The Polyphonic Spree

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The Polyphonic Spree is a three-piece minimalist goth/avant-garde band founded by noted despot and Church of Satan deacon Tim DeLaughter. DeLaughter, along with his wife, Paris Hilton, and roving gambler Toby Halbrooks formed the band in 1965, in response to the growing effects of hippies. The Spree is the arch-nemesis of Marilyn Manson. The band's name is derived from the original proffessions of the trio, who originally stole cellular phones.

[edit] The Music

The Spree's music consists of minimalist arrangements featuring vocals reminiscent of Bob Dylan in style. Influenced by experimental bands like Coil, Current 93, Nurse with Wound, and country band Alabama, their sound is a dissonant but harmonious sound. However, unlike Dylan's vocals, each song by The Spree consists entirely of the repetition of one or two of a short list of lyrical lines:

• "Blot out the sun"
• "Stalk the day"
• "Solider Squirrel"
• "Drop me now"
• "It's all a nightmare"
• "The Fool Becomes a Fool"
• "Suicide is a-ok"
• "Hey, it's the sun, and it makes me Blind"
• "Follow the day and go to the Sun"
• "A Very, Very Long day"
• "Overblow your Balloon"

DeLaughter's vocals are accompanied by CornMo's accordion and Halbrooks's howling (resembling his mother's vocals, Diamanda Galas)cat-gutter, an instrument that mechanically huffs kittens in an attempt to imitate the sounds of the theremin, which Halbrooks was too cheap to buy. These three musical forces combine to produce what has been described as "the most horrible sound on Earth, even worse than Jandek".

Band News:

• There are several additional chorus members: Meryl Finger, Sandra May, Laura Johnson, and Sarah Orr will join the next leg and thigh of the tour. After their success on Americas Got Talent, The Glamazons are excited to perform selections from "Together We're Heavy".
• Reverend Michael Music is will give a sermon on the hazards of long bus travel next Sunday. BYOB.
• TVT reports increasing sales of the new record: the Fragile Navy.
• Corn Mo has publicly lashed out at the Spree for their single: "You are a Gary Busey Boy".
• Daniel Huffman has been working out actively, in hopes of joining the the Martial arts group Sideswipe.
• Rick, Ricky, Tamara, and Buffi will be backing up Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell (Air Supply) on their upcoming record, "I'm all out of Paper"
• The Polyphonic Spree Christmas party promises fun for all. Special guest this year will be William Hung and Clay Aiken.

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Watch the upcoming "Where are they Now" special on the Spree, and see what all the ex Spree members are up to (it's a 12 hour show).

2008 has promise for soundtrack appearances: "Toesucker", "Hedwig and the Angry Inch", "ER - The Musical", "The Tony Blair Witch Project"

and be sure to watch upcoming TV appearances

• VH1 behind the music special on Joe Butcher.
• VH1 behind the music spacial on Annie Clark and St Vincent
• Brian Teasley will be a contestant on America's got Talent's 3d season.
• The Love Boat reunion episode (Nov 2007), watch for the cameo appearance of CP and Jennifer

[edit] The Albums

[edit] The First Death Of The Polyphonic Spree

The Spree's first album was characteristically lighter in style than those which followed it. It included the song that would bring The Spree closer to fame than they would ever come again: "Blot Out The Sun". It was used by Boyd Rice in his campaign to market "Arian Pride", pure-white Volkswagen Beetles. Its video, which consisted of the iconic image of DeLaughter sitting alone in a dark room, instantly reached the number 1 position on MTV. The remaining songs on the album dealt with similar subject matter, such as "Mourn", "Soldier Girl" (A dedication to Lynndie England), and "Hanging Off The Bridge". However, the album's final track, "A Long Way To San Jose", was a half-hour long prog rock song similar to those of King Crimson. The Spree's fans were thrilled, and they'll buy anything the band puts out.

[edit] Together We Sink

The Spree's second album was created in a secret government laboratory as part of VH1's Music As A Weapon program. It increased the intensity and rage already present in the Spree's work with such songs as "Kill Me Now", "Suitcase Falling On Me From On Top Of A Ten-Story Building", and "When The Fool Gets Himself Killed". On this album, Halbrooks used three additional variants of the cat-gutter which instead goats, sheep, and emo kids as their unfortunate ingredients. The album was panned by critics, and sold a total of 17 copies in the United States, all to members of DeLaughter's congregation. However, it did reach number one in Mordor top 40 charts, and remained there until it was forced off by the combined efforts of Sauron and Diamanda Galas.

[edit] Biters

The Spree's most recent effort was created as the soundtrack to the 2012 Keanu Reeves movie "Biters", which dealt with the growing issue of vampirism in inner cities. It is on this album that The Spree reclaimed some of their appeal in the United States, particularly with the centerpiece of the soundrtrack, the "Nightmare Trio". In this remarkable series of pieces, Halbrooks turned Hilton's body into a modified version of the cat-gutter, which allowed each of her organs to produce a different tone when activated. This eventually resulted in Hilton's death, which critics panned as being "trite and predictable, though altogether the best thing possible for The Spree". After this incident, DeLaughter began to wear a full body iron jacket at all times.

[edit] Current Work

The Spree is currently working on a new album, tentatively titled "I Killed Paris, Fuck That Bitch". Inside sources have reported that Halbrooks's experimentation with the cat-gutter formula has extended to include an entire English boychoir. Sauron has announced he is eagerly awaiting its release.