Oh no, more funk for ya trunk. Limbomaniacs were hot on the heels of fifty-million other funk-metal acts in the early '90s, chowing down on the slap bass tickle, the skuzzy jerk flip-flop guitar work and of course, the white-boy antics courtesy of frontman Mirv...all rather familiar, stupid lyrics aplenty, lotsa props given for the Peppers, Bootsy Collins and all manner of funk boy fury, but this has to be one of the most dated of metal genre's, even the grim, non-sound of evil black metal remains more progressive than this sickly carnival. Limbomaniacs served up a dish that tasted quite sweet at first but after a few seconds you'll be begging the waiter for a refund. Fans of the funk-metal fiasco often wondered why the trend never lasted more than two years, well, the answers is because of bands like this whose ideas were more suited to a cartoon strip than a record. Awful band name, awful album title, awful cover.
4/10
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I saw them in 1989, right after I got to the SF Bay Area from Virginia. All I could think was "gee, they're doing a swell job of ripping off Go-Go music." Scamtastic.
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