Episode 16: Crazy Town's "The Gift of Game", or Mr. Shifty Goes To Platinum

In Bryan's words, it was time that we get to a truly bad album on the podcast. Never mind the fact we've reviewed Puddle of Mudd and a slew of bad albums for the bonus episodes, but we really dig in for one of the weirdest and most puzzling albums in nu-metal history, Crazy Town's "The Gift of Game". Buoyed by the #1 hit single, "Butterfly", this album sounds like a band capitalizing on a genre to make money and doing the entire genre a disservice in the process. On the episode, Bryan and John get into their saga of trying to buy the domain crazytown.com, Bryan posits his theory that Crazy Town and Limp Bizkit are pretty close to being the same band, and John basically loses his mind the whole time. We also take a look at some of the worst and most baffling lyrics the genre has ever seen and we find a beautiful Rolling Stone profile that outs Crazy Town as yet another nu-metal that seems impossible to hang out with.   You know who is great to hang out with? Us. And you can do more of it over at our Patreon. Donate to the show at https://patreon.com/thepodkast, where $4/month gets you THREE bonus episodes every month. We do one full-length bonus episode where we review an album and two short song reviews every month. It's the best deal in podcasting! And this month, we have a special surprise: a live show! Join us on December 28th, as we review 5 of Marilyn Manson's music videos, LIVE on Zoom and ONLY for our donors. You won't wanna miss it!