The thinking man's fuck band

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by RUPERT BOTTENBERG

Announcing themselves as a superdupergroup are the Electric Brains, a six-piece rock-strosity featuring members of Bionizer, Dicky la Rue, 1-800-Avon and forgotten Canadian TV funnymen the Frantics (but nobody from Oddspeed, godly). Despite their pedigrees, they claim this is not a fuck band. Their eloquent vocalist Simon Nixon explains.

Mirror: So why are the Brains not a fuck band?

Simon Nixon: 'Cuz the songs are really good, to the suprise of all of us. I think we were a fuck band, but then we realized we're really good.

M: What exactly is a fuck band?

SN: A band that doesn't give a fuck if they're any good, or if anyone comes to see them play. We still don't but thats what makes it so fun.

M: So what's the E-Brain sound?

SN: I guess the Detroit punk sound is pretty close. Early Alice Cooper is a good reference point.

M: What's with the whole "support your scene" thing? Are you guys DIY? Are You MTLHC?

SN: Yeah, uh, I don't know. That was all Johnson's idea.

M: What about DWI? CBGBs? Charged GBH?

SN: No, I don't think we're any of those. We're more metal. M-Q-H-M.

M: What's this about a tour?

SN: Just Quebec and Ontario, but I've demanded a bottle of bourbon at each show. We're getting $1,000, a two-four and bottle of bourbon at each show.

M: You don't deserve that! Is that because you have an ex-Doughboy in the band?

SN: That's basically what we're riding on, the ex-Doughboy thing.

M: Anything else we should know about the Brains? Bon mots? Deep thoughts?

SN: Geez, uh... It's fun to be rockin' out with your buds--to look across the stage and see Johnson and Andrew, your buds, rockin' out. It's a good thing. :