1995
Part jazz/funk/rock orgy, part political tirade, this 1995 debut by Screaming Headless Torsos is a cult favorite album, previously out-of-print, and originally released on Warner/Discovery Records in 1995 (20,000 units have been sold worldwide). Strongly allied with the Black Rock Coalition, the Torsos at times sound like an angrier and infinitely funkier Living Color. Vocalist Dean sings, raps, and emits heavy metal screams while David Fiuczynski lets loose with his signature guitar pyrotechnics. The rhythm, absolutely monstrous, is laid down by bassist Fima Ephron, drummer Jojo Mayer, and percussionist Daniel Sadownick. The music is thick with harmonic and rhythmic detail, the stuff of stellar musicianship.