Motherhead Bug…
Earlier today someone inquired about the album Zambodia by the band Motherhead Bug and I figured since it was still relatively fresh in my head it would make for a pretty good post for today’s update. It’s nice how things work out like that sometimes, especially when it’s something that I really enjoy but for whatever reason I wouldn’t have thought to write about it on here.
Anyway, Motherhead Bug was formed in 1989 by David Ouimet who was previously a member/co-founder of the legendary noise-rock outfit Cop Shoot Cop. He has also toured and/or worked with the likes of Foetus and Swans. Unsurprisingly his pet project of Motherhead Bug fit snuggly alongside the projects in which Ouimet collaborated with in terms of weirdness and making your skin crawl. The group itself was massive, containing more members than I want to count right now. However when you hear the band, you’ll realize why there are so many as their sound is something that definitely needs to be heard to fully get an idea of what they were like. The sound they produced was more or less the soundtrack to a very twisted nightmare. They incorporated an array of instruments including accordions, violins, trumpets, and a saxophone to just name a few. Really, all I can visualize when I hear Motherhead Bug is a circus if it were run by Satan, and while some wouldn’t think of that as a compliment, it most certainly is…believe me. Sadly Zambodia was the only album the band put out and due to the lack of distribution during its release it goes largely unnoticed these days. There are also a couple singles out there too worth tracking down.
Zambodia:
Motherhead Bug – Demon Erection [MP3]
Motherhead Bug – Bleating Heart Incident [MP3]
Raised by Insects 7’’:
Motherhead Bug – My Sweet Milstar [MP3]
Motherhead Bug – Mr. Whistle [MP3]
Thankfully there are still copies of Zambodia floating around the used markets places like Amazon for a not a bad price at all. Definitely pick this up if the tunes above are of interest because the whole album is filled with equally great twistedness. If anything pick this up and play it for those that come up to the house on Halloween looking for candy. Well worth it.
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October 6th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
very nice stuff
thank you
October 24th, 2007 at 8:40 am
david ouimet and tony lee of railroad jerk fame started motherhead bug
April 18th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Thanks for posting this. I have all Cop Shoot Cop I can find. The unfortunate thing is I did not discover them until around 2000. I ran across Motherhead Bug on Wikipedia today and downloaded the album from I tunes. If there are any groups other than Firewater that have a connection please post. Thanks again.
July 18th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Responding to Mardy – a couple members went on to form Sulfur, another many-membered group fond of demented circus music but a bit more sludgy in sound. As far as I know they only released one album and didn’t last long.
Julia Kent went on to Rasputina, Tony Lee was also in Railroad Jerk, and Dave Ouimet performed in J.G. Thirlwell (Foetus)’s touring band. I highly recommend Foetus if you’re into Cop Shoot Cop.
Have you all seen this?
http://www.last.fm/music/Motherhead+Bug/Songs+In+Savage+Tongues
Looks like it might be a new album – with plenty of free downloads!
July 31st, 2009 at 2:12 am
Don't know if anybody is still looking at this thing but I must comment on Sulfur. Great effing band that often played on the same bill as Rasputina in those late 90's days when the Cooler hosted both bands on a fairly regular basis and Sulfur regularly blew Rasputina away. Sulfur was fronted by David Ouimet's wife Michelle, a beautiful, seemingly shy French woman who would transform on stage into a beautiful screaming banshee. I miss them both.
February 26th, 2010 at 10:54 am
I was stationed in New York in 1992 and actually saw them live. Blew me away-huge band. I was intrigued by the horn section of what seemed like very old men. The audience was full of barefoot dancers that seemed to come out of nowhere and danced in some sort of syncronized pattern-they looked like gypsies. Next day I bought the CD.