History Music / MindlessSelfIndulgence

** [[HoeYay "Tight"]].

* DepravedBisexual: Jimmy Urine, see AnythingThatMoves.
** "Jack You Up".

** [[AnythingThatMoves "Jack You Up"]].

-->'''Jimmy:''' Who ya callin' a faggot? Yo, [...] while you're out gay-bashing, [[AnythingThatMoves I'm gonna be at your house fucking your girlfriend.]] [[TooMuchInformation In the ass!]]

* AnythingThatMoves:
** Jimmy Urine himself. When asked about sexuality once, he made a comment about not caring what revs his engine, be it a man, a woman, or a chicken.
*** In a [[http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories06/june/0609067.htm different interview]]:
---> “I like whatever is clever... my dick is a divining rod,” (..) If my dick gets hard, you’re in luck... or in bad luck, however the case may be. (...) But as for boys specifically, I like boys who look very pretty and androgynous, basically I would so fuck Macauley Culkin... and then he would so fire his agent.”
** Steve and Jimmy used to pretend to fuck stuffed animals on stage.

** Jimmy frequently pokes fun at various subjects on stage including Music/MileyCyrus, Literature/{{Twilight}}, goths/emos, and Music/KatyPerry. In particular, he had one infamous outburst towards [[Music/ThirtySecondsToMars Jared Leto]].[[note]]Apparently, Leto showed up to a 2008 show in disguise, and took notes during the performance. You can see why Jimmy was [[BerserkButton considerably upset]] at this.[[/note]]

+Music/NineInchNails, {{Music/KMFDM}}, Music/DepecheMode, Music/BlackSabbath, Music/MarilynManson, Music/MyChemicalRomance, Music/JackOffJill, Music/{{The Cure|Band}}, Music/TypeONegative, Music/RobZombie, Music/DeadKennedys, Hole, Music/BabesInToyland, {{Magazine/MAD}} Magazine and {{Creator/Atari}} games.]
->''"I am not into that whole, "Well, you don't like my music so I am going to get you!" Who cares? I don't like my music! It's all about being an asshole and not all the testosterone you can handle. Look at me, I am just a skinny little nothing, somebody's grandmother could kill me!"''
-->--'''Jimmy Urine''', lead singer

Formed in 1997, Mindless Self Indulgence (usually shortened to MSI) was at first described by themselves as 'Industrial Jungle Pussy Punk', but have since denounced the term. It really is hard to describe their music, on the grounds that they never seem to adhere to a single set genre. Their early music is industrial punk with [[RapMetal hip-hop elements]], while their modern stuff goes more in the direction of [[LighterAndSofter electronica-laden dance music]]. Attitude-wise, they're a punk band, in the truest sense of the word.

The majority of their songs involve [[VulgarHumor repeated profanity]] of some sort, almost all of them are about sex and feature Jimmy squealing, screeching, and doing a dozen different voices. Their liveshows are intense and involve backbends, masturbation, stripping, piss-drinking, and rants.

->''I am not into that whole, "Well, you don't like my music so I am going to get you!" Who cares? I don't like my music! It's all about being an asshole and not all the testosterone you can handle. Look at me, I am just a skinny little nothing, somebody's grandmother could kill me!''

* [=LynZ=], bassist from 2002-present [[note]]Also an amazing artist. Did that exhibition with [[Music/JackOffJill Jessicka Addams]] once. Married to [[Music/MyChemicalRomance Gerard Way]]. [[/note]]

+Music/NineInchNails, {{Music/KMFDM}}, Music/DepecheMode, Music/BlackSabbath, Music/MarilynManson, Music/MyChemicalRomance, Music/JackOffJill, Music/TheCure, Music/TypeONegative, Music/RobZombie, Music/DeadKennedys, Hole, Music/BabesInToyland, {{Magazine/MAD}} Magazine and {{Creator/Atari}} games.]

* PantyShot: They have a song with this trope as its title.

Formed in 1997, Mindless Self Indulgence (usually shortened to MSI) was at first described by themselves as [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly 'Industrial Jungle Pussy Punk']], but have since denounced the term. It really is hard to describe their music, on the grounds that they never seem to adhere to a single set genre. Their early music is industrial punk with [[RapMetal hip-hop elements]], while their modern stuff goes more in the direction of [[LighterAndSofter electronica-laden dance music]]. Attitude-wise, they're a punk band, in the truest sense of the word.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: AKA "industrial jungle pussy punk" (and they've since ditched ''that'' label, too). Their style combined throughout their entire career is a blend of punk rock, shock rock, drum and bass, hip-hop, industrial, metal, synth-pop, dance, and even noise rock. Once, as a joke, they listed themselves on [=iTunes=] under "religious."

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They usually cross between 5 and 7, with occasional trips to 2 ("Apple Country") or up to 9 ("Step Up, Ghettoblaster").
* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: However, on this scale, they score an 11 with ease. How they're kinda popular between video game developers despite these graphic lyrics is anyone's guess. What is ''very'' obvious, though, is why they're popular with [[SelfDeprecation edgy teens]].
** "Backmaskwarning!" illustrates this quite well.
---> Hate all the people you love, in a river of blood
---> And don't forget the gun
---> (You're gonna need it to go kill yourself)
** An extreme case is "You'll Rebel to Anything (As Long as It's Not Challenging)". It mocks self harm and the feeling of being suicidal, makes fun of [[ThisLoserIsYou their fans and scene/emo culture]] in very cruel ways and provokes the listener to kill themselves, like "Backmaskwarning!" does.
---> It's time you invested in a bottle of poison
---> So we don't have to hear about you bitchin' and moanin'
---> You think you could afford a fuckin' bottle of aspirin?

* ''Tight'' (1999, reissued 2011 with bonus content as "Tighter")

* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: The tracks on "Frankenstein Girls" are alphabetically sorted.

* AudienceParticipation: On the intro song "Backmask".

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the making of ''Tight,'' Jimmy asked Steve, Righ? to write a song that sounds totally different from the rest of the record. Steve then made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN34pDQsKD4 JX-47]].

* DontLikeDontRead: "Ready For Love," though there's a big overlap with SelfDeprecation.

* MetalScream: "Backmask!", "Bring The Pain", "I Hate Everyone" and many more.

** "Backmask" illustrates this quite well.

** An extreme case is "You'll Rebel to Anything (As Long as It's Not Challenging)". It mocks self harm and the feeling of being suicidal, makes fun of [[ThisLoserIsYou their fans and scene/emo culture]] in very cruel ways and provokes the listener to kill themselves, like "Backmask" does.

** "Backmask" features its backwards messages in the end of a middle-aged woman telling you to eat your vegetables and do your homework.

* TheNewRockAndRoll: Subverted with intent to parody. Play the end of "Backmask" backwards, and you hear [[spoiler: a [[MyBelovedSmother middle-aged mother]] telling the listener to do things like "Go to church", "Don't sit too close to the TV", "Do your homework" and "Eat your vegetables". Ironically, the last phrase you'd hear playing the song forwards is "Don't listen to this song" backwards.]]

* SelfTitledAlbum: Jimmy Urine's little-known solo album (though Steve, Righ? did collaborate on "Bed of Roses") ''Mindless Self-Indulgence'' provided the title for the band. The tracks would later appear on ''Pink''

* SubliminalSeduction: Parodied in "Backmask", where the backwards lines are actually pretty mundane and nice actions like doing homework or eating vegetables.
* SuicideDare: The song "Backmask" has this as it's central theme, with the chorus encouraging the listener to go kill themselves, with the verses featuring all kinds of horrific imagery that presumably would also encourage suicide:

* {{Mondegreen}}: "Shut Me Up" has the line "I'm on my way to the party right now". It is ''not'' "I'm on my way to the potty right now".
* MotorMouth[=/=]StopAndGo: Done in several songs such as "Stupid MF", "Like Shit", "Thank God" and "Dickface".

+Music/NineInchNails, Music/KMFDM, Music/DepecheMode, Music/BlackSabbath, Music/MarilynManson, Music/MyChemicalRomance, Music/JackOffJill, Music/TheCure, Music/TypeONegative, Music/RobZombie, Music/DeadKennedys, Hole, Music/BabesInToyland, Magazine/Mad Magazine and Creator/Atari games.]