Mindless Self Indulgence
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Mindless Self Indulgence (often abbreviated as MSI) is an American electropunk band formed in New York City in 1997. Their music has a mixed style which includes punk rock, alternative rock, electronica, techno, industrial, hip hop, and breakbeat hardcore. The band features Jimmy Urine on vocals, Steve, Righ? on guitar, Lyn-Z on bass guitar, and Kitty on drums.
History
Between 1987 and 1996, Jimmy Urine recorded about 35 songs which varied in musical style, usually settling in an industrial/electronic punk style. These songs were recorded with himself and his brother, Markus Euringer in New York City using rudimentary equipment. Urine and his brother released an album titled Mindless Self-Indulgence, featuring Steve, Righ? on 'Bed of Roses', which featured songs performed in an industrial style akin to Nine Inch Nails.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 1997, Urine recorded a cover of Method Man's "Bring the Pain" that was made by merging six different styles of the same cover into one song. This became the basis for the Mindless Self Indulgence sound. The band formed soon after when Urine was joined by Steve, Righ? on guitar, Urine's brother Markus Euringer on second guitar (replaced by bassist Vanessa Y.T., who was subsequently replaced by bassist Lyn-Z), and Kitty on drums. They have released five albums, four EPs, eight remix albums, one live album, two compilation albums, and one live DVD.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Rather than signing traditional record contracts, the band has licensed most of their albums to record labels, retaining ownership of the music.
In summer of 2007, the band toured as part of the Revolution Stage of Projekt Revolution, a music festival hosted by Linkin Park.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In January 2009, the band headlined the Kerrang! Relentless Energy Drink tour.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
In December 2010, they released a comic titled Adventures Into Mindless Self Indulgence about various tour stories and significant moments of the band's career.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band released a remastered CD/DVD version of their first full-length album, Tight, in 2011, titled Tighter. It included bonus tracks and recordings from their early days. On October 25, 2012, the band announced their fifth album via a Kickstarter campaign.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> How I Learned to Stop Giving a Shit and Love Mindless Self Indulgence was released in May 2013, following with the release of singles "It Gets Worse" in December and "Fuck Machine" in January 2014. Later in January 2014, the band announced that they would be taking a hiatus.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On September 18, 2015, Mindless Self Indulgence released Pink, a collection of 19 songs recorded between 1990 and 1997 by Urine. The album includes cut-down and remastered versions of songs from the self-titled album, an audio diary recorded by Urine from July 1992, and covers of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" and Duran Duran's "Girls on Film".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On August 9, 2021, a lawsuit was filed against James Euringer (Jimmy Urine) in New York Supreme Court with the charge of sexual battery of a minor, who claims that she had a sexual relationship with Euringer for over two years — from January 1997 to June 1999 — starting when she was 15 years old and Euringer was 27.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On March 26, 2024, all charges against Euringer were dismissed with prejudice after all parties involved in the suit agreed to a stipulation of dismissal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On June 20, 2024, the band released MSI B-Sides Vol. 1 without any prior notice. The album contained songs that had not been previously available on streaming, but had been released on their previous EPs and singles.
Members
Current members
- Jimmy Urine (James Euringer)<ref name="Scotsman">Template:Cite web</ref> – lead vocals, synthesizer, programming (1997-2015)
- Steve, Righ? (Steve Montano)<ref name="Scotsman" /> – guitars, backing vocals (1997-2015)
- Kitty (Jennifer Dunn)<ref name="Scotsman" /> – drums (1997-2015)
- Lyn-Z (Lindsay Ann Way, Template:Nee)<ref name="Scotsman" /> – bass (2001-2015)
Former members
- Markus Euringer – keyboard, turntables (1997–1998)
- Vanessa Y.T. – bass (1998–2001)
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Chart peaks | ||||||||
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| US <ref name="AMGalbumcharts">[[[:Template:AllMusic]] "Mindless Self Indulgence – Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums"]. AllMusic. Retrieved on November 2, 2008.</ref> |
US Indie <ref name="AMGalbumcharts" /> |
UK <ref>"Chart Log UK – 2008 Weekly Updates – Week 18" Zobbel. Retrieved on November 2, 2008.</ref> | ||||||||
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| Tight |
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| Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy |
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| You'll Rebel to Anything |
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107 | 4 | — | ||||||
| If |
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27 | 2 | 132 | ||||||
| How I Learned to Stop Giving a Shit and Love Mindless Self Indulgence |
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103 | 22 | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not certified. | ||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Alienating Our Audience |
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Compilations
| Title | Album details |
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| Pink |
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| MSI B-Sides Vol. 1 |
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Demo albums
- Crappy Little Demo (1997)
- Thank God Demo (2001)
- Less Than Three (2012)
EPs
| Title | EP details |
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| Despierta Los Niños |
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| Another Mindless Rip Off |
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| <3 |
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Singles
| Year | Song | Chart peak | Album | |||||||
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| US Dance <ref>[[[:Template:AllMusic]] "Mindless Self Indulgence – Charts & Awards – Billboard Singles"] allmusic. Retrieved on November 2, 2008.</ref> |
UK <ref>"Chart Log UK – 2008 Weekly Updates – Week 35" Zobbel. Retrieved on November 2, 2008.</ref> | |||||||||
| 1995 | "Do Unto Others (Part II) / Bed of Roses" | — | — | Mindless Self-Indulgence | ||||||
| 1999 | "Bring the Pain / Tight" | — | — | Tight | ||||||
| "Bring the Pain / Molly" | — | — | ||||||||
| 2000 | "Bitches" | — | — | Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy | ||||||
| "Bitches/Molly" | — | — | Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy / Tight | |||||||
| "Planet of the Apes" | — | — | Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy | |||||||
| 2001 | "Thank God" | — | — | Alienating Our Audience | ||||||
| 2006 | "Shut Me Up" | 1 | — | You'll Rebel to Anything | ||||||
| "Straight to Video" | 1 | — | ||||||||
| 2008 | "Mastermind" | — | — | If | ||||||
| 3$'" | — | — | Non-album Single | |||||||
| "Never Wanted to Dance" | 1 | 180 | If | |||||||
| "(It's 3AM) Issues" | 4 | — | ||||||||
| "On It" | 2 | — | ||||||||
| "Pay for It" | 1 | — | ||||||||
| 2009 | "Evening Wear/Mark David Chapman" | 1 | — | |||||||
| 2013 | "Ala Mode" | — | — | How I Learned to Stop Giving a Shit and Love Mindless Self Indulgence | ||||||
| 2013 | "It Gets Worse" | — | — | |||||||
| 2014 | "Fuck Machine" | — | — | |||||||
| 2015 | "Personal Jesus" | — | — | Pink | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
The Left Rights
Side project by Jimmy Urine and Steve, Righ?
The Left Rights
- Released: September 24, 2002
- Label: Uppity Cracker
Bad Choices Made Easy
- Released: November 9, 2010
- Label: Metropolis
Videography
Video albums
| Year | Album details |
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| 2007 | Our Pain, Your Gain
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References
External links
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- 1997 establishments in New York City
- Alternative rock groups from New York (state)
- American electronic rock musical groups
- American industrial rock musical groups
- Digital hardcore music groups
- Electropunk musical groups
- Elektra Records artists
- Metropolis Records artists
- Musical groups established in 1997
- Musical quartets from New York (state)
- Mixed-gender musical quartets
- Punk rock groups from New York (state)
- The End Records artists