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Thinking Plague: Decline and Fall

Read "Decline and Fall" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Thinking Plague cofounder/guitarist Mike Johnson penned the lyrics and composed the music for the group's meticulously engineered sixth album. Considered one of the premiere Rock in Opposition units, Johnson's lyrics presage an anarchistic domain with offbeat allusions to life's injustices. As band newcomer, vocalist Elaine Di Falco summons notions of an angel in despair throughout these complex pieces, spiced with dour implications and contrasting thematic flows, modeled with odd-metered cadences. Di Falco harmonizes with the instrumentation amid some ...

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Thinking Plague: A History of Madness

Read "A History of Madness" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Too much texture can be a dangerous thing. Thinking Plague, nominally a sextet, picks up five extra players for parts here and there on A History Of Madness, and the end result is a multi-layered creation.

Fortunately the combination works quite well. It ends up sounding full-bodied and detailed, with plenty of understated polyrhythms to go around. All sorts of unusual instruments pop in and out, including Mike Johnson's four guitars and assemblage of miscellaneous percussion, Dave Willey's ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Decline and Fall

Cuneiform Records
2012

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A History of Madness

Cuneiform Records
2003

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Moonsongs

Pausa Records
1986

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