Word: oysterhead
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...well aware that jam-bands are inherently ridiculous, representing the desire of white college kids to imbibe at one and the same time the sexy cachet and surprises of jazz with the passionate cool of rock. And thus, the former Primus frontman and alumnus of jam-überband Oysterhead, has created the Flying Frogs, a band that embraces their own improbability with undisguised glee...
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With such a pedigree, Oysterhead were never going to be bad, and in fact they are much, much better than that. What happens when three ludicrously talented musicians get together and have fun? Well, a lot of silliness to be sure: The title track is a pastiche march, and the bizarre “Wield the Spade” owes something to early Pink Floyd in its cartoonish morality tale. They’re not always politically correct: “Shadow of a Man” is all about Billy who came back from Vietnam. The brilliant...
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