Cerebral Metal

Cerebral Metal: Article by Don Thomason (The Amplifier April 2007) Maybe the most busy local recording group is the newly renamed Cerebral Metal. With the simultaneous release of three CDs this month, the Bowling Green outfit certainly qualifies as busy, recording six CDs worth of material and cramming them into three CDs instead. The discs Eternity, Layin’ on the Ground, and Topper Motel have been released on Mesh Records. Formerly named Eternity, the group decided on a name change because the group found there were scores of bands across the country named Eternity, according to vocalist/drummer Booger Monster, but none named Cerebral Metal. As mentioned in a previous Amplifier story, the group is a combination of equal parts Motorhead and The Young Ones, the classic British show. Cerebral Metal seems to relish in recording what they want to hear, like Frank Zappa always said of his recordings. The difference, though, is that Cerebral Metal goes for heavy music done with faux Brit accents and moments of exaggerated southern drawl. If Benny Hill had done metal or rock, it would likely have sounded like this. All CDs were recorded between January and November 2006 and released in March 2007. They were recorded and mixed by Mr. Ozone, and the producers are listed as the Collier Brothers. The primary players on the CDs are Baishe of the Cumberland (vocals, guitar, bass) and Booger Monster(vocals, drums, bass, guitar). Tony Trend, formerly of Tomatus, makes an appearance on Layin’ on the Ground. “Shut Up” and “Apocalyptic City” have gotten airplay on Revolution 91.7. Other tracks that Cerebral Metal members have noticed feedback on as making an impact on listeners are “My Dog Has Fleas” (which to this reporter has a faint echo of Kentucky Headhunters’ “Louisiana Coco”) and “Toiletteen.” True to genre form, anthemic themes abound like “Burn Your Tongue,” “Stick in the Mouth” (where Cerebral Metal patently plays with growls and other heavy rock conventions), and “Apocalyptic City.” While they exercise some unadulterated silliness (the falling falsettos of “Tattoo” and the simulated live radio of “Butree”), that approach also fires off inspired frivolity like “Toiletteen,” “Oy Pungie,” and most particularly “Tuck Fexas” (led off by a sound clip of the president and including the band’s entreaty that Kinky Friedman should be governor). Bowling Green and Warren County place references (“Old South Diner”) coexist with European ones (“West German Cigarettes”); many lyrics, and certain song titles, can’t be listed in this story for their vulgarity.

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- - - - NEW DVD OUT NOW - - - - DECEMBER 2008 - - - -Article By: Kim Mason (The Amplifier January 2008) Baishe of the Cumberland and Booger Monster recently released their 6th and 7th albums as Cerebral Metal. Originally formed in 1987 as a joke between brothers and cousin, the group disbanded in 2000 then reformed in 2006 as a duo. According to Booger Monster, Cerebral Metal began as "kind of a joke, kind of a band". Musically he says it is very serious. But lyrically the songs are a mix of songs penned as kids and more recent musings about the area and people they know. He describes them as "A cross between Spinal Tap and Tenacious D". Nonetheless, Cerebral Metal has appeared on Tommy Starr's Home Cookin' and receives regular requests to start performing their music and comedy skits live. Cerebral Metal's first three albums were all songs written between 1987 and 1991. Eternity, Layin' On The Ground, and Topper Motel came out in January 2007. They were followed by On The Air in April, Metal Melodies For The Dimwitted in October, A Very Cerebral Christmas in November and Punish Em' All in Decemeber. The idea for a Christmas album actually surfaced in 1986 when the group surmised, wouldn't it be great if Motorhead made a Christmas album? According to Collier it's "God awful, nasty metal stuff, yet it stays true to the actual songs."