Thursday, September 06, 2007

Tomahawk: Anonymous

Status of copy at Case Memorial Library
Personnel: Duane Denison, guitars, bass guitars; John Stanier, drums, percussion; Mike Patton, vocals, keyboards, electronics, percussion.
Artist website: http://www.ipecac.com/bio.php?id=9
Contents: War song — Mescal rite 1 — Ghost dance — Red fox — Cradle song — Antelope ceremony — Song of victory — Omaha dance — Sun dance — Mescal rite 2 — Totem — Crow dance — Long, long weary day. "All tunes are original arrangements inspired by Native American material from the late 19th century"(according to the container). "[E]xplores and reinterprets the darker, more recessed ancestral music created by North America’s indigenous people" (website).
Wired wrote: "This trio of alt-metal all-stars, fronted by chronic polybandist Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Peeping Tom, Fantômas), uses early-20th-century Native American chants as inspiration for its signature psychedelia. Kinda weird. Totally worth it" ("Playlist: What's Wired This Month," 8/07, p. 62).

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