Bad Taste
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Bad Taste is a 1987 cult
science fiction
comedy
horror film
. Produced on a low budget, it is one of the first films directed by Peter Jackson
. The film features Jackson and his friends taking a number of key roles, both on and off-screen. The plotline sees aliens
invade the fictional New Zealand
village of Kaihoro to harvest humans for their intergalactic fast food
franchise
, where they face off against a four-man paramilitary
force, of which at least one member appears to have gone insane. It was a film that provided Peter Jackson with the necessary leverage needed to advance in the industry.
Meanwhile a charity collector named Giles is going through Kaihoro. Based on the map he is studying, the town appears to be located somewhere near Farewell Spit
, north of Nelson
(possibly derived from Kaihoka). Giles is attacked by Robert, who was eating the brains of the alien Barry killed. Robert tries to kill Giles, but Giles escapes in his car and goes to nearby house for help. An alien answers the door and captures Giles who wakes up in a tub of water with the alien leader telling him that he is to be eaten. Later, Derek wakes up and finds that he fell in a seagull's nest. He realizes that his brains are falling out the back of his head, so he stuffs them back in using a hat to hold them in place.
That night Frank, Ozzy, and Barry sneak into the aliens' house and stumble upon a room filled with bloody cardboard boxes. They ambush an alien and Frank puts on its shirt to infiltrate an alien meeting. There he finds that Kaihoro is being used for fast food. Robert vomits in a bowl which the aliens eat as dinner, including the disguised Frank. He informs the others of the plan and they leave to save Giles as the aliens sleep.
They try to leave the house at sunrise but are attacked by aliens. Derek's hat is shot off, causing him to lose more brain matter, so he wears his belt as a headband instead. He retrieves a chainsaw from a compartment in the boot of his car, and heads for the alien house. As the boys leave with the collector, the leader (Lord Crumb) and his alien followers transform into their extraterrestrial form and follow them. Ozzy uses a rocket launcher to blow up a group that had taken over Frank's car. Lord Crumb thinks that the boys are dead and decides to head home.
Frank and Ozzy go in to find Lord Crumb and kill many aliens along the way. Derek comes in with the chainsaw and kills an alien, replacing the missing parts of his own brain with alien brain. An alien prepares to shoot Frank and Ozzy, but has its head cut in half by Derek who bursts through the wall behind it. Frank and Ozzy are shocked to see him alive.
As they run, Lord Crumb shoots Ozzy in the leg and Frank shoots the rocket launcher at the leader, but it misses the leader and almost hits Derek, hitting a sheep out the other window. Derek is knocked out by the alien leader who leaves, transforms the house into a giant space ship, and pilots it into space with Derek still aboard.
On board, Derek looks out the window to see that he is leaving Earth. Lord Crumb investigates the sound of Derek's chainsaw and is killed as Derek dives from a hole in the ceiling, passing completely through the alien's body before proclaiming: "I'm born again!" He then shouts "I'm coming to get you bastards!" into the phone and puts on the alien leader's skin laughing maniacally as he heads for the alien planet. On Earth, Frank, Ozzy, Barry, and Giles drive away in Derek's car into the sunset.
, north of Wellington
, New Zealand. Originally begun as a short film, Bad Taste was shot primarily on weekends over the course of four years, at a total cost of around $25,000. Toward the end of the shoot the New Zealand Film Commission
invested around NZ$235,000 into the film to ensure its completion. Heavily influenced by special effects pioneer Tom Savini
, Peter Jackson incorporated camera tricks and many absurdly gory
special effects.
Jackson himself plays at least two acting roles, and his friends and workmates play most of the rest. In one scene halfway down a cliff, careful editing, utilising shots taken months apart, makes it possible for one character played by Jackson to fight another (Robert has a beard, Derek does not).
Bad Taste begins Jackson's penchant for using the Morris Minor
in his films - Giles drives a Morris Minor. Subsequently, every car in Meet The Feebles
is a Morris Minor (including a limousine
) and several are seen in Braindead.
The weapons used in the movie were made using aluminium tubing and the actors had to shake them to simulate the recoil
. A flash and sound effect was added later.
All the masks in the film were baked in Peter Jackson's mother's oven.
Kaihoro, the name of the town whose inhabitants are butchered, is a Māori
word coined by Jackson and his crew early in the shooting of the film. It has two parts - "kai" which means food and "horo" which means town or village. Foodtown
is also the name of a New Zealand chain of grocery stores. Kai horo in Te Reo Maori means 'greedy' - but is made up of the words Kai (food) and horo (quickly) which, loosely translated, could be said to mean 'fast food', a play on the fate of the villagers.
The sheep in the film was to have played a larger role as a running gag, being surprisingly aggressive and chasing "The Boys" at various points throughout. This was reduced to the single sheep/rocket launcher moment of the final film.
There are no female cast members.
.
The banning of an already cut version of Bad Taste in Queensland
, Australia, three weeks into its run, led to the firing and dissolution of the Queensland Film Board of Review in 1990. The film had to be trimmed for release in Australia at the time, as the OFLC felt the gore too excessive. The uncut version was released by Universal Home Entertainment on DVD
in 2005.
Apart from the uncut version, there is a heavily cut FSK 18
-rated and an even more censored FSK 12
-rated version in Germany available on DVD. The earlier is cut by appr. 6 minutes, the latter by appr. 10 minutes.
In Germany, the movie was released theatrically in 2000, thirteen years after its making. The German posters used the advertising tagline "From the director of the Lord of the Rings".
, New Zealand
hosted Armageddon. One of the main features for the 2001 convention was the cast of Bad Taste attending for a quick Q&A on the main stage, and a screening of the film.
The cast members that attended were; Craig Smith (Giles), Pete O'Herne (Barry), Mike Minett (Frank), Terry Potter (Ozzy), Ken Hammon (Writer, 3rd Class Alien) and Dean Lawrie (Lord Crumb SPFX Double, 3rd Class Alien).
), reveals that in 1993, after Jackson's third film, Braindead
, he approached the New Zealand Film Commission with plans to make Bad Taste 2 and 3 back-to-back for $7 million.
In Bad Taste 2, the heroes of the first film would travel to an alien planet to save alien hunter Derek, played by Jackson. In Bad Taste 3 the aliens plan to enact revenge on Wellington
with "a spectacular aerial battle over the city with dozens of flying houses, buzzy bees and Santa Claus".
Peter Jackson
told a New Zealand
newspaper The Dominion Post he is still interested in making a sequel of the movie.
Cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...
science fiction
Science fiction film
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
. Produced on a low budget, it is one of the first films directed by Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...
. The film features Jackson and his friends taking a number of key roles, both on and off-screen. The plotline sees aliens
Extraterrestrial life
Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
invade the fictional New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
village of Kaihoro to harvest humans for their intergalactic fast food
Fast food
Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a...
franchise
Franchising
Franchising is the practice of using another firm's successful business model. The word 'franchise' is of anglo-French derivation - from franc- meaning free, and is used both as a noun and as a verb....
, where they face off against a four-man paramilitary
Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military, but which is not considered part of a state's formal armed forces....
force, of which at least one member appears to have gone insane. It was a film that provided Peter Jackson with the necessary leverage needed to advance in the industry.
Plot
The Astro Investigation and Defence Service (AIDS) sends Derek (Peter Jackson), Frank, Ozzy, and Barry to investigate the disappearance of the entire township of Kaihoro, New Zealand. Soon it becomes clear that the town has been overrun by space aliens in human form. Barry kills the first alien and is attacked by more. After Derek notifies Frank and Ozzy, he begins torturing an alien they caught earlier named Robert (also played by Jackson). Robert begins screaming and attracts the aliens surrounding Barry. Derek kills the would-be alien rescuers, but he is attacked by Robert and falls from the cliff to his presumed death. Barry sees Robert and tracks the alien.Meanwhile a charity collector named Giles is going through Kaihoro. Based on the map he is studying, the town appears to be located somewhere near Farewell Spit
Farewell Spit
Farewell Spit is a narrow sand spit situated at , at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. Known to the Māori as Tuhuroa, it runs eastwards from Cape Farewell, the island's northernmost point...
, north of Nelson
Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....
(possibly derived from Kaihoka). Giles is attacked by Robert, who was eating the brains of the alien Barry killed. Robert tries to kill Giles, but Giles escapes in his car and goes to nearby house for help. An alien answers the door and captures Giles who wakes up in a tub of water with the alien leader telling him that he is to be eaten. Later, Derek wakes up and finds that he fell in a seagull's nest. He realizes that his brains are falling out the back of his head, so he stuffs them back in using a hat to hold them in place.
That night Frank, Ozzy, and Barry sneak into the aliens' house and stumble upon a room filled with bloody cardboard boxes. They ambush an alien and Frank puts on its shirt to infiltrate an alien meeting. There he finds that Kaihoro is being used for fast food. Robert vomits in a bowl which the aliens eat as dinner, including the disguised Frank. He informs the others of the plan and they leave to save Giles as the aliens sleep.
They try to leave the house at sunrise but are attacked by aliens. Derek's hat is shot off, causing him to lose more brain matter, so he wears his belt as a headband instead. He retrieves a chainsaw from a compartment in the boot of his car, and heads for the alien house. As the boys leave with the collector, the leader (Lord Crumb) and his alien followers transform into their extraterrestrial form and follow them. Ozzy uses a rocket launcher to blow up a group that had taken over Frank's car. Lord Crumb thinks that the boys are dead and decides to head home.
Frank and Ozzy go in to find Lord Crumb and kill many aliens along the way. Derek comes in with the chainsaw and kills an alien, replacing the missing parts of his own brain with alien brain. An alien prepares to shoot Frank and Ozzy, but has its head cut in half by Derek who bursts through the wall behind it. Frank and Ozzy are shocked to see him alive.
As they run, Lord Crumb shoots Ozzy in the leg and Frank shoots the rocket launcher at the leader, but it misses the leader and almost hits Derek, hitting a sheep out the other window. Derek is knocked out by the alien leader who leaves, transforms the house into a giant space ship, and pilots it into space with Derek still aboard.
On board, Derek looks out the window to see that he is leaving Earth. Lord Crumb investigates the sound of Derek's chainsaw and is killed as Derek dives from a hole in the ceiling, passing completely through the alien's body before proclaiming: "I'm born again!" He then shouts "I'm coming to get you bastards!" into the phone and puts on the alien leader's skin laughing maniacally as he heads for the alien planet. On Earth, Frank, Ozzy, Barry, and Giles drive away in Derek's car into the sunset.
Production notes
Much of the film was shot in and around Peter Jackson's home town of Pukerua BayPukerua Bay
Pukerua Bay is a small seaside community at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand. In local government terms it is the northernmost suburb of Porirua City...
, north of Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, New Zealand. Originally begun as a short film, Bad Taste was shot primarily on weekends over the course of four years, at a total cost of around $25,000. Toward the end of the shoot the New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Film Commission is a New Zealand government agency formed to assist with creating and promoting New Zealand films...
invested around NZ$235,000 into the film to ensure its completion. Heavily influenced by special effects pioneer Tom Savini
Tom Savini
Thomas Vincent "Tom" Savini is an American actor, stuntman, director, award-winning special effects and makeup artist. He is known for his work on the Living Dead films directed by George A. Romero, as well as Creepshow, The Burning, Friday the 13th, The Prowler, and Maniac. He directed the 1990...
, Peter Jackson incorporated camera tricks and many absurdly gory
Splatter film
A splatter film or gore film is a subgenre of horror film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, through the use of special effects and excessive blood and guts, tend to display an overt interest in the vulnerability of the human body and the...
special effects.
Jackson himself plays at least two acting roles, and his friends and workmates play most of the rest. In one scene halfway down a cliff, careful editing, utilising shots taken months apart, makes it possible for one character played by Jackson to fight another (Robert has a beard, Derek does not).
Bad Taste begins Jackson's penchant for using the Morris Minor
Morris Minor
The Morris Minor was a British economy car that debuted at the Earls Court Motor Show, London, on 20 September 1948. Designed under the leadership of Alec Issigonis, more than 1.3 million were manufactured between 1948 and 1971...
in his films - Giles drives a Morris Minor. Subsequently, every car in Meet The Feebles
Meet the Feebles
Meet the Feebles is a 1989 black comedy film directed by Peter Jackson. It features Jim Henson-esque puppets in a perverse comic satire. Like Henson's Muppets, the Feebles are animal-figured puppets assembled together as members of a theatre troupe...
is a Morris Minor (including a limousine
Limousine
A limousine is a luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. The chassis of a limousine may have been extended by the manufacturer or by an independent coachbuilder. These are called "stretch" limousines and are traditionally black or white....
) and several are seen in Braindead.
The weapons used in the movie were made using aluminium tubing and the actors had to shake them to simulate the recoil
Recoil
Recoil is the backward momentum of a gun when it is discharged. In technical terms, the recoil caused by the gun exactly balances the forward momentum of the projectile and exhaust gasses, according to Newton's third law...
. A flash and sound effect was added later.
All the masks in the film were baked in Peter Jackson's mother's oven.
Kaihoro, the name of the town whose inhabitants are butchered, is a Māori
Maori language
Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
word coined by Jackson and his crew early in the shooting of the film. It has two parts - "kai" which means food and "horo" which means town or village. Foodtown
Foodtown
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is also the name of a New Zealand chain of grocery stores. Kai horo in Te Reo Maori means 'greedy' - but is made up of the words Kai (food) and horo (quickly) which, loosely translated, could be said to mean 'fast food', a play on the fate of the villagers.
The sheep in the film was to have played a larger role as a running gag, being surprisingly aggressive and chasing "The Boys" at various points throughout. This was reduced to the single sheep/rocket launcher moment of the final film.
There are no female cast members.
Main cast
- Terry Potter - Ozzy/3rd Class Alien
- Pete O'Herne - Barry/3rd Class Alien
- Craig Smith - Giles/3rd Class Alien
- Mike Minett - Frank/3rd Class Alien
- Peter JacksonPeter JacksonSir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...
- Derek/Robert - Doug Wren - Lord Crumb
- Dean Lawrie - Lord Crumb SPFX Double/3rd Class Alien
- Peter Vere-Jones - Lord Crumb's Voice
Release and legacy
The film secured international distribution after playing at the Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
.
The banning of an already cut version of Bad Taste in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia, three weeks into its run, led to the firing and dissolution of the Queensland Film Board of Review in 1990. The film had to be trimmed for release in Australia at the time, as the OFLC felt the gore too excessive. The uncut version was released by Universal Home Entertainment on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in 2005.
Apart from the uncut version, there is a heavily cut FSK 18
Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft
The Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft is a German motion picture rating system organisation run by the Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft based in Wiesbaden.- Assignment :The main tasks of the FSK are approving and rating movies and trailers, videos and DVDs, and...
-rated and an even more censored FSK 12
Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft
The Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft is a German motion picture rating system organisation run by the Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft based in Wiesbaden.- Assignment :The main tasks of the FSK are approving and rating movies and trailers, videos and DVDs, and...
-rated version in Germany available on DVD. The earlier is cut by appr. 6 minutes, the latter by appr. 10 minutes.
In Germany, the movie was released theatrically in 2000, thirteen years after its making. The German posters used the advertising tagline "From the director of the Lord of the Rings".
2001 Armageddon Convention
On September 15, 2001, the Michael Fowler Center in WellingtonWellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
hosted Armageddon. One of the main features for the 2001 convention was the cast of Bad Taste attending for a quick Q&A on the main stage, and a screening of the film.
The cast members that attended were; Craig Smith (Giles), Pete O'Herne (Barry), Mike Minett (Frank), Terry Potter (Ozzy), Ken Hammon (Writer, 3rd Class Alien) and Dean Lawrie (Lord Crumb SPFX Double, 3rd Class Alien).
Sequel plans
The first official biography on Jackson (Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey by Brian SibleyBrian Sibley
Brian Sibley is an English writer. He is author of over 100 hours of radio drama and has written and presented hundreds of radio documentaries, features and weekly programmes.- Early life :...
), reveals that in 1993, after Jackson's third film, Braindead
Braindead (1992 film)
Braindead , released as Dead Alive in North America, is a cult zombie comedy splatstick horror film directed by Peter Jackson. The film is universally regarded as being one of the goriest films of all time...
, he approached the New Zealand Film Commission with plans to make Bad Taste 2 and 3 back-to-back for $7 million.
In Bad Taste 2, the heroes of the first film would travel to an alien planet to save alien hunter Derek, played by Jackson. In Bad Taste 3 the aliens plan to enact revenge on Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
with "a spectacular aerial battle over the city with dozens of flying houses, buzzy bees and Santa Claus".
Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...
told a New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
newspaper The Dominion Post he is still interested in making a sequel of the movie.
Influence on pop culture
- The Brazilian grindcoreGrindcoreGrindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
band Flesh Grinder made a concept album of the movie called Crumb's Crunchy Delights Organization. - Some dialogue of the Spanish translation of the film is featured on the famous demos "46 Cabezas Aplastadas Por Un Yunque Oxidado" and "Realmente Disfruto Comiendo Cadáveres" of the Spanish grindcoreGrindcoreGrindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
/death metalDeath metalDeath metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band MachetazoMachetazoMachetazo is a grindcore/goregrind band from La Coruña, Spain formed in 1994. They are one of the few surviving bands in the Spanish underground extreme music scene of the nineties.-History:...
. - Segments of the film were also featured in Canadian band Skinny PuppySkinny PuppySkinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....
's music video for WorlockWorlockWorlock is a single by the band Skinny Puppy from the album Rabies. The song uses a sample of the guitars in "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles, as well as a vocal sample of Charles Manson singing the song....
. - The final song on Australian grindcoreGrindcoreGrindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
/stoner rockStoner rockStoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...
band Blood DusterBlood DusterBlood Duster is a extreme metal/stoner rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Their name comes from the song "Blood Duster" by John Zorn, from the 1989 album Naked City.-History:...
's debut album YeestYeestYeest is the debut full-length album by Australian grindcore band Blood Duster. The title of the album parodies fellow Melbourne grindcore/stoner rock band Christbait's 1992 debut EP titled "Yeast"...
is titled "Derek" and features a sample of dialogue from the film in the penultimate "Intro" track. - In English rapper Plan BPlan B (rapper)Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew primarily known as Plan B or Ben Drew, is a British rapper, singer-songwriter, actor and film director from Forest Gate, London. Plan B first emerged as a hip hop artist releasing his critically acclaimed debut album Who Needs Actions When You Got Words in 2006...
's song 'Rakin' The Dead' he quotes "I haven't felt this sick since I saw that film 'Bad Taste'". - The final version of technical death metalTechnical death metalTechnical death metal is a musical subgenre of death metal that focuses on complex rhythms, riffs and song structures. Technical experimentation in death metal began in the late '80s and early '90s by bands such as Death, Atheist and Cynic...
band LethargyLethargy (band)Lethargy was a mathcore band formed in Rochester, New York in 1992 and disbanded in December 1999. Their last performance was on Christmas night of 1999. Drummer Brann Dailor and guitarist Bill Kelliher would later appear in Today Is the Day and Mastodon. Guitarist and vocalist Erik Burke is...
's song "Humor Me" begins with a sample of dialogue from the film.