Mentallo and the Fixer

This article is about the band. For the Marvel Comics villains they are named after, see Mentallo and Fixer (comics)
Mentallo and the Fixer
Origin TX, United States
Genres Industrial, electro-industrial
Years active 1988 – present
Labels Simbiose, Zoth Ommog, Metropolis Records, Off Beat, Alfa Matrix
Members Gary Dassing
Past members Dwayne Dassing (1988-1999)

Mentallo and the Fixer (sometimes written as Mentallo & the Fixer) is the project name used by Texan electro-industrial musicians Gary Dassing (Mentallo) and Dwayne Dassing (The Fixer) from 1988 to 1999, and by Gary Dassing alone from 1999 to the present day. The band has several releases on the American record label, Metropolis Records. They are named after two Marvel Comics characters.

Biography

The Dassing brothers first began experimenting with music by the means of more traditional rock music instruments, such as guitar and drums. However, by the time the two formed their first band Benestrophe with vocalist Richard Mendez, the instruments of choice became synthesizers and samplers. Most of the two tapes worth of material they recorded subsequently became available as the releases "Sensory Deprivation" and "Auric Fires" on Ras Dva Records. After parting ways with Mendez, the two brothers began work as Mentallo & The Fixer. Their very first release "No Rest for the Wicked" saw a limited 500-copy run on vinyl by the Portuguese label Simbiose records, and also gained the attention of Talla 2XLC from Zoth Ommog records.

Mentallo & The Fixer soon after began their long-term relationship with the American industrial music record label Metropolis Records with their second release "Revelations 23". This release solidified the band's sound, which included "snarling distorted vocals, hard cutting sequencer rhythms, and a thunderous beat".[1] However, Mentallo & The Fixer changed directions with their following release, "Where Angels Fear to Tread".

At this time, in 1994, the Dassing brothers formed a side project with vocalist Michael Greene called Mainesthai. Mainesthai's two releases, "Out to Lunch" and "Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai" were also both released on Metropolis Records, but not until 1998. The Dassings still recorded as Mentallo & The Fixer, releasing their next album "Burnt Beyond Recognition" in 1997, along with two singles, "Centuries" and "False Prophets".

After the departure of Dwayne Dassing from the band in 1999, Gary continued to use the Mentallo & The Fixer name and released several albums including "Algorythum", "Love is the Law", "Return to Grimpen Ward", and "Vengeance is Mine", along with the single "Systematik Ruin" to accompany "Alogrythum".

Gary Dassing returned to the public after an almost four-year hiatus holding out the prospect of releasing new material.[2] In September 2014, Mentallo & the Fixer released a 3 CD box titled Zothera on Alfa Matrix. It contained two remastered albums from their Zoth Ommog era, namely Revelations 23 and Where Angels Fear to Tread, and a third bonus CD Apocrypha with unreleased material such as remixes.[3]

Members

Discography

Studio albums

Date Title Label
1992 No Rest for the Wicked Simbiose
1993 Revelations 23 Zoth Ommog/Metropolis
1994 Where Angels Fear to Tread Zoth Ommog/Metropolis
1995 Continuum Metropolis/Off Beat
1997 ...There's No Air to Breathe Zoth Ommog
1997 Burnt Beyond Recognition Metropolis/Off Beat
1999 Algorythum Metropolis/Off Beat
2000 Love Is the Law Metropolis
2001 Return to Grimpen Ward Metropolis
2001 Vengeance Is Mine Metropolis
2007 Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst Alfa Matrix
2012 A Collection Of Rare, Unreleased & Remastered Alfa Matrix
2012 Music from the Eather Alfa Matrix
2014 Zothera Alfa Matrix

EPs

Date Title Label
1997 Centuries Metropolis/Off Beat
1997 False Prophets Metropolis
1999 Systematik Ruin Metropolis/Off Beat
2006 Commandments for the Molecular Age Alfa Matrix

Compilation appearances

Side projects

Mainesthai

Benestrophe

Shimri

This is a Gary Dassing solo project.

Parking Lot In Drug Form

This is a Gary Dassing and Ric Laciak project

Reign of Roses

Dwayne Dassing, Vocals and Lyrics by Scott Berens

References

  1. ↑ Mentallo & The Fixer at Metropolis Records
  2. ↑ Van Isacker, Bernard (February 24, 2005). "Mentallo & The Fixer returns". Side-Line (Belgium). Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ Van Isacker, Bernard (August 7, 2014). "Classic Zoth Ommog albums by Mentallo & The Fixer remastered and re-released in 3CD boxset / download 'Zothera'". Side-Line (Belgium). Retrieved February 13, 2015.

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