Faxed Head is a "desk metal" quintet headed by Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle fame, with Gregg Turkington (aka Neil Hamburger) on vocals. The band's bios and lyrics describe them as 'teenage survivors of a suicide pact gone horribly awry,' and place them in small-town Coalinga, California. Band members' identities are generally kept secret and the band may have a somewhat revolving lineup. Much of their music is a combination of speed/death metal and tape noise and effects. Songs occasionally cross into lampooning genres like classical (House of Spirits), a capella crooning (The Four Freshmen), and rap (Coalinga Love, a parody of California Love by Tupac Shakur). The band will release new material in 2013 with a June performance at the Dept of Labor Festival in San Francisco, California. Band members The best known lineup consists of: *Trey Spruance (as Neck Head) - guitar *Gregg Turkington (as McPatrick Head) - vocals *Brandan Kearney (as Jigsaw Puzzle Head) - bass *Phil Franklin (as LaBrea Tar Pits Head) - drums *James Goode (as Fifth Head) - electronics Discography *Uncomfortable But Free - (Amarillo 1995) *Exhumed At Birth - (Amarillo 1997) *Chiropractic - (Web of Mimicry, 2001)
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