Monday, 28 April 2025

Sykotik Sinfoney's Eargasm from 1995, requested from before

 


This one really grew on me, hopefully it will grow on you too.

From discogs:

Sykotik Sinfoney was a quirky American comedy heavy metal / punk rock musical group. They formed in 1988 under the short-lived name, Dycondra's. During this time they dressed in their usual street clothes but hired a variety of performers like jugglers and female dancers to perform with them on stage. They quickly changed their band name and dropped the extra performers who proved to be unreliable on the road. The first instance of these costumes was a show in which the performers did not show up. However, the group found a bag of costumes and promptly donned them. They became known as Sykotik Sinfoney and began to perform live wearing a variety of strange costumes, such as a nun, a devil, and a clown. Sometime in early 1994, the band broke up. Their only official appearance on an album was the Bad Channels soundtrack. However, the band did over 300 shows in six years under Dycondra's and Sykotik Sinfoney, according to band member Mark Meister. Today, this band is seen as being way ahead of their time.

Various members of Dycondra's / Sykotik Sinfoney

Bass Guitar: Tim Young

Drums: Darryl Johnson

Drums: Rudy Malizio

Lead Guitar: Brian Young

Lead Vocals, Keyboard : Stan Gonzales

Rhythm and Lead Guitar: John Brackett

Rhythm and Lead Guitar, Vocals: Mark Meister

The music is a unique mix of occasional rap, and/or Zappalike talking (sometimes Zappalike silly talking), and heavy metal crunchy guitarwork, typical of the alternative metal that was common in the mid-90s, but with an odd influx of sometimes very progressive composition here and there.

The track Maggots with Guns has a wonderful oddball progressive funk riff:



I love the way Brain Dead mixes up styles in a hugely uncommercial manner, unable to decide if it's a pop song, a funk song, heavy metal or what:




The heavy metal sound comes out on Cake Fuck but, quite abruptly I'd say, the song mutates into funk with saxes:



The playing is extremely professional and competent too.

2 comments:

  1. I posted this in the comments section before but thought maybe people missed it there

    https://krakenfiles.com/view/oJ9MaCvgcd/file.html

    https://www.sendspace.com/file/86bl9x

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