Idiot Flesh

Idiot Flesh was a band formed in Barrington Hall a student co-op at the University of California at Berkeley. They formed in 1985 under the name Acid Rain, and their demo album "We Were All Very Worried" was released as a cassette-only edition in 1987. They changed their name to Idiot Flesh prior to the release of their first album.

The band was known to tour the US in a converted city bus with Rathbun as the driver/mechanic, with the windshield destination banner set for "HELL." Their work was characterized by its "rock against rock" attitude and defied classification with marching band routines, puppet shows, and the playing of household items as tuned instruments.

Idiot Flesh disbanded in 1998. Work is currently underway on their final album, which is as yet unnamed. It is rumored a more professional DVD video is in the works. A semi-official DVD called View the Body was temporarily available. It was a combination of multiple shows with incomplete and spliced together songs of varying quality. A rumor following the group alleged that when the band was offered a record contract from a label, that it would disband before selling out. Their final show was held on a Friday the 13th.

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