P.L.M.B. (Pathological Lying Mutant Bird)

Question: What is MUTANT ROCK?
Answer: Can most easily be described with4 letters: P. L. M. B. (Pathological Lying Mutant Bird)

So the obvious follow up question would be: What is P.L.M.B.?

The simple answer would be the apparent pioneers of a new music genre called: “Mutant Rock”; which would leave us at square one again.
In this chronicle, I will do my best to unload my first hand impression of this unusual scene that has me baffled and excited.

I discovered this group at a club in Paris ripping through one of the most electrifying sets I’ve ever seen. I’m not sure as to where in fact these misfits formed exactly, but
a safe guess would be some place directly adjacent to a toxic waste land fill; underneath power lines in a region testing very rich in radio activity.

P.L.M.B. is on Siamese Dogs Records (SDR), the cult label from the early 70’s. In1971, Philippe Mogane, co -founder of SDR moved to the U.S.A in a quest for pure Rock ‘n Roll music and the freedom from conventions that it incarnated.
Sparked by Iggy& The Stooge’s release of “1969”, Mogane made his way to the West Coast where the boys from Detroit who had started a new era of music where encamped in a pink building on Sunset Blvd.

He would spend the next few months becoming close with them to eventually start Siamese Dogs Records with guitarist James Williamson (from the “Raw Power” album) as V.P. and Mogane doing the “hustle” work. They released “I Got A Right” and “Gimme Some Skin” which helped to fuel the NYC punk scene in the words of Joey Ramone’s past homage.

Now, over 30 years later, SDR is ready to bring the most insane and in-your-face Rock music to the masses once again. The hiatus was broken when Mogane discovered the Mutant Rock band known as P.L.M.B.
Headed by “cartoon-like” psychopath Buddy A, P.LM.B. is slithering through the Parisian sewers awaiting the overdue explosion they will unleash on the ears of true Rock n’ Roll fans worldwide.

I will let you in on the “Mutant Rock” concoction of the P.L.M.B. cocktail.
Begin with 4 oz. of Iggy Pop’s dirty Punk attitude, followed by 2 oz. of Johnny Thunders on-the-edge poetic sensibility. Grab 3 oz. of early Green Day’s power trio stupidity, and top it off with 5 hard oz. of the sheer demon power and brutality of Nirvana. Finish it up with a small dash of The Clash and The Ramones’s combat rock squad. Pour and serve. However, don’t attempt to drink it through a straw. You have to tilt your head back, open your throat, and swallow.


Fair warning, not everyone is equipped to stomach such a product.


You can imagine my curiosity following the performance I had just witnessed, so I attempted to corral the members for some post-show questioning. Unfortunately, the drummer was nowhere to be found as if he had just evaporated into thin air. When I passed the bassist and raised my arm to grab his attention, he shot a sharp and visible “No Comment” glance at me, which I dared not push further. If you ever see the guy you will understand exactly why. Finally, I managed to catch the guitarist/vocalist and started firing questions, which proved more trouble than it was worth. This most likely escaped mental patient responded with a hail of sounds that certainly could not be identified as any current language and disappeared backstage.

In conclusion, I am stuck with this Mutant taste in my mouth. A hard residue to simply shed without pondering intensively.
I continue to hunt these men in hopes to unlock the mysteries of P.LM.B. in my quest to uncover the Mutant Rock era lurking around the corner.
Check in with me for further updates as this journey unfolds.

- UNKOWN JOURNALIST (MIA since premiere entry).


Hitchhikers’s guide to P.L.M.B.

P.L.M.B. started in late 2003; a creation of vocalist/guitarist Buddy A.
This was in the height of the EMO era in the United States which was the big "anti-influence” of P.L.M.B. Buddy A decided to create simple Rock n' Roll music with a fun attitude relying heavily on unique vocals and lyrical puzzles with long time friend Buddy B.
They crafted the early sound of P.L.M.B. together in a tiny NYC apartment and began playing live shows with very mixed feedback. After constant recording and playing live shows they began to build steam and started to shop for a label. They would eventually sign with Siamese Dogs Records, in NYC, to record 27 songs for the creation of their breaking album, with songs which had nothing to envy to Iggy Pop’s “Raw Power”, Nirvana’s “Nevermind”, The Libertines’s “Up The Bracket” or The Ramones’s “Rocket To Russia”…
At the end of 2008, Buddy A came out to Paris to play a few shows promoting the 5 song E.P.: "Dead Moves-Not The Puzzle"; that had been recorded with Siamese. The raving response from the audience and the Rock DJ’s made him realize he had to return to France to dedicate himself to the project. So Mr. A packed up his guitars and his clothing to move closer to the Siamese Dogs mates.
In early 2009, Buddy met bassist The DuDe who embodied the Rock n’ Roll flame and strained from the same background. They quickly impersonated the “yin-yang” of P.L.M.B. forming with Mr Maow, a long time friend of The DuDe and drummer, one of the most piss-your-pants rockin’ power trio ever.
On the strength of that line up and of the release, in October 2009, of P.L.M.B.’s first C.d.: “Kill 1 Mutant Bird With 2 Stones”, PM 1004 SDR, the band is ready to rock the world with their in your face kick ass Mutant Rock songs.
When you listen to songs like Green Day-esque “Butter Sauce”, the heavy “Queen Can’t Honas” or the punkified blues of “Cancel The Cancelled Cancellation”, you know these wayward sons are here to rock you off your boots…

Band Members

Buddy A: Guitar & Vocals

I grew up listening to music but didn’t get involved until I was sixteen. The first instrument I played, or attempted to, was a Fender Squire I received in December of 2000. I immediately began writing a bunch of songs which I recorded at my neighbor's studio. In the summer of 2001, I was approached by friends who told me they were looking for a frontman in their musical project. Despite lacking any formal training or experience singing in a band, I decided to try out and become their new singer unaware that this would be a decisive act in changing me forever. Music became my life. Yet after hearing our first recording, I was so disturbed by the sound of my voice I quit and left the band to attend Art School in NYC. Through my visual studies, I realized music was in fact what I craved and I started crafting my art. I eventually came up with the style of P.L.M.B., which was mainly about keeping my voice straightforward with minimal mixing, and would musically satisfy me for the first time. (This was in the midst of the EMO era, so I basically did everything opposite)

The DuDe: Bass & Back up Vocals

Music fan from a very young age The DuDe only began to play music at 17, but as soon as he put his hand on a musical instrument he caught the virus. Quickly he began his learning by playing with as many bands as possible (P.L.M.B. being its 21st) significantly expanding his musical universe (Funk, Punk, Grunge, Jazz, Pop, etc.). At home in this multi-discipline universe, The DuDe created its own bass style which he describes himself as "Funk groove and Punk attack". He met Buddy A in 2009 and without even a musical note played, alchemy was at once there. Each of the two musicians are the perfect alter-ego of the other (in the tradition of Siamese brotherhood) fusing their creative visions to create P.L.M.B. explosive musical compositions.