Shooting an apple off one's child's head of the story is in the legend of William Tell, supposedly happening to start off the Swiss revolution, written first in the 15th-century "White Book of Sarnen", then in Aegidius Tschudi's 16th-century "Chronicon Helveticum", and later the basis for Friedrich Schiller's 1804 play. Tell is arrested for failing to bow in respect to the hat that the newly appointed Austrian "Vogt", Albrecht Gessler, has placed on a pole, and Gessler commands him to shoot an apple off his son's head with a single bolt from his crossbow. After splitting the apple with the single shot (supposedly on November 18, 1307),
The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste it, but the other band members disliked it. Barker praised the concept but said the execution was poor. The album peaked at #163 in the US and was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales in excess of 500,000 units in December 1995. "Burning Inside" reached #23 on "Billboard"s Hot Modern Rock Tracks. Music critic Tom Moon included the album in his book "1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die", calling it "one of the great works of industrial music" and an influential album that is "way ahead of its time". In rating it 4.5/5 stars, AllMusic reviewer Marc van