The Nothing Show
by Idiot Flesh
- Type: Album
- Released: 1995
- Label: Rock the Mics
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:01:51
- Community rating: 3.63/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Nils Frykdahl, Rance Mannion, Wes Anderson, Gene Jun, Dan Rathbun, Hyena Boy
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Oakland, California-based art-rock collective Idiot Flesh unleashes an incredibly theatrical, wildly chaotic barrage of genre-hopping avant-garde metal on 'The Nothing Show'. The album heavily relies on terrifyingly abrupt structural shifts, blending incredibly heavy, Mr. Bungle-esque funk-metal riffs directly with bizarre circus music and atonal dissonance. It successfully captures the highly confrontational, performative madness that defined their legendary live shows.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, dissonant, avant-garde, experimental, theatrical, progressive
Tracklist
- The Nothing Show (2:53)
- Almost Nothing (6:22)
- Invisible (7:10)
- Midnight At The Zipper Factory (2:16)
- Not My Song (4:03)
- Mouth (9:42)
- Puppet Theater (0:47)
- Meat (5:34)
- The Man Who Liked Zombies (1:37)
- Loveride (4:55)
- Tequila (0:41)
- Black Sand (6:46)
- Blue Head (6:12)
- Untitled (2:53)
Credits
- Se帽or Lalo - artwork by [invaluable digital assistance]
- Chuck Squier - artwork [back & cd], performer [inflatable suits, giant heads, song wheel], drums, membranophone percussion
- Per Frykdahl - artwork [front]
- Wes Anderson - drums, percussion [pan lids, spinning rims, trashcan, ashtray, skillet, drum army], vocals [singing]
- Brad Caswell - voice [punch]
- Tom Yoder - horn [tin]
- Hyena Boy - membranophone percussion
- Rance Mannion - guest percussion