Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics

Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics is the debut studio album by Canadian musician

Cooked on Phonics tells the story of a fictitious death metal band "from South Central Poland" called Cryptic Coroner; during a gig, their guitarist breaks a string, and the band is forced to improvise and tune up to play punk rock instead; the band accidentally becomes an overnight success and decides to sell out their metal look and sound to become a commercial punk rock band called Punky Brüster (the band's name being a pun on the 1980s U.S. television series Punky Brewster).

At the end of the track "Larry's O," Townsend says the album took "A week-and-a-half to write, six days to record, 12 hours to mix."

Track listing

Personnel

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.^[2]

• Devin Townsend:
  • Dr. Skinny – main vocals, guitar
  • Lord Stenchlor
• John Randahl Harder
  • Squid Vicious – bass, vocals
  • Jokor, King of the Orcs
• Adrian White:
  • Dances with Chickens – drums
  • Underwator

Additional vocalists and musicians

• Chris Valagao (E. Val Mescal) – vocals on Oats Peas Beans & Barley
• Jed Simon (Ace Longback) – background vocals
• Byron Stroud (Stoolie B. Flames) – vocals, textures
• Bob Wagner (Velvet Kevorkian)
• Chief Dontsmoken
• Pete of Shit
• Surrey Wagner – drums
• Diananator
• Matteo Caratozzolo - editing, vocals

References

External links

• Punky Bruster at DevyWorld Archived April 14, 2005, at the Wayback Machine