Weird Little Boy

Infobox Album
Name = Weird Little Boy
Type = studio
Artist = Weird Little Boy


Released = 1998
Recorded = November 26, 1995
Genre = Avant Garde, Experimental, Noise
Length = 41:49
Label = Avant
Producer = John Zorn, Kazunori Sugiyama
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0xfrxqyjldfe link]
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"Weird Little Boy" is a one-off album by a band of the same name consisting of John Zorn (alto saxophone, keyboards, samplers), Trey Spruance (guitar, drums, keyboards), William Winant (percussion), Mike Patton (drums, vocals) and Chris Cochrane (guitar). It was released in 1998 on Zorn's Japanese label Avant.

The group's performance is in a vein of abstract soundscapes and avant garde expressionism.

"Weird Little Boy" is regarded by fans (as well as by the actual performers) as the best/worst thing that could have resulted from the meeting of this eclectic mix of artists. Every performer on the recording has at some point professed their distaste for the project. Most vocal on this subject was Trey Spruance. [Will York, [http://www.sfbg.com/36/36/art_spruance.html "The secret chief - Trey Spruance declares war on hipness by association."] , "SFBG.com", June 5, 2002]

Track listing

# "Two Weeks on a Morphine Drip / New Dirt and New Flies / Lorne Greene" - 10:17
# "If the Gun has a Mind / Redeye / Worms and Shit" - 8:05
# "Totally Poobied" - 2:14
# "Weird Little Boy" - 1:39
# "Lungfull of Water" - 7:51
# "Seance" - 3:04
# "When Blood Flls a Cylinder" - 2:59
# "Waiting" - 1:46
# "Blindness" - 4:04

::"Recorded at Creative Audio, New York City on November 26, 1995::"All compositions by Weird Little Boy"

Personnel

*Chris Cochrane: guitar
*Mike Patton: drums, vocals
*Trey Spruance: guitars, keyboards, drums
*William Winant: percussion
*John Zorn: alto, samplers, keyboards
*Nayland Blake: graphics
*Dennis Cooper: text

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