The
band your Mother warned you about!
a
special by the Freak.
Throw your Limp Bizkit CD's out because
Mindless Self Indulgence makes the Kings of nookie sound like rookies.
Hailing from NYC they capture the New York attitude with 30 satirical songs
on their Elektra debut, "Frankenstein Girls Seem Strangely Sexy. "
Politically incorrect, vulgar and offense,
MSI mixes funk, punk, metal and rap to create a hilarious batch of songs
that will have church groups and parents screaming for new censorship laws.
Serious artist? Forget about it. MSI proudly proclaim they suck! Strangely,
they don't. Most people won't get it. They will go on listening to
their preprogrammed top 40 dribble, making Sting and Celine Dion millionaires
while MSI reminds those of us with a sense of humor not to take ourselves
so damn seriously.
In the liner notes to their Elektra Debut
"Frankenstein Girls…" MSI gives the listener a stern warning: "You must
listen to this album with your tongue planted firmly in your cheek. If
you don't have a sense of irony, or you are a piece of shit bigot, or a
fundamentalist anything, return this album immediately, don't come to our
shows, don't wear our T-shirts. Fuck off. If you're a parent who neglects,
beats, or doesn't show your child love, know that we don't condone violence
so don't waste our time in court while you try to explain to a jury how
our music made your 'happy & normal' child into a deranged lunatic.
Thank you."
That is sage advice in an age where parents
and schools will put a kid on psychotropic drugs at the first sign of rebellion.
When vocalist Little Jimmy Urine urges the listener to "go kill yourself"
he doesn't mean it literally. When he waxes pornographic toward the character,
"Clarissa", played by Melissa John Hart on the Nickelodeon show -
asking her, "If you're so smart, Explain this Clarissa … die, die, die",
he is just poking fun. When he proclaims that when he has houseguest, "Dicks
are for my friends" he is not necessarily advocating casual sex (then again,
he might be!).
No subject is off limits to MSI. Possessing
a firm grasp of locker room humor, with "tongues firmly planted in cheek"
MSI also take on some serious issues in a not so serious way. It's satire
at the street level. "Frankenstein Girls…" includes songs about Suicide
- ("Go Kill yourself" proclaims "Backmask), Bigotry (Faggot) and sexism
(Bitches).
If the funny lyrics don't grab you, what
about the heavy speed-punk-hip-hop-electronica video-game-inspired music
the words are set to? Caffeine addicts will love the fast paced songs that
on the average clock in at less than 2 minutes each. "I'll have a double
mocha chino low-fat latte with my 'Cocaine and Toupees' please".
Politically Correct, religious, or just
plain anal-retentive listeners need not bother. If the humorous music of
Eminem and the Bloodhound Gang makes your skin crawl, Mindless Self Indulgence
will give you an aneurysm. On the other hand, if you want some good "dirty"
fun that rivals the Jerky Boys in hilarity, the 30 alphabetically tracked
songs on "Frankenstein Girls Seem Strangely Sexy" will give your hours
of sick and twisted listening enjoyment. What else could you possibly ask
for?
Who
is Mindless Self Indulgence?
Little Jimmy Urine (vocals & programming)
Kitty (drum kit)
Steve Righ? (guitar)
Vanessa Y.T. (bass)
Damn
it I want some more Mindless Self Indulgence!
Visit the
MSI store to Buy "Frankenstein Girls..."
Check
out the antiMUSIC MSI pages for the bio, multimedia directory, Lyrics,
links, message boards and more!
Check out the MSI
web site for all kinds of cool stuff - pictures, MP3's, games, tour
dates and more!
Head on over to Elektra's
Mindless Self Indulgence page for more on the band, pictures, multimedia,
and to sign up for the mailing list.
The Freak is a staff
writer for antiMUSIC.
Keavin Wiggins and
antiGUY contributed to this special.
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