High-resolution Fourier transform spectra of CH 3 OH have been investigated in the infrared region from 930 to 1450cm - 1 in order to map the torsion-rotation energy manifolds associated with the ν 7 in-plane CH 3 rock, the ν 1 1 out-of-plane CH 3 rock, and the ν 6 OH bend. Upper-state term values have been determined from the assigned spectral subbands, and have been fitted to power-series expansions to obtain substate origins and effective B-values for the three modes. The substate origins have been grouped into related families according to systematic trends observed in the torsion-vibration energy map, but there are substantial differences from the traditional torsional patterns. There appears to be significant torsion-mediated spectral mixing, and a variety of ''forbidden'' torsional combination subbands with |Δυ t |>1 have been observed, where υ t denotes the torsional quantum number (equivalent to υ 1 2 ). For example, coupling of the (υ 6 ,υ t )=(1,0) OH bend to nearby torsionally excited (υ 7 ,υ t )=(1,1) CH 3 -rock and (υ 8 ,υ t )=(1,1) CO-stretch states introduces (υ 6 ,υ t )=(1,0)<-(0,1) subbands into the spectrum and makes the ν 7 +ν 1 2 -ν 1 2 torsional hot band stronger than the ν 7 fundamental. The results suggest a picture of strong coupling among the OH-bending, CH 3 -rocking, and CO-stretching modes that significantly modifies the traditional energy structure and raises interesting and provocative questions about the torsion-vibration identity of a number of the observed states.