Punky Brüster

Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics
Studio album by Devin Townsend
Released	March 19, 1996
Genre	Metal, punk rock, parody
Length	58:36
Label	Hevy Devy Records
Producer	Devin Townsend
Devin Townsend chronology
Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics (1996) Ocean Machine: Biomech (1997)

Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics (a pun of the literacy program Hooked on Phonics) is the debut studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend. It is a metal/punk rock parody concept album written by Townsend. Cooked on Phonics tells the story of a fictitious death metal band from south-central Poland called Cryptic Coroner that sells out their metal look and sound to become a commercial punk rock band called Punky Brüster (the band's name is a pun on the 80's U.S. television series Punky Brewster). It was released on Townsend's label, HevyDevy Records, on March 19, 1996.

Members

Each member of the project is credited under two aliases, the first as a Punky Brüster member, and the second as a Cryptic Coroner member:

• Devin Townsend:
  • Dr. Skinny - Lead Vocals and Guitar
  • Lord Stenchlor - Brustal sword of Baphonet's greasy spoon
• John Randahl Harder:
  • Squid Vicious - Bass and Vocals
  • Jokor, King Of The Orcs - Battering old containers of poop strewn from the bowels of pure nasty Hell
• Adrian White:
  • Dances With Chickens - Drums (and hysteria)
  • Underwator - Rotting corpse sucker from the world beyond the one before the last one

Additional Punk rockers:

• Chris Valagao (E. Val Mescal) - Vocals on Oats Peas Beans & Barley; total uncleanliness
• Jed Simon (Ace Longback) - BG Vocals, skulling, hot pants rocker baby
• Byron Stroud (Stoolie B. Flames) - Vocals; textures; club owners; moocher of gear
• Chief Dontsmoken - bad hair; foreign guy; sleepless anarchy
• Pete of Shit - old gay punk dude; baby onions; chauffeur to the stars
• Bob Wagner (Velvet Kevorkian) - who did nothing, but has a honkin' name
• Surrey Wagner - Drums when DWC was out conquering Gauls in Norway
• Diananator - Groupie extrordinaire

Track listing

All songs written by Devin Townsend.

1. "Recipe for Bait" – 7:26
2. "Fake Punk" – 2:21
3. "EZ$$" – 4:13
4. "Metal Dilemma" – 3:32
5. "Oats Peas Beans & Barley" – 1:49
6. "Wallet Chain" – 3:25
7. "Heinous Anus" – 1:43
8. "Heavy Metal Mama" – 4:47
9. "Crusty's at the Ivanhoe" – 6:23
10. "Picture of Myself" – 6:43
11. "The Girls Next Door" – 4:28
12. "Larry's O" – 6:06
13. "Metal Heads are Punk Rockers" - 3:06

Personnel

• Devin Townsend – main vocals, guitar
• JR Harder – bass
• Adrian White – drums

Additional vocalists and musicians

• Chris Valagao
• Jed Simon
• Byron Stroud
• Bob Wagner

Production

• Devin Townsend – recording, production

References

• HevyDevy Records. "Punky Brüster: Cooked on Phonics."

External links

• Punky Bruster at DevyWorld
• Cooked on Phonics lyrics