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My Boy Is Dead
Demos 2000-2005

Tracklist:

01. Album Intro (Does Thinking About Mutilated Genitalia Get You in the Mood) :23
02. Fuckin' A Bubba 2:16
03. Get A Manual 2:27
04. Joe Fuckstick 3:04
05. Christ Is Nice 1:00
06. 12 - May - Thursday 2:00
07. You Fuckin' Whore 2:34
08. Feelin' Good's Good Enough 1:38
09. God Please Help Me 3:45
10. Paranoid Pancakes 2:28
11. That's Power, That's Performance 2:44
12. I Might Just Smoke Shit 3:39
13. Thanks for the Ride, Lady ($25 a Pop Mix) 3:24
14. Masking My Contempt 2:08

Notes by Solypsis:

These are the unaltered demos recorded between 2000-2005. A planned album release in 2007 never materialized and tracks were never completed or polished to any level of satisfaction due in large part to the fact that one half of the "band" moved to Chicago and the other to Seattle. Aside from a few comp appearances, a rather sizable back-catalogue of tracks remains largely unheard.

MBID never had any ambitions of being taken seriously in any artistic or commercial sense, and, truth be told, the entire project was always one big piss-take on the late 80's and early 90's industrial metal that so profoundly influenced them. Flashes of KMFDM, Ministry and Skinny Puppy always bubbled just beneath the surface under the washes of Merzbow noise and Flying Saucer Attack styled fuzz, although MBID would never dream of comparing themselves favorably to any of the aforementioned bands.

Samples were always a huge part of the MBID aesthetic, and Chad Bradley has always been the "mastermind" behind the choices of movie snippets. Never concerning himself with the hipster credibility associated with underground obscurities, Chad always chose to sample the stupidest quotes from the most banal of mainstream films. You're much more likely to hear a passage from the Schwarzenegger opus Commando than you are from a film by Passolini.

Solypsis (me!) is obviously, the other half of this little charade. I provided the washes of filthy synth and layers of digital noise to the tracks. Where Chad built the backbone structure with distorted beats and cheesy pre-fab loops that could have been pulled right from a sample disc sold by Guitar Center, I added the "melodies" that glued the whole sloppy mess together.

The sound quality of these tracks ranges from passable to inexcusable, and this has always been a weird battle for MBID. The intention had always been there to mask the tracks in a fine layer of distortion and audio muck, but a distinct aesthetic was never fully agreed apon, leaving most tracks in a state of poorly EQ'd and mixed limbo. Adding to the problem was that over time the original master tracks disappeared and only reduced bit rate MP3s or slowly rotting CD-Rs remained.

Which brings us to the present. The "band" is once again re-uniting in their home state of Arizona, that sweltering, strip-mall filled culture-void that inspired so much of the anger, contempt and noise in the first place. The hope now is that new tracks will be created and a fully functioning act will emerge. In the meantime, it made sense to release this collection in order to test the waters and see if any demand existed for such a reunion to even take place. Regardless of how anybody reacts to this release, i have always held a special place in my heart for it and had always wanted it to see the light of day. Perhaps it's one big inside joke that could only appeal to its creators, but maybe it can be as much fun for others to listen to as it was for us to make.

Thanks for listening -

j

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