Big Dumb Face

There is only a certain level of crap that a reviewer can take before he or she decides to take an album outside with a sawed-off shotgun and blow it to oblivion. Because I don't have a shotgun, I will have to be contented by bashing Big Dumb Face's freshman release, Duke Lion Fights The Terror!!, with the written word.\nBig Dumb Face is Wes Borland, Wes Borland and Wes Borland. That's it. The Limp Bizkit guitarist does everything by himself. While that might be an impressive feat when creating quality music like Trent Reznor does with Nine Inch Nails, Duke Lion is nothing more than a collection of simple, immature and unimaginative recordings.\nEach song features a simple, repetitive guitar beat played over and over ad nauseam. Layered on top are Borland's computer-altered vocals. So while on "Burgalveist" he is Satan incarnate, he sounds like a high-pitched alien on "Mighty Penis Laser."\nDuke Lion supposedly follows the adventures of a superhero by the same name. The second track, "Duke Lion," is an obnoxious "Bonanaza" rip-off that introduces the hero as "the son of man and god and lion" who "keeps the good from dyin'." Each subsequent song either presents a new villain or a some dangerous situation that Duke Lion is supposed to triumph over. But because the songs never give an ending, are we supposed to assume the evil was defeated?\n"Kali Is The Sweethog" starts with a quirky, synthesized drum beat before going back to Borland's funky guitar stylings. Easily the catchiest song on the album, there is too much simplicity and utter stupidity, both musically and lyrically, for it to be a save-all for the album. \nThere is nothing worth listening to on this album, at all. Each song is either horribly produced, musically inadequate or horribly immature. I used to think that Fred Durst was the reason for Limp Bizkit's total inability to make intelligent, quality music. But judging by the complete lack of musical talent on Duke Lion, it's apparently a group effort.