Weird Little Boy

Weird Little Boy
Studio album by Weird Little Boy
Released	1998
Recorded	November 26, 1995
Genre	Avant Garde, Experimental, Noise
Length	41:49
Label	Avant
Producer	John Zorn, Kazunori Sugiyama

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Weird Little Boy is a one-off album by a band of the same name consisting of John Zorn (alto saxophone, keyboards, samplers), Trey Spruance (guitar, drums, keyboards), William Winant (percussion), Mike Patton (drums, vocals) and Chris Cochrane (guitar). It was released in 1998 on Zorn's Japanese label Avant.

The group's performance is in a vein of abstract soundscapes and avant garde expressionism.

Weird Little Boy is regarded by fans (as well as by the actual performers) as the best/worst thing that could have resulted from the meeting of this eclectic mix of artists. Every performer on the recording has at some point professed their distaste for the project. Most vocal on this subject was Trey Spruance.

Track listing

1. "Two Weeks on a Morphine Drip / New Dirt and New Flies / Lorne Greene" - 10:17
2. "If the Gun has a Mind / Redeye / Worms and Shit" - 8:05
3. "Totally Poobied" - 2:14
4. "Weird Little Boy" - 1:39
5. "Lungfull of Water" - 7:51
6. "Seance" - 3:04
7. "When Blood Fills a Cylinder" - 2:59
8. "Waiting" - 1:46
9. "Blindness" - 4:04

Recorded at Creative Audio, New York City on November 26, 1995

All compositions by Weird Little Boy

Personnel

• Chris Cochrane: guitar
• Mike Patton: drums, vocals
• Trey Spruance: guitars, keyboards, drums
• William Winant: percussion
• John Zorn: alto, samplers, keyboards
• Nayland Blake: graphics
• Dennis Cooper: text