category : Al bum s ▁produced ▁by ▁Terry ▁Date ▁Category : Al bum s ▁produced ▁by ▁Tommy ▁Victor ▁Category : E pic ▁Records ▁albums <0x0A> </s> ▁Open ▁Hand ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁rock ▁band . ▁The ▁band ▁was ▁formed ▁in ▁Hollywood ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁by ▁guitar ist / v ocal ist ▁Justin ▁I sh am . ▁With ▁bass ist ▁Michael ▁An ast asi ▁and ▁drum mer ▁Alex ▁Rod rig uez ▁they ▁released ▁two ▁EP s ▁on ▁Just ins ▁own ▁American ▁Pro pag anda ▁label , ▁Radio ▁Days ▁( 1 9 9 8 ) ▁and ▁E volution s ▁( 1 9 9 9 ). ▁After ▁tour ing ▁ ▁they ▁signed ▁with ▁Trust kill ▁Records ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Trust kill ▁issued ▁The ▁Dream , ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁the ▁band ’ s ▁two ▁EP s ▁and ▁bonus ▁un re leased ▁material . ▁They ▁continued