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.

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:
alias 1: Dr. Skinny – main vocals, guitar
alias 2: Lord Stenchlor – Brustal sword of Baphonet’s greasy spoon
John Randahl Harder:
alias 1: Squid Vicious – bass, vocals
alias 2: Jokor, King of the Orcs – Battering old containers of poop strewn from the bowels of pure nasty Hell
Adrian White:
alias 1: Dances with Chickens – drums, hysteria
alias 2: 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