Fungus Amungus
09-01-2007, 08:01 PM
Taken from Allmusic.com
"One of the most unique cult bands of the '90s, Soul Coughing anchored a new crop of quirky, unclassifiable bands that emerged in the post-grunge era, including Morphine, the Eels, and Cake. Driven by frontman M. Doughty's stream-of-consciousness poetry, Soul Coughing's sound was a willfully idiosyncratic mix of improvisational jazz grooves, oddball samples, hip-hop, electronics, and noisy experimentalism (described by Doughty as "deep slacker jazz"). Even at the height of the alternative rock era, it was too avant-garde to cross over into the mainstream, keeping one foot planted in the downtown New York scene from whence the band sprang. Yet their ironic sense of humor and stylized bohemian-hipster image made them accessible enough to earn a widespread, enthusiastic following on college campuses."
The band released 3 albums; Ruby Vroom, Iresistible Bliss and El Oso. All the albums are unique and very creative. I would consider Iresistible Bliss thier "worse" album, even then it's a very good album. The band broke up around 2000 on good terms. All the members were involved with other projects and decided to quit at thier prime.
Here is a list of songs I would start off if you want to get into them:
Super Bon Bon
300
Misinformed
Collapse
Soundtrack to Mary
Rolling
Blue Eyed Devil
There is alot of fake myspaces that you can find with thier songs on. If you like what you hear you might want to check out Mike Doughty's solo work.
"One of the most unique cult bands of the '90s, Soul Coughing anchored a new crop of quirky, unclassifiable bands that emerged in the post-grunge era, including Morphine, the Eels, and Cake. Driven by frontman M. Doughty's stream-of-consciousness poetry, Soul Coughing's sound was a willfully idiosyncratic mix of improvisational jazz grooves, oddball samples, hip-hop, electronics, and noisy experimentalism (described by Doughty as "deep slacker jazz"). Even at the height of the alternative rock era, it was too avant-garde to cross over into the mainstream, keeping one foot planted in the downtown New York scene from whence the band sprang. Yet their ironic sense of humor and stylized bohemian-hipster image made them accessible enough to earn a widespread, enthusiastic following on college campuses."
The band released 3 albums; Ruby Vroom, Iresistible Bliss and El Oso. All the albums are unique and very creative. I would consider Iresistible Bliss thier "worse" album, even then it's a very good album. The band broke up around 2000 on good terms. All the members were involved with other projects and decided to quit at thier prime.
Here is a list of songs I would start off if you want to get into them:
Super Bon Bon
300
Misinformed
Collapse
Soundtrack to Mary
Rolling
Blue Eyed Devil
There is alot of fake myspaces that you can find with thier songs on. If you like what you hear you might want to check out Mike Doughty's solo work.