These tracks are windows upon Lack of Talent's essence -- an improvised, collaborative, lo-fi musical journey. LOT's an unholy, unstructured union with a spirit not unlike those of Josh Homme's Desert Sessions or the early Velvet Underground. Musicians who have contributed to Lack of Talent are listed to the left.
Q: What is Lack of Talent (LOT)?
A: Lack of Talent isn't a band as much as a concept, nowadays. Originally coined and conceived in 1998 by Mr. Chicken, Lack of Talent was to be the finest rock-metal-opera-nursery-rhyme band in rural Fall Creek, Oregon. After some petty name theft by yours truly, Lack of Talent has come to embody a virtual collective of musicians who collaborate on sonic ideas. Most of the time, at least when I am involved, the process morphs into drawn-out, droney jam sessions, but it's all in good fun. -- Mike (AKA "MiK")
A: Very funny, MiK. I think I'll take this opportunity to explain what really happened. It was the summer of 1998 and MiK was living down the road from me in Fall Creek, OR, where I grew up. I remember the moment LOT was conceived vividly: It was in the wee hours of the night. The caffeine buzz we were on in combination with the sleep deprivation created a dissociative, psychedelic mood. MiK played "Yellow Ledbetter" for the millionth time, and then tore into "Undertow" for the billionth time. I played the one chord I knew repeatedly. I was madly reading nursery rhymes and yelling at a cow I'd brought in the house from the pasture next door. It was a surefire formula for brilliance. We blacked out. The next we knew, MiK was playing the most innovative riff since the riff used in "Hot Cross Buns" (though markedly heavier) and I was jumping up and down screaming "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
The rest is history. -- Andrew (AKA "Mr. Chicken")