Diarrhea of a Madman

Diarrhea of a Madman is the debut album by the band Dave Brockie Experience. It was released in 2001 by Metal Blade Records.

Reception

Houston Press described the album as "an entertaining mix of the leader’s musings on the world" and "liberally applied doses of not-altogether-gratuitous poo-poo and masturbation humor". Still, the songs often contained a resonance of truth "just one layer down". Standing out from the rest, the tracks "I Saw Three Forms" and "Calling Dr. Fong" were lengthy renditions of a dramatic dialogue set to background music, a "type of free-form-storytelling-to-music rarely heard since Apostrophe-era Zappa".
Razorcake wrote in extenso: "Schizophrenic, vaguely poppy rock music with some pretty stupid lyrics, from one of the guys responsible for Gwar, which explains quite a bit". New Music Monthly stated that "when DBX rocks, it's nothing short of tasteless mayhem", fulfilling the band's intent with this record.
Rough Edge opined that Diarrhea of a Madman "is certainly entertaining, as long as you don't have a politically correct bone in your body". This was due to the "shocking, outrageous and uncensored" lyrics as well as liner notes. However, "many will find the over-the-top antics of the Dave Brockie Experience too much". Ink 19 compared the album to "Mr. Bungle covering the Joykiller", which was a "weird, wild ride" to sit through.

Track listing

Lady Died - 15:15 into track 18.