Mind Funk (spelled Mindfunk on later releases) was an American

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band, containing members of Chemical Waste and several other bands. The band was originally known as "Mind Fuck" but were forced by Epic Records to change their name. They signed to the Sony/Epic record label and released their self-titled debut album in 1991. Guitarist

Jason Everman Jason Mark Everman (born October 16, 1967) is an American musician and soldier who played guitar with Nirvana and Mind Funk, and bass in Soundgarden and OLD. He later served tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army as an Army Ra ...

, known for stints on guitar and bass with

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and

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, joined and later left in September 1994 to join the US Army

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and the Special Forces. Louis Svitek went on to later perform with Ministry and has since opened his new recording studio and label, Wu-Li Records.

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also later performed with Ministry.

Members

Current

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- vocals (formerly of

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) *

Louis Svitek Louis Svitek is an American musician and former guitarist for a number of bands including Zoetrope, M.O.D., Ministry, Pigface, Mind Funk, The Hollow steps, Project .44, and The Joy Thieves. His work can also be found in many movie soundtracks s ...

- guitar (formerly of

M.O.D. M.O.D. (abbreviation for Method of Destruction) is an American crossover thrash band from New York City, fronted by Stormtroopers of Death vocalist Billy Milano. The band has been around for years (minus one hiatus from 1997 to 2001), and rele ...

, Ministry) *Frank Ciampi - bass *Shawn Johnson - drums

Past

*Jason Coppola - guitar (formerly of Chemical Waste) *

- bass (formerly of M.O.D., Chemical Waste,

Human Waste Project Human Waste Project was an American rock band from Huntington Beach, California, with Aimee Echo on vocals, Mike Tempesta on guitar, Jeff Schartoff on bass, and Scott Ellis on drums. They released one studio album, '' E-lux'' (1997), and broke ...

, Evil Mothers,

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) *

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- drums (formerly of Celtic Frost) *

- guitar (formerly of

) *Spike Xavier - bass (formerly of Mind Over Four)

Timeline

Discography

; Albums *''

Mind Funk Mind Funk (spelled Mindfunk on later releases) was an American rock band, containing members of Chemical Waste and several other bands. The band was originally known as "Mind Fuck" but were forced by Epic Records to change their name. They sig ...

'' (1991) ( Epic) *'' Dropped'' (1993) (

Megaforce Records Megaforce Records is an American independent record label founded in 1982 by Jon Zazula and his wife Marsha Zazula to release the first works of Metallica, and devoted primarily to hard rock and heavy metal. It has offices in New York City (whe ...

) *''

People Who Fell from the Sky ''People Who Fell from the Sky'' is the third and final studio album by American rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or ...

'' (1995) (

Music For Nations Music For Nations (MFN) is a British independent record label focusing mainly on rock and metal. It was a subsidiary of the larger label distributor Zomba Records, which was a division of BMG and later Sony Music Entertainment. Launched i ...

) ;Singles and EPs *''Touch You'' (EP, 1991) (Epic) *"Big House Burning" (single, 1991) (Epic)

References

External links

Music Life Radio Interview with Jason Everman Sept 2010
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