Infecto-Groovalistic!
Infectious Grooves was a
band that produced some particularly
hard-edged funk around the early
90s. Their
slap-bass riffs inspired many a
jam session with my fellow musicians after school, way back in 1998.
The members appear (from the liner notes) to be:
Mike Muir,
Rober Trujillo,
Dean Pleasants and
Adam Siegel. Tradition has it that the whole thing is a side-project by
Suicidal Tendencies, and that seems to make sense - but I don't know any names so I can't confirm it.
I know of two albums:
Both albums have several spoken-word tracks involving a
reptilian ('
infectiphibian')
wannabe funkmeister named '
Sarsippius'. These are really quite funny if you're in the mood, and they're tied into the music nicely.
"Hey! Who are you? How did you get past security? This is a private session of the
Infectious Grooves."
"I'm Sarsippius! I'm here to do
backup vocals."
"What zoo did you
exscape from?" {
sic}
"What zoo did
I exscape from? Do you know who I am?"
"Well listen, Silpius, nobody told us about any-"
"Saaaaaaaar
sippius, ya
dummy!!"
And of course, the '
Plague That Makes Your
Booty Move...' album contains my favourite song title: '
You Lie! And Yo' Breath Stank!'