''Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics'' is the debut studio album by Canadian musician

Devin Townsend Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He founded extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and was its primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from 1994 to 2007. He has also ...

, originally released as ''Cooked on Phonics'' under the fictional band name Punky Brüster. It was released on Townsend's label,

HevyDevy Records Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He founded extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and was its primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from 1994 to 2007. He has also ...

, on March 19, 1996. It is a comedic

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/ punk rock

concept album A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. Som ...

written by Townsend. ''Cooked on Phonics'' tells the story of a fictitious

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band "from South Central

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" called Cryptic Coroner that sells out their metal look and sound to become a commercial punk rock band called Punky Brüster (the band's name being a pun on the 1980s U.S. television series ''

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''). At the end of the track "Larry's O," Townsend says the album took "A week-and-a-half to write, six days to record, 12 hours to mix."

Track listing

Personnel

Each member of the project is credited under two aliases, the first as a Punky Brüster member, and the second as a Cryptic Coroner member. *

: **Dr. Skinny – main vocals, guitar **Lord Stenchlor – Brutal sword of Baphomet's greasy spoon *John Randahl Harder: **Squid Vicious – bass, vocals **Jokor, King of the Orcs – Battering old containers of poop strewn from the bowels of pure nasty Hell * Adrian White: **Dances with Chickens – drums, hysteria **Underwator – Rotting corpse sucker from the world beyond the one before the last one

Additional vocalists and musicians

* Chris Valagao (E. Val Mescal) – vocals on "Oats Peas Beans & Barley"; total uncleanliness *

Jed Simon Jedson Louis Simon (born February 27, 1964) is a Canadian musician. He was a member of supergroup Scar the Martyr and has been a member of numerous metal bands, including Front Line Assembly, Strapping Young Lad, Zimmers Hole, and TENET. He is ...

(Ace Longback) – background vocals, skulking, hot pants rocker baby *

Byron Stroud Byron Stroud (born February 12, 1969) is a Canadian bassist. He is the former bassist for metal bands Fear Factory, Imonolith and Strapping Young Lad, current bassist for metal bands City of Fire and Zimmers Hole, and studio bassist for 3 Inc ...

(Stoolie B. Flames) – vocals; textures; club owners; moocher of gear *Bob Wagner (Velvet Kevorkian) – who did nothing, but has a honkin' name *Chief Dontsmoken – bad hair; foreign guy; sleepless anarchy *Pete of Shit – old gay punk dude; baby onions; chauffeur to the stars *Surrey Wagner – drums when DWC was out conquering Gauls in Norway *Diananator – groupie extraordinaire Matteo Caratozzolo - editing, vocals, Metal Guy, Granny award host

References

External links

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at DevyWorld {{DEFAULTSORT:Punky Bruster - Cooked on Phonics 1996 debut albums Devin Townsend albums Concept albums Albums produced by Devin Townsend