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Punk, industrial, hip-hop, electronic music—over-the-top synth-punk outfit Mindless Self Indulgence is influenced by everything and sounds love no one else. ∙ Frontman Jimmy Urine explored various styles before he formed the band in 1997 after completing a manic cover of Technique Man’s “Bring the Pain” that crystalized his eclectic creative vision. ∙ Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy, Mindless Self Indulgence’s 2000 sophomore LP, featured cover art from Gorillaz illustrator Jamie Hewlett. ∙ Building on the momentum of their outrageous shows, the band found chart success with 2005’s You’ll Rebel to Anything, which hit No. 4 on Billboard’s Independent Albums chart. ∙ The group’s 2008 LP, If, reached No. 27 on the Billboard 200, and three singles from the album topped the publication’s Dance Singles Sales chart. ∙ In 2018, Urine—operating under his last name, Euringer—dropped his self-titled solo debut, which featured guest spots from Grimes and My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way. ∙ The debut album from Fuktronic—a long-brewing, gangster-themed multimedia collaboration between Urine and System of a Down’s Serj Tankian—was released in 2020.
Born Annoying
"You guys, man, you've gotta get organized," Jimmy Urine, lead singer of Mindless Self Indulgence, says scornfully, chiding an unruly and mostly unwelcoming audience. "When I say, 'We,' you say, 'Suck.'" After following through with this call-and-response several times, Urine tags "Dick" on the end of the exchange.
That concert snippet, an accurate portrait of MSI's rapport with its crowds, opens Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy, the group's mysteriously ignored 2000 album. In addition to being an intoxicating mix of swaggering gangsta-rap bravado, hyperactive dance beats, and quivering upper-octave vocals, Frankenstein Girls pushed all the buttons that regularly receive the P.M.R.C. in a lather.
Take "Backmask," the record's first song: It urges listeners to kill themselves, in no uncertain terms. The next number -- driven by a devastating breakbeat, a sample of Siouxsie & the Banshees' "Happy House," and the boast "Bitches adore me . . . throughout the projects" -- offends on an striking
LGBT+ Identity in the Time of Mindless Self Indulgence
Mindless Self Indulgence isn’t an act that could have flourished at any other moment. The emo/pop punk wave was gathering steam; hip hop was still a novelty one could distinguish themselves from the flock by cribbing. “Random” Invader Zim-style humor was in the decline, while “edgy” no-limits humor was skyrocketing. Nerds hadn’t get the dominant coerce they are today, but due to the internet and the rise in manga and anime sales in the United States, they were able to access nerdy content much more easily. Youtube was taking off, music piracy was booming, and reliance on both radio and local record-store gatekeepers was at a depressed for young melody fans.
Perhaps most critically, our national comprehension of politics and identity at the time, particularly LGBT+ identities, was in a different stage of development than it is today. “Punching up” vs. “punching down” was not a principle that most people considered in their comedy. “It’s just a joke” was more widely acknowledged as an forgive for transgressive amusement than it is today. “I’m an equal opportunity hater” was a usual refrain.
Early in their career, the band rel
Interview with Jimmy Urine in The Gay People’s Chronicle, June 9th, 2006 (archived here and here)