Cooked on Phonics
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Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics (a pun of the literacy program Hooked on Phonics
) is the debut studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend
. It is a metal
/punk rock
parody
concept album
written by Townsend. Cooked on Phonics tells the story of a fictitious death metal
band from south-central Poland
called Cryptic Coroner that sells out their metal look and sound to become a commercial punk rock
band called Punky Brüster (the band's name is a pun on the 80's U.S. television series Punky Brewster
). It was released on Townsend's label, HevyDevy Records, on March 19, 1996.
Additional Punk rockers:
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Hooked on Phonics
Hooked on Phonics is a commercial brand of educational materials, originally designed for reading education through phonetics.Hooked on Phonics was developed in the 1980s by a father who wanted to help his son overcome his reading problems...
) is the debut studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend
Devin Townsend
Devin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
. It is a metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
/punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
parody
Parody music
Parody music, or musical parody, involves changing or recycling existing musical ideas or lyrics — or copying the peculiar style of a composer or artist, or even a general style of music. Although the result is often funny, and this is the usual intent — the term "parody" in musical terms also...
concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
written by Townsend. Cooked on Phonics tells the story of a fictitious death metal
Death metal
Death 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 from south-central Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
called Cryptic Coroner that sells out their metal look and sound to become a commercial punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band called Punky Brüster (the band's name is a pun on the 80's U.S. television series Punky Brewster
Punky Brewster
Punky Brewster was an American sitcom about a girl named Punky Brewster being raised by her foster parent...
). It was released on Townsend's label, HevyDevy Records, on March 19, 1996.
Members
Each member of the project is credited under two aliases, the first as a Punky Brüster member, and the second as a Cryptic Coroner member:- Devin TownsendDevin TownsendDevin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
:- Dr. Skinny - Lead Vocals and Guitar
- Lord Stenchlor - Brustal sword of Baphonet's greasy spoon
- John Randahl Harder:
- Squid Vicious - Bass and Vocals
- Jokor, King Of The Orcs - Battering old containers of poop strewn from the bowels of pure nasty Hell
- Adrian White:
- Dances With Chickens - Drums (and hysteria)
- Underwator - Rotting corpse sucker from the world beyond the one before the last one
Additional Punk rockers:
- Chris ValagaoChris ValagaoChris "The Heathen" Valagao is a heavy metal musician of Norwegian and Portuguese descent best known as the front man for Canadian speed/thrash metal band Zimmers Hole.- Nicknames :...
(E. Val Mescal) - Vocals on Oats Peas Beans & Barley; total uncleanliness - Jed SimonJed SimonJed Simon is a Canadian musician. He has been a member of numerous metal bands, including Front Line Assembly, Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole, and TENET.-Biography:...
(Ace Longback) - BG Vocals, skulling, hot pants rocker baby - Byron StroudByron StroudByron Stroud is the bassist for metal bands Fear Factory, City of Fire and Zimmers Hole and the defunct band Strapping Young Lad.-Biography:...
(Stoolie B. Flames) - Vocals; textures; club owners; moocher of gear - Chief Dontsmoken - bad hair; foreign guy; sleepless anarchy
- Pete of Shit - old gay punk dude; baby onions; chauffeur to the stars
- Bob Wagner (Velvet Kevorkian) - who did nothing, but has a honkin' name
- Surrey Wagner - Drums when DWC was out conquering Gauls in Norway
- Diananator - Groupie extrordinaire
Track listing
All songs written by Devin TownsendDevin Townsend
Devin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
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- "Recipe for Bait" – 7:26
- "Fake Punk" – 2:21
- "EZ$$" – 4:13
- "Metal Dilemma" – 3:32
- "Oats Peas Beans & Barley" – 1:49
- "Wallet Chain" – 3:25
- "Heinous Anus" – 1:43
- "Heavy Metal Mama" – 4:47
- "Crusty's at the Ivanhoe" – 6:23
- "Picture of Myself" – 6:43
- "The Girls Next Door" – 4:28
- "Larry's O" – 6:06
- "Metal Heads are Punk Rockers" - 3:06
Personnel
- Devin TownsendDevin TownsendDevin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
– main vocals, guitar - JR Harder – bass
- Adrian White – drums
Additional vocalists and musicians
- Chris ValagaoChris ValagaoChris "The Heathen" Valagao is a heavy metal musician of Norwegian and Portuguese descent best known as the front man for Canadian speed/thrash metal band Zimmers Hole.- Nicknames :...
- Jed SimonJed SimonJed Simon is a Canadian musician. He has been a member of numerous metal bands, including Front Line Assembly, Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole, and TENET.-Biography:...
- Byron StroudByron StroudByron Stroud is the bassist for metal bands Fear Factory, City of Fire and Zimmers Hole and the defunct band Strapping Young Lad.-Biography:...
- Bob Wagner
External links
- Punky Bruster at DevyWorld
- Cooked on Phonics lyrics