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Screaming Headless Torsos

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This band is an awesome fusion of rock soul jazz rap and of course funkystuff. The distortion is cool the vocals are sweet the packaging is unmatched. My Favorite song is 'Smile in a Wave'! Fuze is awesome!
I would also reccomend George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars.

Big energy from the N.Y. scene. A mix of funky grooves with a little bit of everything, going from jazz to rock, from intriguing atmosferic guitars to fiery polirithmic patterns. Excellent guitar solos from one of the most interesting guitar players of the moment, not the typical lick-based solo but a real expressive, rythmically dense and spontaneous one with an incredible harmonic sense for the rythm parts. Very creative bass and drum lines perfectly executed not only in a technical, mechanical way but also as long as expressiveness is concerned, helped by the touch of a percussionist that brings a breath of fresh a ir into the rythm section, and into today's music itself. Incredible lead vocals offering all the demanding power and energy this record requires, covering with astonishing ease all ranges and registers with an unusual dramatic sense from jazz almost-be-bop-lines to rap, from a soulish ballad to a fiery funk-rock melody. Great recording and mastering, as you would expect from the one of the best N.Y studios. I have to recognize it wont fit everyone's taste but its a 'must have record' for someone who wants to be surprised with new, dense, and interesting musical experiences.

A used record store acquaintance sidled over and said I saw Hendrix live: they're better. Went to go see them. Loved the show and like the album.

The Screaming Headless Torsos debut (the worst band name ever? they're in the running) is a heck of a lot of fun. Modal guitar twinkies, noodling vocal scat, deep funk vibes with crushing rock riffage coming in sideways. All with extra bongos.

It's the tweedle-tweedle vocal trick that slaps me out of things. It's one great trick, don't get me wrong, but it is the same trick. Over and over. The guitar heroics can also be fatiguing. Perhaps this is the definition of a jazz fusion album: amazing skills but ultimately frustrating.

A friend introduced me to this album about two years ago and I fell in love with it instantly!! It has so many different flavors all rolled into one. Jazz, R&B, Fusion & Rock. Different types of sounds to please the pallette. Unfortunately my car tape player chewed up the tape I taped the album on. So I am on a quest to retrieve this awsome band back into my boom boxes and chill to some groovy tunes!!! For all those hard-core music enthusiasts out there, I highly recommend this album, it is poetic in it's lyrics as it is funky, experimental and jamming in it's sound. If I had the opportunity to see this band live, I would do it in a heart beat!!!

This is the band's debut album and it's amazing. It's Dave Fiuczynski's baby and he plays (and sings) his heart out. You can see, with a nickname like Fuze, what kind of music he'd be born to make, and here it is in all its power and glory. What would you call it? Punk fusion is probably the closest I could come to a name for it.

He puts lyrics to an old Miles Davis tune and cranks up the wattage on that one and a whole lot more. He gives his bassist and drummer lots of freedom to move. The lyrics to the songs that have them are ultrahip, but not coy, cheesy, or dumb; they rock as much as the music.

This album was way ahead of its time, which could explain why it's not readily available now. That's really a shame. If you want to hear something far beyond what Weather Report did that carries on the young, but powerful tradition of jazz fusion, look no further.

If you see it, get it, grab it, nab it, buy it, and LISTEN!!