Does anybody else remember a criminally underrated rock band from the '90's called Mindfunk? No? I didn't think so.

Just a brief bit of history: Mindfunk was made up of former members of Celtic Frost, M.O.D. and Soundgarden. Their first album, released by Sony/Epic, isn't all that great. It's not much more than basic hair metal; slick production, simple riffs, etc.

Their second album, however, is really something special. Dropped, so named because Sony/Epic dropped the band after their first album flopped, is an outstanding slab of stoner rock. Imagine a band as funky as the Chili Peppers and as doomy as Black Sabbath. That's what the second album delivers. When I finally do my long-pondered awesome albums that nobody has ever heard post, Mindfunk's Dropped will be featured prominently.

A total of two people bought Dropped, me and my buddy Jamie, and the band once again lost their record deal.

Their third album, which wasn't even released in the US, is called The People Who Fell From The Sky. I've looked for it off and on for ages, and finally had the brilliant idea (thanks, Wendy) to check Half.com. There is a copy there for ten bucks. I might just finally get it.

Just wanted to throw this out there. Mindfunk is a darn good band that fell between the cracks and, unfortunately, there's hardly even any mention of them on the internet. I wanted to add my voice to that small, dedicated din.

A few Mindfunk resources:

• Sample their music at this MySpace page.



• The closest thing there is to an official Mindfunk website is here.



• Their Wikipedia page spells their name as two words, for some reason. On my copy of Dropped and everywhere else I've seen, it's one word.



• Here's their entry at the Metal Archives.



• Here are a few stats.

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