Devin Townsend (Punky Bruster) - Recipe for Bait

From Cooked on phonics (1996)

Line-up

Devin Townsend (aka Dr. Skinny) - Lead Vocals and Guitar
John Randahl Harder (aka Squid Vicious) - Bass and Vocals
Adrian White (aka Dances With Chickens) - Drums

We're not metal anymore
We're the punky rockin' whores!
Born to make the girls go crazy
Let us in the latest fad
We'll be the best you've ever had!
Even thought we're losers baby!
(This music) scares the hell right out of me!

Even thought it makes you feel alright
You're not punk and you never will be!
- And you put a number on us all!

Oh, don't it make you mad?
Oh, don't it make you sad?
It's everything I hate
So I'm here lying on the floor
'Cause I can't fake it through the door
I've learned the recipe for bait!

It's everything you're meant to be
Stuff Mom and Dad will never see
My excuses to be lazy!
'Cause we're not babies anymore!
Gonna start a fucking war!
Anything to make you crazy!!
(Generation) X is a consumer fallacy!
(And I hear you say) Why push yourself if there's no hope at all?
Well just count the things you'll never be
And pass them over as you fall!!!

I've gotta get now to a phone
I can't stand another minute alone
'Cause I've got to know who's making it right now!

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[yharr666]

sadly, this is much better than most actual punk.

[MRPDR12]

rooooooooofl

"I broke a string...i i i mean I BROAK UH STREEENG"

[DaHuuuuuuudge]

william murderface, is that you?

[vaiority]

what the fuck did i just listen to...haha

[Bassbait]

@CyanideSovereign Ya, that's the one.

[CyanideSovereign]

@Bassbait

"I know you've found your pain, and it's the last thing you'll ever do and you've only got you to thank!"

That the one you're referring to? I think I hear it (kinda)

[PcCAvioN]

Devin is just as good at Death Metal as Bloodbath!

[krillindestructo]

@Bassbait yes, but it's nothing to be proud of

[krillindestructo]

It's pretty sad to think that this is probably the pinnacle of 90's punk-rock...despite being a parody of it. Oh well.

[ExtremeRecluse2011]

Hilarious!!!!!

[Bassbait]

@TheRedComa It's really hard to notice, but at about 7:10, he twists the lyrics slightly around and puts them into Skeksis. The time in Skeksis where the reference is made is at 5:24. The lyrics aren't the exact same, but they're similar enough that you can tell Devin took it from here.

Also, Gene Hoglan uses a recycled beat from the band "The Almighty Punchdrunk" in Skeksis (to Skeksis' advantage, it is a REALLY good drum beat).