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  1. Mo Fat (4:40)

  2. True Story (3:50)

  3. Jailhouse Doc (3:12)

  4. Broomchant (4:04)

  5. Another TV Song (3:43)

  6. Funk12 (3:23)

  7. Screen (4:16)

  8. The Homewreckers (3:58)

  9. Generic (3:16)

  10. High St. (5:16)

  11. Arabia (4:26)

  12. Cleanup (4:19)

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Dr. Octojoculus

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"SPLEEN"

Written, performed and produced by Dr. Octojoculus, with
 

  • John DeBorde: Guitar on 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11 & 12

  • Roy Baleen Fluke: Guitar on 9

  • Rachel Gregory: Backing vocals on 5 & 11

  • Jamie Lemoine: Co-production, beats on 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 & 11

April, 1995

Dr. Octojoculus steps forward with his first CD release. "SPLEEN" finds Doc showing a side of his schizophrenic musical personality that is slick yet bent. The monstrous "MO FAT" anchors a wild ride of big beats and heavy guitars, psychedelic soundscapes and half baked rants. We like it--if you know what's good for you, you will too.

Toiling on the fringes, Dr. Octojoculus (aka Gary M. Gray) has been perfecting his eclectic stew for two decades, providing unique songs and an inimitable vocal presence for bands such as Barnacle Choir, Jimmy Jesus of the Cross, Naked Ape, Shellhead Mutants, Fizztabs and CornCorp in addition to his WWA, Dr. Octojoculus and octopop "solo" projects.

REVIEWS:

"Street wise Dr. Oct will not shit you..the beats on this CD are like a lethal mixture of homebrew, you don't know really what's in it, but it kicks and after a few hits the head trip starts to set in. Dr. Oct leaves out the gangsta rap crap and just lays low with minimal, yet ample orchestration glued together with creative guitar via John DeBorde & R.B. Fluke, and Dr. Oct's own words of wisdom...while his singing ain't pretty (imagine Seal via Snoop Dog on a mix of nitrous n meth), nonetheless the message comes across clear, as a people mankind is funked!! As you listen through Spleen, one minute you're in a psychedelic circus, the next minute at the local poetry corner gettin hit on by the local crack 'ho (we used to have one of those here in Atlanta down on Ponce, but I think the cops got wise...I'm talkin' the poetry corner, we've still got PLENTY of crack fairies). A couple of the tunes on Spleen could be pumped up a little more...but the #10 cut High St. is an underground industrial gem with a freak show interlude that sounds like a typewriter on a mass murder suicide run...then at the song's end a gunshot rings out...fitting.....The next song Arabia, features backing vocals by Rachel Gregory (who does them throughout the CD), and has an almost European feel..but hey, this is Dr. Octojoculus, and he could just about be anywhere, at anytime, whadda expect, it's Californian!!..."

–- Underground Sound, 2/2/96

 

"Hop aboard Mr. Toad's wild ride, hijacked today by one Dr. Octojoculus, aka Gary Gray, for a fun filled, yet unpredictable adventure entitled "Spleen". Expect the unexpected as Dr. O shifts from the big-beat, guitar laced hip hop opening cut "Mo Fat", to the made-for-dance-club "True Story", the the electronic techno sounds of "Another TV Song", with some Zappa-like satirical TV announcer spoofs thrown in. Like a kid OD'ing on the M&M jar, the good Dr. changes gears on almost every song. There are frenzied guitar
licks on "Funk 12", and killer beats with ferocious sampling on "High St." Look for Dr. Octojoculus touring this fall with his band Shellhead Mutants. Top Cuts: True Story, Mo Fat, Arabia."

-- Internet Music Reviews, 7/11/95

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