mushroomhead

Mushroomhead was originally formed in Cleveland by drummer Skinny and was officially established in 1993. Their styles include hip-hop, hardcore punk, gothic rock, industrial, Even techno. Mushroomhead (mushroomhead), like Slipknot, each team member wears different masks and numbered uniforms, the music is violent, and they are "notorious"... But in fact, Mushroomhead is the number one A band with masks, uniform uniforms and numbered bands. They wore their signature X-Face masks with oil paint on their faces and took to the stage, originally intended to hide the identities of the members.

Foreign name: Mushroomhead

Nationality: United States

Occupation: Band

Representative work: "M3"

Development Process

Introduction

In the early days, the band had a fixed lineup of up to ten people. They had been distributing their demos everywhere, and then performed in the Midwest and East Coast of the United States.

Their activities are all underground entertainment venues that are strictly prohibited from entry by young people under the age of 23. Their underground performances are often associated with a series of terms such as violence, pornography, and riots. , they were called thugs, and the American media said that their performance was like "a collective gathering of a cult organization." In life, members of Mushroomhead often went in and out of detention centers for intentional injury. They fought, destroyed public property, and even many times They were sued for serious injury. Before every performance, they would frantically destroy all the equipment in the lounge.

In 1994, they were already 'notorious' and became the most famous underground band at that time.

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In 1995, Mushroomhead independently released their first official album of the same name, which they created and invested by themselves. This album received continuous praise and made Mushroomhead a unique local symbol in Cleveland.

In the following year, Mushroomhead, who were already famous, did not seem to be used to going out of the ground. They still continued to perform in theaters, underground bars and other places, but this did not stop them from going crazy. Their performances made them even more charming. They struck while the iron was hot and immediately released their second album. This album also brought Mushroomhead more attention, and newspapers across the country began to extensively report on this 'mysterious' band.

This year, Mushroomhead really began to appear frequently in various media reports, but fame does not necessarily bring all benefits.

During that time, Many bands that imitated Mushroomhead emerged in the United States, and the now-famous Slipknot was the most outstanding one at the time.

In 1998, Mushroomhead was spotted by the big company Roadrunner, but almost To everyone's surprise, Mushroomhead unexpectedly rejected Roadrunner's invitation, and said in a subsequent interview: "The reason why we did this is entirely because we don't want to become too commercial, we want to be ourselves music. I think this sheer monetary gain would make us sick. ”

Since the two parties could not reach a contract agreement, Roadrunner had no choice but to sign a band that imitated Mushroomhead at the time.

This band was Slipknot!

In the following time, under the large-scale commercial promotion and hype of Roadrunner, Slipknot also became famous for its crazy pogo with fans at the concert. At that time, Mushroomhead was still a very pure band. The underground band has not yet been well-known to the majority of music fans. They are still in their own music world.

With a series of crazy performances in the United States, Mushroomhead has gained a higher reputation, but Sadly, when they gradually became known, they were once accused of plagiarizing Slipknot.

There was constant friction between the two parties.

Because many people did not understand it. Underground rock didn't understand its unique charm, so Mushroomhead was 'cast' as a negative image by most people at the time.

Subsequently, Corey, the lead singer of the Slipknot band, publicly stated that Slipknot was joining RoadRunner had never heard of Mushroomhead before, and it was even more impossible for them to copy and imitate them. This also gradually escalated the friction between the two parties.

Mushroomhead also experienced huge changes as a result, and they believed that their image was being compromised. Slipknot steals, they don't want their personalities to be destroyed by those dirty financial interests.

As a result, they shed their colorful costumes and removed most of their camouflage and masks, but instead wore uniform black uniforms with gas masks similar to those used in World War I. Later, they added a cartoon-style x mark to further identify the band members. This also led to the birth of the band's unique logo recognized today - XFace.

The subsequent release of the album "M3" more strongly reflected the changes they had made and their criticism of Slipknot.

“The most frustrating thing is that Slipknot became famous earlier than us, and we will be accused of plagiarizing them.”

Mushroomhead was not discouraged at the time, because they understood that this It's called commercialization.

They released another album in 2001. This album was once hailed as a landmark work for Mushroomhead. It allowed Mushroomhead to have its own large and stable fan group, and also allowed the world to truly understand As soon as their album was released, it received a strong response in the United States and sold as many as 300,000 copies.

At this time, Mushroomhead also formed a fixed 8-member group including drummer Skinny, vocalists J.Mann and Jeffrey Nothing, guitarists Bronson and Gravy, keyboardist Shmotz, bassist PigBenis and DJStitch

In 2003, they released another album. This album was also their new attempt. Its sales also soared on the Billboard chart, eventually selling as many as 400,000 copies. The MV for SunDoesn'tRise also won the US Gold Award for Best Music Video of the Year.

Although they are an underground band and rarely perform large-scale commercial performances, they have received unprecedented attention and the enthusiasm of their fans has become stronger.

But It was this year that Mushroomhead suddenly disappeared, and even disappeared for a time.

At this time, Mushroomhead also experienced a major transformation process. In 2004, the group started to serve as a rap + roar + hard music group. The core J-Mann left Mushroomhead due to fatigue and some personal reasons, while the other vocalist Jeffrey Nothing introduced a new vocalist Waylon. Subsequently, one of their two guitarists Bronson also left Mushroomhead. Moreover, this The team members also had greater changes in their appearance.

Launched their first DVD

Until August 2005, Mushroomhead released their first DVD, "Mushroomhead Volume 1". Volume 10 covers the rise of Mushroomhead, including live performances in 2000, music videos and some behind-the-scenes clips.

In 2006, Mushroomhead once again appeared in people's sight and brought their new concept album. In the processing of the music of this album, Mushroomhead used many dark experimentalism techniques to combine various music. The processing was rich and natural, achieving a unified and harmonious dark atmosphere, creating a unique sense of comfort. This sense of comfort is not derived from interesting motives or the frequency of comfort as in the past, but is a result of the overlapping effects of various elements in a vague structure.

12 Hundred's MV also won the American Video of the Year award in 2007.

This album also takes them on a new musical journey.

To this day, Mushroomhead still performs in underground venues. They are still not widely known, but they have their own unique music.

Mushroomhead's music is the kind of melody that can bring people into their world, and make people gradually reject other music. This is the most successful part of their music itself.

And the most rare thing is that Mushroomhead have their own balance, and no one in the band tries to overwhelm the other. Their light is like an intricate dance, wonderful, but without one stepping on the other's toes.

This is Mushroomhead!

Cleveland incident

Since 1999, there has been constant friction between Mushroomhead and Slipknot. The main reason is of course Because of the image resemblance.

Many Mushroomhead fans protested that Slipknot copied Mushroomhead's masks, and Slipknot fans did the opposite.

J.Mann of Mushroomhead pointed out in an interview, "This seems a bit strange. They are all numbered, wearing one-piece costumes, and wearing masks. They look so much like us, and the weirdest thing is , they actually said they had never heard of us before? I think this is obvious, they plagiarized, plagiarized us."

Later, the members of Slipknot also issued a statement: claiming that they had never heard of the band Mushroomhead before RoadRunner joined.

This is also the final trigger of this incident.

Later, Slipknot went on tour to promote their album, and they came to Mushroomhead's hometown - Cleveland.

Mushroomhead fans heard the news and flocked to the concert, and the entire concert venue was filled with violence and blood. In order to drive away Slipknot, Mushroomhead fans even armed themselves with iron rods and bricks, crazily destroying the concert venue and attacking Slipknot fans. In the end, more than 800 local Cleveland police were dispatched to stop the incident. , a total of more than 200 people were injured in this incident, and 78 people were arrested and may be prosecuted and sent to prison.

At a later press conference, Slipknot lead singer Corey angrily stated that the members of Mushroomhead encouraged their fans to do these behaviors. They are the ones who should be sent to jail.

. Later, the members of Mushroomhead also publicly stated that they would never encourage such behavior, and they also did not encourage fans to do such a thing for them.

In 2005, Mushroomhead dressed up as Slipknot during a performance in Northeast Ohio. They strongly mocked the band Slipknot.

In an interview in May 2007, talking about the Cleveland incident, Jeffrey, one of the lead singers of Mushroomhead, said: "My girlfriend was also there at the time, and she even fell down. At the venue, many people were wearing 'mushroom shirts', because this is our city and our fans support us! Slipknot will definitely feel that they are insignificant 'clowns' one day, we are not afraid of them, welcome to Kerry Fran, Bastard"

Band members

Current members:

Name: SkInny (first)

Birthday: December 6 Day

Position: Drums

Joined the band in 1993 (former of the band)

Equipment: TamaArtstarCustom, TitaniumSilverFinish, BlackHardware

18"x22"bassdrumx2

5.5"x14"StarclassicMaplesnaredrum

8"x8"tom

10"x12"tom

9" x10"tom

16"x18"floortom

IronCobraPowerGlidesinglepedal(HP900P)x2

IronCobraLeverGlidehi-hatstand(HH905)

1stChairErgo-Riderdrumthrone (HT741)

Name: Jeffrey Nothing (2nd)

Position: DJ

Joined the team: 1993

Hometown: Kerry Fran

Age: Unknown

Marital status: Parent

Height: 180cm

Religious belief: Agnostic

Constellation: Taurus

Education: High school or below

Famous quote: "Gonna Lead the Revival, No Simple Survival for Me"

Name: Waylon (third)

Position: Saxophone

Birthday: September 19

Height: 1.78 meters

Hobby: Painting

Time of joining the team: 2004

Name: Gravy (fourth)

Position: Guitar

Height: 1.73 meters

< p>Hobby: Running

Joined the team in 1999

Equipment: CustomIbanezRG7420

IbanezUniverse

Peavey5150Seriesamplifier

Marshall800seriesamplifier

RandallTitanAmplifier

RandallXLCabinets

YngwieMalmsteenoverdrivePedal

D0D-308pedal

IbanezTubeScreamer

Name: PigBenis (fifth)

Position: Electric Bass

Hobby: Pigs

Joined the team: 1995

Equipment ：Squier5-string

DeanEdge5-string

DeanCadillac4-string

ESPLtdEC-4044-string

CustomESPAX4-string

Name: Shmotz (seventh)

Position: Keyboard

Hobby: Watching the sunset

Joined the team: 1993

Name: Stitch (sixth)

Position: Bass

Joined the team: 2001

Birthday: January 26

Place of birth: Rick Thomas

Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio

Age: 28

Marital status: Married

Height : 178cm

Ethnicity: Caucasian/Caucasian

Religious belief: Atheist

Constellation: Capricorn

Education level: High school or below

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Quotation: "I know you are, soam I"

Name: Little Dan Little Dan

Location: waterdrum

Other unknown.

Former members:

Name: J. Mann (Jason Popson) J. Mann

Position: Vocalist

Reason for leaving the team: Personal Problems, accompanying my father

Hometown: Cleveland

Age: 36

Time on the team: 1993-2004

Marital status : Single

Height: 187cm

Constellation: Scorpio

Education: High School

Quotation: ""ALighthouseForTheLost...ABeaconForTheBroken" "

Name: Dinner (Richie Moore)

Position: Guitar

Reason for leaving the band: Dishonest personal style

Height: Unknown

Time in the team: 1993-1998

Name: Virus (Joe Lenkey) Virus

Position: DJ

Reason for leaving the team ：Personal reasons

Height: 1.81 meters

Time in the team: 1993-1995

Name: JJ. Righteous (John Sekula)

Position: Rhythm Guitar

Reason for leaving the band: Drug abuse

Height: 1.71 meters

Time in the band: 1993-2001

Name : Mr. Murdernickel (Joe Kilcoyne)

Position: Bass

Height: 1.72 meters

Reason for leaving the team: personal reasons (he was replaced by his younger brother PigBenis )

Hobby: Sleeping

Time in the team: 1993-1995

Name: Roxy (Jessica Haney)

Position: Dance/ Electronics

Height: 1.71 meters

Reason for leaving the team: personal reasons, changing career (now becoming an excellent tattoo artist)

Hobby: tattooing

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Time in the team: 1993-2000

Name: Bronson (Marko)

Position: Guitar

Height: 1.73 meters

Reasons for leaving the team: Personal reasons, changing careers

Hobby: Poker

Time in the team: 2000-2006

Music albums

< p>Album name: Mushroomhead

Singer: Mushroomhead

Publishing company: Unknown

Release date: 1995

Language: English

Track: 1.SlowThing

2.Elevation

3.TooMuchNothing

4.Intermission

5 .EgoTrip

6.Mommy

7.SecondThoughts

8.CasualtiesInBMinar

9.Indifferent

10 .Simpleton

11.43

12.Episode29

13.Snap

Album name: SuperBuick

Singer : Mushroomhead

Publishing company: Unknown

Release date: 1996

Language: English

Track: 1.Bwomp

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2.NeverLetItGo

3.TheseFilthyHands

4.TheWrist

5.ChancreSore

6.Flattened

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7.BigBrother

8.IdleWorship

9.FearHeldDear

10.Unintended

11.BwompPart2

Album name: Remix

Singer: Mushroomhead

Publishing company: Unknown

Release date: 1996/2002

Language type: English

Track: 1.43(SonarMix)

2.Elevation(SkinMix)

3.2ndThoughts(FucklikepigsMix)

4.Snap(gravyMix)

5.Mommy(MalfunctionMix)

6.Everyone'sGotOne(OnlyMix)

7.Thewrist(HandOfSoloMix)

8.Episode29(HardcoreMix)

9.TooMuchNothing(TooManyDaysInTheStudioMix)

10.Mommy(NoVocalMix)

11.Bwomp(NordMix)< /p>

Album name: M3

Singer: Mushroomhead

Issuing company: unknown

Release date: 1999

Language type: English

Track: 1.Inevitable

2.Xeroxed

3.TheFinalAct

4.Conflict-TheArguementGoesOn< /p>

5.ExploitingYourWeakness

6.Beateous

7.BornOfDesire

8.BeforeIDie

9.SolitaireUnraveling< /p>

10.TheNewCultKing

Album name: XX

Singer: Mushroomhead

Distributing company: UniversalRecords

Distribution Date: 2001

Language: English

Track: 1.BeforeIDie

2.Bwomp

3.SolitaireUnraveling

4.TheseFilthyHands

5.NeverLetItGo

6.Xeroxed

7.TheWrist

8.ChancreSore

9.TheNewCultKing

10.EmptySpaces

11.BornOfDesire

12.43

13.FearHeldDear

< p>14.TooMuchNothing

15.Episode29

Album name: XIII

Singer: Mushroomhead

Publishing company: UniversalRecords

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Release date: December 4, 2003

Language type: English

Track: 1.KillTomorrow

2.SunDOesntRise

3.MotherMachineGun

4.NowhereToGo

5.BecomingCold(216)

6.OneMoreDay

7.TheDreamIsOver

8.TheWarInside

9.AlmostGone

10.Eternal

11.OurOwnWay

12.DestroyTheWorldAroundMe

13.Thirteen/Craze

Album name: volume1 (DVD)

Singer: Mushroomhead

Distributing company: FilthyHands

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Release date: 2005

Language: English

Directory: -FirstDVD

-Filmed/EditedByTheBand&Crew

-ExclusiveMusicVideos

-MusicVideosSeenOnMTV&MTV2

-Live/TourFootage

-OffstageAntics

Album name: SaviorSorrow

Singing Singer: Mushroomhead

Publishing company: MegaforceRecords

Release date: 2006

Language: English

Track: 1.12 Hundred

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2.SimpleSurvival

3.Stoned

4.SavesUs

5.Tattoo

6.EraseTheDoubt

7.Burn

8.JustPretending

9.TheNeed

10.CutMe

11.TheFallen

12.EmbraceTheEnding