The Dave Brockie Experience

## Dave Brockie Experience

With the band focusing on a heavier & brutal sound, the birth of the side project, the Dave Brockie Experience, would come to be. The band was created by frontman Dave Brockie along with rhythm guitarist Mike Derks and drummer Brad Roberts as a way of continuing the comedic sound found on albums like We Kill Everything while maintaining a more serious focus in releases by Gwar. The DBX was a pet project of Gwar and showed some of their earlier punk roots from the “Death Piggy” era. The band would often play tunes from X-Cops, Death Piggy, Gwar, and of course their own originals at shows. They’ve released 2 albums, Diarrhea of a Madman, and Songs For the Wrong. A live album was also released, Live From Ground Zero.

Quote by James Nasium, describing DBX (from the DBX website):

`*"Dave Brockie Experience is made up of Dave "Oderus" Brockie (bass and vocals), Brad "Jizmak" Roberts (drums), and Mike "Balsac" Derks (guitar). Much like their predecessors, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, this band fully expects to choke to death on their own vomit. But the motivations behind this outfit go much deeper than that. Brockie feels he must attempt to rip-off GWAR's name for money and sex, as part of a personal vendetta against other GWAR members he feels have somehow "betrayed" him. Roberts enjoys embezzling merchandise funds, while Derks is involved simply to watch Brockie "make an ass out of himself".*`

`*Whether he's drinking shots of his own underwear sweat, or tackling a club's Christmas tree while nude, Brockie is sure to do just that. The new DBX record, 'Songs For The Wrong' is fast, furious, and fucking hilarious, a blast of fetid air in an all-too fragrant musical landscape. The bands performances are the stuff of legend, and no one can deny that Brockie's head is too big for his body. DBX- quite possibly the silliest experience in music today, and quite certainly the silliest experience in music today."*`

Dave Brockie describing DBX (quote from the DBX website):

> `*"I play bass and sing, and I am joined by Mike Derks of GWAR on guitar, and Brad Roberts, also of GWAR, on drums! But that's where any similarity to GWAR ends, except for the fact that we do play some GWAR songs and totally rely on GWAR's reputation in order to get us gigs. Plus we use their equipment and practice space, but hell, we ARE GWAR for gawds sake! It's a sad thing when you have to rip off your own band in order to avoid getting a telemarketing job. But I'll do it, because I have no shame. Anyway, this band has gone by several names and you never know what to expect at a DBX show except that it will be LOUD. If you enjoy the music of Death Piggy, X-Cops, or GWAR, then check out DBX!"*`
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## Diarrhea Of A Madman

*Diarrhea of a Madman* is the debut album by the band Dave Brockie Experience. It was released in 2001 by Metal Blade Records. The album title is a play on the Ozzy Osbourne album title *Diary Of A Madman.*

## Diarrhea Of A Madman

### Track Listing

* Lady Died (live) (hidden track)- 15:15 into track 18.

### Personnel

* Dave Brockie - Lead vocals, bass
* Mike Derks - guitar, backing vocals
* Brad Roberts - Drums, percussion, backing vocals

## Track Info

### "Too Much Stuff"

The 2nd track on the album, "Too Much Stuff" is a comedic punk song about how the singer owns too much stuff, to the point where he can’t find his car keys amongst all the stuff he owns.

The song was apparently inspired by a quote from *Fight Club*: “The things you own end up owning you.” On *Live From Ground Zero*, Dave Brockie dedicates the song to *Fight Club* star Brad Pitt, paraphrasing the quote as “If you own too much stuff, it ends up owning you.”

### "Faggot On Fire"

On *Live From Ground Zero*, Dave Brockie introduced “Faggot On Fire” by saying

> `*"This song is not about setting gay people on fire […] This song’s about a gay man who’s so horny, he’s quite literally…on fire."*`
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### "I Clean Up Real Good"

“I Clean Up Real Good” is a quick punk song about how the singer may appear to be an unapproachable person at first, but he can “clean up” and appear proper if given the chance.

When performed live, Dave Brockie would typically improvise the spoken word breaks, often talking about whatever was on his mind before continuing the song.

### "Great News!"

"Great News!" Is a punk song about how the singer is a crippled man gets broken up with, and his ex leaves him a message one week later saying she's getting married. The song is sarcastic, claiming that he's "so happy for [her]" while at the same time wanting to kill her.

The beginning of the song is the voice message the girl leaves, it has her talking about how she's getting married to "Blowtard". "Blowtard" can be heard in the background of the message, calling the girl over. The message closes out with moans, bedsprings squeaking, and screaming. The "crippled man" can be heard crying while the message happens.

### "Calling Dr. Fong"

“Calling Dr. Fong” is a 12 minute long experimental piece consisting of lead singer Dave Brockie telling a winding, rambling story over an instrumental piece composed by guitarist Mike Derks. Brockie improvised his cartoonish, Asian-accented dialogue, which is broken up by small sections of singing.

The final track on *Diarrhea of a Madman*, “Calling Dr. Fong” is followed by several minutes of silence before the album’s hidden track ("Lady Died") begins.

The song is also referenced on the DBX website when describing working on *Songs For the Wrong.* On the website, Brockie says:

> `*"I don't know if we can top "Calling Dr. Fong" but we're gonna give it our best shot!"*`
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### "Lady Died"

A hidden acoustic track, “Lady Died” is about lead singer Dave Brockie’s distaste for the idolization of Diana, Princess of Wales, after her death in a car accident on August 31, 1997. Brockie believed that there was a double standard when it came to Lady Di’s death and that she would have been heavily criticized had she not been a member of the Royal Family.

GWAR previously defiled a Princess Diana character during their concerts from 1997 (after her death) to 2000. The limbless Diana prop is currently owned by noted collector AJ Good.

## Songs For The Wrong

*Songs for the Wrong* is the second and final studio album by the Dave Brockie Experience, released on July 15. 2003.

## Songs For The Wrong

### Track Listing

* "Dog Log" and "Hey Buddy" were originally written by/for Death Piggy, but were never recorded by them.

### Personnel

* Dave Brockie - Lead vocals, bass
* Mike Derks - Guitar, backing vocals
* Brad Roberts - Drums, percussion, backing vocals
* Ginny Sowers, Greg Ottinger, John Gethins, Kristen Walsh, Mike Bonner & Scott Krahl - backing vocals on "Isn't It Grand Boys?"

* Adam Green - Recording
* Grant Rutledge - Mixing
* Gary Longest - Mastering
* Cory Smoot - Engineering, guitar solo on "He's Going Crazy"