Weird Little Boy

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Weird Little Boy is a one-off album by a band of the same name consisting of John Zorn (alto saxophone, keyboards, samplers), Trey Spruance (guitar, drums, keyboards), William Winant (percussion), Mike Patton (drums, vocals) and Chris Cochrane (guitar). It was released in 1998 on Zorn's Japanese label Avant.

The group's performance is in a vein of abstract soundscapes and avant garde expressionism.

Weird Little Boy is regarded by fans (as well as by the actual performers) as the best/worst thing that could have resulted from the meeting of this eclectic mix of artists. Every performer on the recording has at some point professed their distaste for the project. Most vocal on this subject was Trey Spruance:

"At the risk of sounding ironic which I do NOT intend, The Weird Little Boy thing absolutely sucks, and buying it would be a waste of anyone's hard-earned money. I have to apologize to anyone who may have bought it for the reason that I play on it. Sorry!"^{[citation needed]}