Big Dumb Face
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| Country | USA |
| Years active | 2001 |
| Genres | Alternative Rock, Experimental rock |
| Labels | Interscope Records, Flawless Records |
| Members | Chris Gibbs Kyle Weeks Greg Isabelle Wes Borland Scott Borland |
Big Dumb Face is a band formed by Wes Borland shortly before he left the band Limp Bizkit. Songs written by Big Dumb Face were not written to be taken seriously. The style hails to old Frank Zappa singles and humorous vocals. The band has cited Ween as their primary influence. Some of their singles include Kali is the Sweethog and Blood Red Head on Fire, and their only Modern Rock Top 40 hit Rebel. Wes Borland set the project to the side once he quit Limp Bizkit in 2001 to start up progressive metal outfit Eat the Day, but once Eat the Day fell through and Wes briefly rejoined Limp Bizkit in late 2004, Borland recorded and wrote a new Big Dumb Face thrash/death metal song called "Darkness Becomes", which was at the time available to Borland's "WesBorland.net" website, but now is available on the Big Dumb Face website.
Big Dumb Face's primary musical style was humorous, but was also very diverse. The tracks on the album range from death/thrash metal (Burglaveist, Blood red Head on Fire) to new wave (It's Right in Here, Kali is the Sweethog), to speed country (Duke Lion). The album itself had many musical ideas loaded into each song,with keyboards, drum machine, live drums, guitars run through synths, bass guitar, and small trip hop beats thrown into songs.
Big Dumb Face originated Wes Borland from wanting a project to use guitar riffs he wanted to use in Limp Bizkit that the rest of the band did not want to use, as well as from his fascination with the band Ween. Borland worked on the CD in late 2000, released it in early 2001, and toured for BDF in early to mid 2001.
[edit] Members
- Wes Borland (Tongue Of Colicab) - Guitars, Vocals
Wes founded the band with his brother Scott and his best friend Kyle Weeks. On the actual record, Wes played everything, with help from Scott and Kyle on vocals, and of course, a drum machine.
- Scott Borland (The Cardboard Urinal) - Guitar
Scott is Wes's younger brother. Kyle and himself were in Goatslayer before Big Dumb Face was formed. Scott has also played on many Limp Bizkit songs, and was briefly a member of the band early on as keyboardist. He would later join Wes in his now defunct progressive metal band Eat the Day
- Kyle Weeks (The Three Headed Demetrian Pup) - Vocals
Kyle Weeks is a longtime friend of the Borland brothers and was the third member of Goatslayer. Initially joined the Borland's in Eat the Day, but bowed out very early because his wife was about to have a baby.
- Greg Isabelle (Joe Couch) - Drums
The aforementioned members of the band went to highschool with Greg, which is how he managed to be a part of this project. Later joined the Borland brothers in their progressive metal band Eat the Day
- Chris Gibbs (Moivet O'sphelvey) - Bass
Chris Gibbs is another friend of Scott and Greg, and was the touring bassist for Big Dumb Face. He is the only member of the touring BDF lineup that did not contribute to the Big Dumb Face Record in any way, as he was brought in just for live bass guitar.
[edit] Discography
| Album Info | Release Date | Album Cover |
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Duke Lion Fights the Terror!!
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March 6, 2001 |
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Big Dumb Metal EP
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March 6, 2001 |
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Demo
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1998 |
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