''Weird Little Boy'' is a one-off album by a band of the same name, performed by

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conducting, conductor, saxophonist, arrangement, arranger and record producer, producer who "deliberately resists category". His Avant-garde music, avant-garde and experimental music, ex ...

(alto saxophone, keyboards, samplers),

Trey Spruance Preston Lea "Trey" Spruance III (born August 14, 1969) is an American composer, producer, and musician who co-founded the experimental rock band Mr. Bungle. He is also leader of the multi-genre outfit Secret Chiefs 3. Originally a guitarist an ...

(guitar, drums, keyboards),

William Winant William Winant (born 1953) is an American percussionist. In addition to his work in contemporary classical music—notably performing Lou Harrison's compositions—Winant has worked in a variety of genres, including noise rock, free improvisation ...

(percussion),

Mike Patton Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and voice actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock bands Faith No More and Mr. Bungle. He has also fronted and/or played with Tomahawk, The ...

(drums, vocals) and Chris Cochrane (guitar). It was released in 1998 on the

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ese label

Avant Avant can refer to: People * Avant, part of music production team Bloodshy & Avant * Avant (singer), Myron Avant, an American singer * Clarence Avant, a music executive * Jason Avant, is a US American football player Places * Avant, Oklahoma, ...

. ''Weird Little Boy'' is regarded by fans (as well as by the actual performers) as the best/worst thing that could have resulted from the meeting of this eclectic mix of artists. Every performer on the recording has at some point professed their distaste for the project. Most vocal on this subject was Trey Spruance.Will York
"The secret chief - Trey Spruance declares war on hipness by association."
''SFBG.com'', June 5, 2002

Reception

The

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review by Bradley Torreano awarded the album 3 stars noting that "This is not for fans of jazz, or fans of anything really. This is a brutal noise experience for listeners interested in how far sonic technology can really be stretched and twisted. It is also very captivating music, and given time it can really sustain interest. Just make sure to listen to it when you have time to digest the whole package".Torreano, B
Allmusic Review
accessed November 21, 2013.

Track listing

# "Two Weeks on a Morphine Drip / New Dirt and New Flies / Lorne Greene" - 10:17 # "If the Gun Has a Mind / Redeye / Worms and Shit" - 8:05 # "Totally Poobied" - 2:14 # "Weird Little Boy" - 1:39 # "Lungfull of Water" - 7:51 # "Seance" - 3:04 # "When Blood Fills a Cylinder" - 2:59 # "Waiting" - 1:46 # "Blindness" - 4:04 ::''Recorded at Creative Audio, New York City on November 26, 1995'' ::''All compositions by Weird Little Boy''

Personnel

*Chris Cochrane: guitar *

: drums, vocals *

: guitars, keyboards, drums *

: percussion *

: alto, samplers, keyboards *

Nayland Blake Nayland Blake is an American artist whose focus is on interracial attraction, same-sex love, and intolerance of the prejudice toward them. Their mixed-media work has been variously described as disturbing, provocative, elusive, tormented, siniste ...

: graphics *

Dennis Cooper Dennis Cooper (born January 10, 1953) is an American novelist, poet, critic, editor and performance artist. He is best known for the ''George Miles Cycle'', a series of five semi-autobiographical novels published between 1989 and 2000 and describe ...

: text

References

{{Authority control 1998 albums Albums produced by John Zorn John Zorn albums Avant Records albums