Mindless Self Indulgence is what you will be called when the music that you make has no chance in hell of getting you laid, or of making you seem cool in the eyes of your p.c.
restrained, cookie cutter category demanding, humorless peers. It is also a four piece band of co-ed punks from N.Y.C., whose name manifests itself during their live shows. Their music is
a hybrid of Atari driven (the computer not the group), Industrial, New Wave, Soul, Jungle, Hip Hop and Punk with a venomous splash of Attention Deficit Disorder.
After touring the U.S. throughout the summer of 99 with RAMMSTEIN, INSANE CLOWN POSSE and PUNK ROCK KARAOKE (mbrs of NOFX, Black Flag, Bad Religion, Circle
Jerks & Social Distortion), as well as shows with CYPRESS HILL, ORGY (MTV Music Awards Party), Mindless Self Indulgence has built a loyal and diverse following.
Uppity Cracker, their own label, released "Tight," a very aggressive, very tongue-in cheek 14 track debut C.D.E.P. which featured a rather twisted interpretation of the METHOD MAN
classic "BRING THE PAIN." The James Sisters produced "Tight" mostly in mono in order to purposely sidestep the electronica bandwagon of stale perfection and instead experiment
with a more dry & raw James Brown recording style. When considering that this involved hundreds of samples, a live band and five tracks of vocals all fighting for minimal sonic space
one begins to realize that this was no easy feat (Yes, its back patting, so fuckin sue us)!
After picking Elektra from a feeding frenzy of over 20 labels, Little Jimmy Urine (vocalist, programmer and main writer for MSI) set about the task of creating MSIs major label debut full
length. "Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy" (due out in early 2000), was the result of his effort. This groundbreaking 30 track cd is full of dark humor that simultaneously
pokes fun at himself and the cartoonish clichιs found in the music and people that have both influenced & annoyed him. Although both cds were produced by The James Sisters, these
hyper, stylebending new works also boast the engineering talents of Mario Caldatto Jr. (Beastie Boys), Ray Martin (Iggy Pop), Lloyd Puckitt (Vast) & Chris Flam (DJ Spooky). And in
order to avoid silly placement issues usually imposed by record companies, MSI has insisted that all of the tracks on "Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy" will appear in
alphabetical order.
See & hear Mindless Self Indulgence live. Why?
Because they rarely suck live, but when they do, they suck with conviction!
