Motherhead Bug

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Motherhead Bug was a rock music group founded in the early 1990s in New York City by singer and trombone player David Ouimet and bass guitarist Tony Lee.

Contents 1 Band History 2 Discography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Band History

Ouimet had earlier founded industrial rock group Cop Shoot Cop, and Lee was a member of blues rockers Railroad Jerk.

The group was rather large, featuring three drummers, as well as string and horn sections, with accordions, xylophones and other unusual instruments featured prominently. The music is somewhat similar to Tom Waits' post-Swordfishtrombones, but also touched^[1] on music hall songs, nursery rhymes, marching bands, and earned comparisons to the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

Motherhead Bug released a few singles and one full-length album, 1993's Zambodia; the album was dedicated to saxophonist Masami Shinoda. One critic described the album thusly: "The instrumentation and Ouimet's theatrical vocals lend a decadent grandeur to Weill-esque numbers like 'Demon Erection' and 'My Sweet Milstar.' It may be burlesque, but it's still pretty scary stuff." ^[2]

[edit] Discography

• "Raised By Insects" Lungcast
• "Age of Dwarfs" PCP Records
• "Zambodia (Dedicated to Masami Shinoda) Pow Wow Records
• "Mesomorph Enduros" Big Cat Records
• "Manhattan on the Rocks" Pow Wow Records

[edit] References

1. ^ The History of Rock Music. Motherhead Bug: history, discography, reviews, links
2. ^ TrouserPress.com :: Cop Shoot Cop

[edit] External links

• The Bug Hole
• (http://www.builtonaweakspot.com/2007/10/motherhead-bug.html Built on a Weak Spot)
• (http://www.goldenflyrecords.com/Goldenfly_Artists.php Goldenfly Records)
• (http://www.perteetfracas.org/zine/oldies/motherhead.htm Perte et Fracas)