Mindless Self Indulgence: profanity, speed

Mindless Self Indulgence is a chaos-inducing quartet from New York City. Formed in 1997 Mindless Self Indulgence originally consisted of vocalist James Euringer, aka Little Jimmy Urine, guitarist Steve, Righ?(sic), bassist Vanessa Y.T. and drummer Kitty.

Mindless Self Indulgence's sound is a mixture of rave-techno and keyboard-juiced punk, and the addition of the mosquito-voiced Euringer creates a very unique sound that is nothing if not fun to listen to. The music is extremely fast-paced, every member of the band has learned how to play quicker rhythms than what most bands would attempt, and the fast-paced quality of the band's music is helped along by the fact that each song's average length is a little over a minute and a half.

The band released "Tight," its debut album in 1999, and coupled with its over-the-top live concerts, it quickly created a fan base that earned them spots opening for bands such as Rammstein and Insane Clown Posse.

The next year, Mindless Self Indulgence released its sophomore effort "Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy" which further proved that Jimmy Urine has never found a word of profanity that he didn't like.

In 2002, just before the release of "Alienating Our Audience: Live," bassist Vanessa Y.T. was replaced by Lyn-Z, though she was a welcome addition, since the sound of the band did not change much between the switch.

Then, in 2005, Mindless Self Indulgence was signed to the industrial label Metropolis and released the CD "You'll Rebel to Anything," which was released in three different versions with different artwork and bonus tracks.

Mindless Self Indulgence hasn't won many awards, but Billboard has acknowledged them multiple times. The band peaked at No. 107 on Billboards 200 with the release "You'll Rebel to Anything." The very same record peaked at No. 107 on Billboard's Top Internet Albums chart, No. 4 on the Top Independent Albums chart, and peaked at No. 1 on the Top Heatseekers chart.

Overall, Mindless Self Indulgence provides a fantastic, fast-paced, profanity-packed, quirky performance that seems to be spawned from too much cocaine and caffeine.