Mindless Self-Indulgence - An Ode To The Over-Thinkers of the World.

Hello friends and neighbors =) Today's review is dedicated to those who love the early 90's grunge-alternative sound made famous by bands like Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden. This rare album was inspired by that sound and is the very first and self-titled album by Mindless Self Indulgence.

Album: Mindless Self-Indulgence
Artist: Mindless Self-Indulgence
Released: N/A
Genre: Rock
Obtained: 3 years ago, ripped off YouTube via stereo mix drive

OVERVIEW
This album is so rare you still can't find decent quality copies of any of the tracks anywhere on the internet, if decent quality versions of these tracks even exist. The music and vocals were mainly composed by James Euringer (now known as Jimmy Urine) and his brother, Steve (righ?). It's nothing like their albums today; the words and music are both aggressive and depressingly dark at the same time.
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UNSOCIABLE
This song talks about a kid who is having trouble fitting in with the other kids and with society. It references Sesame Street with the lines "One of these shapes is not like the others," but that's pretty much the only really notable thing about this song.

DO UNTO OTHERS PART I
This one makes a mockery of both the Golden Rule and the story of Jesus Christ as Jimmy wallows in self pity, going on about how he has been victimized by the world and by God so he's going to have his revenge blah blah blah.... Although I'm not overly captured by the lyrics in this one either, I do find it quite catchy and iPod-worthy.

BED OF ROSES

I stumbled across this track accidentally when I first started looking up music by MSI. This song is not to be confused with "Bed of Roses" by Bon Jovi. The mst outstanding and monumental track, with backing guitars, by Steve, this song is such a heavy and orchestrated anthem you would think it was a cover, but no.

DO UNTO OTHERS PART II
This is more like a very long reprise of the original "Do Unto Others" than anything. There are no extra verses on this track; it just repeats different parts of all the verses from the original in sporadic bursts of painful wails. Depending on your point of view, this could make the song very catchy or extremely annoying.

KICK
This is mostly an instrumental track, with the only lyrics being "Kick out the jams, motherf**ker." It provides a nice little break from all the melancholy with an upbeat little breakbeat mix. All the programming, as far as I'm aware, was done by Jimmy alone.

UNSOCIABLE (EXTENDED)
Track 6 is the first depressing track extended to a full 5 minutes. Yay.

KICK (REMIX)
Pretty self explanatory. Basically, it's just the original "Kick" re-arranged; no new effects or anything. I'm not sure which version I prefer.
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I'm not quite sure as to why Jimmy was so disheartened upon making this album, and I'm even more confused as to what caused him to suddenly shift his persona from a wannabe Trent Reznor to a 30-year-old kid with ADHD, turning MSI into what it is today. Oh well. This is another album that will only be enjoyed by the uber-fans obsessed enough to actually take the time to hunt this album down and retrieve a copy.

Thanks for reading, have a great day! =)

Favorite Tracks:
Bed of Roses, Do Unto Others (Part I)