k.d. bryan, who is as sharp as a just-sharpened pencil, hypothesized an imaginary band out of one tiny suggestion:
December 17, 2003 - 09:15 PM
Re: the fungal issues
I can just imagine the Rolling Stone interview:
"Well, there's no one way to describe our sound. The Fungal Issues sort of came out of all of us getting our groove on together, y'know, unified in the funk. I don't think it's fair to say that one person is responsible for all of The Fungal Issues. It is true that K.D. (Bryan, lead triangle) scratched the surface and really infected us with his enthusiasm - I mean, without him there would be no Fungal Issues. But the Fungal Issues is really everywhere now and I think that's because everybody can identify with the Fungal Issues."
Tempting . . . buuuut no.
December 19, 2003 - 02:17 AM
Re: Making the Band
Spin's review of our self-indulgent fourteenth album, "We Are The Fungal Issues":
"Breaking onto the scene in the early 00's, The Fungal Issues were pioneers in the field of Nu Polka Drum N' Skank. With their smoldering licks matched only by their scathing social commentary and raw sex appeal, The Fungal Issues galvanized, energized and vulcanized an entire generation. Now, on their fourteenth album, it seems that the roots of the Fungus are deep and far away.
The vital elements remain on this self-indulgent experimental album - K.D.'s lyrics remain full of hope and self-loathing, Travis creates many a mesmerizing timpani opus and Sarah's wicked bass lines mesh innovatively, inexhaustibly and inexplicably with the frenetic washboard stylings of Tim X-13. Yet, the feeling remains that they are not the band they once were.
One might blame this apathy on the tragic loss of their guitarist/lead vocalist Brian Wanamaker, due to his now legendary and invariably fatal hobby of mixing aviation, herion addiction and autoeroticasphyxiation. Or one could simply conclude that some of the band, in the wake of their loss, have simply given up. Sarah's sexy sneer and explosive guitar theatrics seem strained in the wake of such tragedy and K.D.'s lyrics about "finding the squirrel of rage in the oak tree of hope" seem to ring false - especially when delivered in a tinny falsetto by guest vocalist MC McGooglewhack. It has even been rumored that Tim X-13 is considering leaving the band for a solo project, entitled "Wash on, Wash off".
Regardless, "We Are The Fungal Issues" is, while utterly inessential, a tentative addition to a formerly great band's oeuvre. We can only hope that the band recovers from this tragedy to find their sound once more. As Travis puts it, "We can still play on by playing the way we've always played. That's how we used to play and how we're always going to play. Brian definitely would never let us play any other way."
K.D. also had this to add: "Y'know, giving the music out is just what Brian would have wanted, man. Not for free or anything but y'know I what I mean. Tempus fugit ergo coginto sum carpe diem tu stultus es, man. That was his favorite phrase. His legacy. It's enraved on Betsy [Travis' traditional rain stick] so he'll always be here with us. Right here."
Sarah, in a fitting tribute, told us "You can go fuck yourselves with a slinky. Fucking Spin assholes."
We at Spin can only hope, pray and think happy thoughts that this is true.
***1/2 stars out of 7.6
(via The Stealth Tribe)
December 17, 2003 - 09:15 PM
Re: the fungal issues
I can just imagine the Rolling Stone interview:
"Well, there's no one way to describe our sound. The Fungal Issues sort of came out of all of us getting our groove on together, y'know, unified in the funk. I don't think it's fair to say that one person is responsible for all of The Fungal Issues. It is true that K.D. (Bryan, lead triangle) scratched the surface and really infected us with his enthusiasm - I mean, without him there would be no Fungal Issues. But the Fungal Issues is really everywhere now and I think that's because everybody can identify with the Fungal Issues."
Tempting . . . buuuut no.
December 19, 2003 - 02:17 AM
Re: Making the Band
Spin's review of our self-indulgent fourteenth album, "We Are The Fungal Issues":
"Breaking onto the scene in the early 00's, The Fungal Issues were pioneers in the field of Nu Polka Drum N' Skank. With their smoldering licks matched only by their scathing social commentary and raw sex appeal, The Fungal Issues galvanized, energized and vulcanized an entire generation. Now, on their fourteenth album, it seems that the roots of the Fungus are deep and far away.
The vital elements remain on this self-indulgent experimental album - K.D.'s lyrics remain full of hope and self-loathing, Travis creates many a mesmerizing timpani opus and Sarah's wicked bass lines mesh innovatively, inexhaustibly and inexplicably with the frenetic washboard stylings of Tim X-13. Yet, the feeling remains that they are not the band they once were.
One might blame this apathy on the tragic loss of their guitarist/lead vocalist Brian Wanamaker, due to his now legendary and invariably fatal hobby of mixing aviation, herion addiction and autoeroticasphyxiation. Or one could simply conclude that some of the band, in the wake of their loss, have simply given up. Sarah's sexy sneer and explosive guitar theatrics seem strained in the wake of such tragedy and K.D.'s lyrics about "finding the squirrel of rage in the oak tree of hope" seem to ring false - especially when delivered in a tinny falsetto by guest vocalist MC McGooglewhack. It has even been rumored that Tim X-13 is considering leaving the band for a solo project, entitled "Wash on, Wash off".
Regardless, "We Are The Fungal Issues" is, while utterly inessential, a tentative addition to a formerly great band's oeuvre. We can only hope that the band recovers from this tragedy to find their sound once more. As Travis puts it, "We can still play on by playing the way we've always played. That's how we used to play and how we're always going to play. Brian definitely would never let us play any other way."
K.D. also had this to add: "Y'know, giving the music out is just what Brian would have wanted, man. Not for free or anything but y'know I what I mean. Tempus fugit ergo coginto sum carpe diem tu stultus es, man. That was his favorite phrase. His legacy. It's enraved on Betsy [Travis' traditional rain stick] so he'll always be here with us. Right here."
Sarah, in a fitting tribute, told us "You can go fuck yourselves with a slinky. Fucking Spin assholes."
We at Spin can only hope, pray and think happy thoughts that this is true.
***1/2 stars out of 7.6
(via The Stealth Tribe)
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