Infectious Grooves - The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move

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Infectious Grooves - The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move [FLAC+MP3](Big Papi)

1991 Funk Metal - Original CD Epic EK 47402
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If you have a new copy of this CD do not open it...it is worth $40

- Big Papi
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By Matthew Messatzzia

What happens when you take the bass virtuosity of Rob Trujillo (ex-Suicidal Tendencies, later joined Metallica), the vocal stylings of Mike Muir (Suicidal Tendencies), multiple guest drummers (including Stephen Perkins of Porno For Pyros and studio drummer Josh Freese of Vandals and A Perfect Circle fame), and even more guest guitarists and miscellaneous instrumentalists, throw them into a blender on the 'puree' setting with a gallon of funk and a few quarts of punk/metal?

You get Infectious Grooves.

It's funky, it's rocking. It makes you dance and it makes you bang your head. That's what Infectious Grooves is all about.. groovin' and rockin'.

The strongest element of the album, naturally, is the incredible bass work of one Rob Trujillo. Rob shows his true colors on this album, always laying down the solid groove and occasionally stepping outside of the pocket to display incredible work with both the left and right hands. The guest guitarists on the album are all of a high level of musicianship. The title track has an incredibly sick-sounding guitar solo that is usually only heard amongst the likes of talent such as Steve Vai or John Petrucci.

The only downfall of the album is that Mike Muir has never been what I would consider a "good vocalist". He is, however, very fitting to the Infectious Grooves sound. The songs are all humorous, both musically and lyrically. Muir does a great job of keeping you laughing, whether it is his classic funk "Hey hey hey's" or the ridiculous lyrics ("You lie.. and yo breath stank.. smells just like.. a septic tank.") The skits, may I add, are amusing the first time around but the novelty quickly wears off. I was also a bit irked that the album ended with a skit track as opposed to an actual song.

If you like funk and are open to experimentation, I highly recommend this album. Being an individual who has an undying love for both funk and metal, this album is extremely appealing to me.

I reiterate.. HIGHLY recommended.

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Infectious Grooves - The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move
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Artist...............: Infectious Grooves
Album................: The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move
Genre................: Pop/Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1991

FLAC

Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 64 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit

MP3 V0 (Highest Quality Available For MP3)

Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.99
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Extreme, (avg. bitrate: 266kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz


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Tracklisting
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1. Infectious Grooves - Punk It Up [03:51]
2. Infectious Grooves - Therapy [03:25]
3. Infectious Grooves - I Look Funny? [00:26]
4. Infectious Grooves - Stop Funk'n With My Head [03:23]
5. Infectious Grooves - I'm Gonna Be My King [05:23]
6. Infectious Grooves - Closed Session [01:19]
7. Infectious Grooves - Infectious Grooves [04:13]
8. Infectious Grooves - Infectious Blues [00:43]
9. Infectious Grooves - Monster Skank [03:42]
10. Infectious Grooves - Back to the People [02:46]
11. Infectious Grooves - Turn Your Head [01:19]
12. Infectious Grooves - You Lie... And Yo Breath Stank [02:55]
13. Infectious Grooves - Do the Sinister [04:15]
14. Infectious Grooves - Mandatory Love Song [00:09]
15. Infectious Grooves - Infecto Groovalistic [05:05]
16. Infectious Grooves - Thanx But No Thanx [01:54]

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Credits

Greg Calbi - Mastering
Scott Crago - Percussion, Conga, Drums
Mark Dodson - Producer, Mixing
Dave Dunn - Keyboards
Rocky George - Guitar
Phil Kettner - Guitar
Kenny Komisar - Executive Producer
Dave Kushner - Guitar
Mike Muir - Vocals, Producer
Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals (on song #2)
Stephen Perkins - Percussion, Drums, Timbales
Dean Pleasants - Guitar
Adam Siegel - Guitar, Artwork
Robert Trujillo - Bass, Producer
Joel Zimmerman - Art Direction