Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics

Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics (a pun of the literacy program Hooked on Phonics) is the debut studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend. It is a metal/punk rock parody concept album written by Townsend. Cooked on Phonics tells the story of a fictitious death metal band from south-central Poland called Cryptic Coroner that sells out their metal look and sound to become a commercial punk rock band called Punky Brüster (the band's name is a pun on the 80's U.S. television series Punky Brewster). It was released on Townsend's label, HevyDevy Records, on March 19, 1996.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Devin Townsend. 

Personnel

Each member of the project is credited under two aliases, the first as a Punky Brüster member, and the second as a Cryptic Coroner member.

• Devin Townsend:
  • Dr. Skinny – main vocals, guitar
  • Lord Stenchlor – Brustal sword of Baphonet's greasy spoon
• John Randahl Harder:
  • Squid Vicious – bass, vocals
  • Jokor, King of the Orcs – Battering old containers of poop strewn from the bowels of pure nasty Hell
• Adrian White:
  • Dances with Chickens – drums, hysteria
  • Underwator – Rotting corpse sucker from the world beyond the one before the last one

Additional vocalists and musicians

• Chris Valagao (E. Val Mescal) – vocals on "Oats Peas Beans & Barley"; total uncleanliness
• Jed Simon (Ace Longback) – background vocals, skulking, hot pants rocker baby
• Byron Stroud (Stoolie B. Flames) – vocals; textures; club owners; moocher of gear
• Bob Wagner (Velvet Kevorkian) – who did nothing, but has a honkin' name
• Chief Dontsmoken – bad hair; foreign guy; sleepless anarchy
• Pete of Shit – old gay punk dude; baby onions; chauffeur to the stars
• Surrey Wagner – drums when DWC was out conquering Gauls in Norway
• Diananator – groupie extrordinaire

References

• HevyDevy Records. "Punky Brüster: Cooked on Phonics."

External links

• Punky Bruster at DevyWorld
• Cooked on Phonics lyrics