''Out to Lunch'' is the debut

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of Mainesthai, released in June 1994 by Zoth Ommog Records. It is a side project, along with

Benestrophe Mentallo and the Fixer (sometimes written as Mentallo & the Fixer) is the project name used by Texan electro-industrial musicians Gary Dassing (Mentallo) and Dwayne Dassing (The Fixer) from 1988 to 1999, and by Gary Dassing alone from 1999 to t ...

, of

Gary Dassing Mentallo and the Fixer (sometimes written as Mentallo & the Fixer) is the project name used by Texan electro-industrial musicians Gary Dassing (Mentallo) and Dwayne Dassing (The Fixer) from 1988 to 1999, and by Gary Dassing alone from 1999 to t ...

and

Dwayne Dassing Mentallo and the Fixer (sometimes written as Mentallo & the Fixer) is the project name used by Texan electro-industrial musicians Gary Dassing (Mentallo) and Dwayne Dassing (The Fixer) from 1988 to 1999, and by Gary Dassing alone from 1999 to t ...

of Mentallo & the Fixer with vocalist

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Music

The music of ''Out to Lunch'' was entirely composed by

and

with

writing the lyrics and providing vocals. Like Mentallo & the Fixer's previous albums, ''Out to Lunch'' fuses science fiction and

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samples into its

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but with a stronger emphasis on keyboards and unique percussion. The album was re-released by

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on Jananuary 1998 without additional content. On February 16, 2018 it was issued as a music download by

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on the label's Bandcamp

Reception

Steve Huey of AllMusic awarded the album three out of five stars and said " Mainesthai's ''Out to Lunch'' features aggressive industrial rhythms underpinning the melodic vocals of Mike Greene." Lollipop Magazine commended the band for emphasizing melody but criticized the overall execution of the album. Sonic Boom but was critical of the vocal performances, saying "Mr. Greene has chosen to utilize very stereotypical effects processing which is very uninspiring and ultimately boring." The critic recommended the album to admirers of Mentallo & The Fixer despite noting that the music sounded dated at the time of their review.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Out to Lunch'' liner notes. Mainesthai *

(as The Fixer) – programming,

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, illustrations,

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(as Mentallo) – programming, guitar, cover art, illustrations, producer *

– vocals, producer

Release history

References

External links

*
''Out to Lunch''
at Bandcamp
''Out to Lunch''
at

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