Mushroomhead Lyrics

Mushroomhead Info:

From:
Cleveland, Ohio, US

Genres:
Industrial metal, alternative metal, experimental metal, electro-industrial, shock rock

Years active:
1993-present

Name Origin:
Steve "Skinny" Felton explained:
"Mushroomhead is just one of those words that kinda makes it endless. The possibilities are: it can sound psychedelic, or you can, uh, think of it as a phallic symbol - a very sexual thing - or a funny type of name. It leaves a lot to the imagination. You can go anywhere with it. That's kinda where we are with the music. We do not want to get locked into one style."

Members:
Steve "Skinny" Felton -
drums, percussion (1993-present)

Jeffrey "Nothing" Hatrix -
clean vocals (1993-present)

Jason "J Mann" Popson -
unclean vocals, rap vocals (1993 - 2004, 2013-present)

Tom "Schmotz" Schmitz -
keyboards, samples (1993-present)

Rick "ST1TCH" Thomas -
turntables, samples, electronics (2001-present), percussion, water drums (2006-present)

Waylon Reavis -
unclean vocals, clean vocals, some live percussions (2004-present)

Tommy "Church" Church -
guitars (2012-present)

Ryan "Dr. F" Farrell -
bass (2012-present)

Robbie "Roberto Diablo" Godsey -
percussion, water drums, drum technician (2012 as touring member; 2013-present)

Past Members:
Joe "Mr. Murdernickle" Kilcoyne -
bass (1993 - 1995)

Joe "DJ Virus" Lenkey -
turntables, sampler and electronics (1993 - 1995)

Chris "Chamberlain" Chamberlain -
dancing, juggling (1993-1995)

Jessica "Roxy" Haney -
dancing (1993-2000)

Richie "Dinner" Moore -
guitars (1993 - 1999)

John "JJ Righteous" Sekula -
guitar (1993 - 2001; died 2010)

Marko "Bronson" Vukcevich -
guitars (2001 - 2006), samples (1995 - 2001), dancing (1993 - 2000)

Jack "Pig Benis" Kilcoyne -
bass (1995 - 2012)

Dave "Gravy" Felton -
guitars (1999 - 2012)

Daniel "Lil Dan" Fox -
custom percussion, water drums (2006-2009 as touring member; 2009-2012)

Did You Know:
• Mushroomhead was originally started as a side project in 1993 by prominent band members in the Cleveland area

• group adopted psuedonyms and decided to wear costumes/masks to differentiate themselves from their other projects

• their second show ever was opening for GWAR

• from 1999 to 2009, Mushroomhead had an on-and-off rivalry with Slipknot The feud began (mostly among fans) due to the image similarities between the bands; such as the masks and costumes worn on stage.

• Mushroomhead video director, maskmaker and make-up artist Dave Henson Greathouse competed in Season 4 of the SyFy series "Face Off", a special effects prosthetic makeup reality show competition.

Mushroomhead Quotes:
We have much more, but depending upon size and venue, and just the whole situation - we only, in that instance only - used like half of it. Like the banners and stuff; we have like a whole arena size. It's huge, and we have much bigger stuff.
Skinny

Just from me being into hardcore techno, and writing a lot of it. That was one of the things that got me into sampling, and drum machines, and sequencers in the first place. I was into the hardcore "Gabba music." I started listening to a lot of that in 90 - 92 and you're talking 184 beats per minute (bpm) almost borderline noise. Really aggressive. The rest of these guys hate it, but I was really into it.
Skinny

"R.I.P. Paul Gray, This feud needs to end. Much Love and Respect to the guys in Slipknot".

Tour Dates: