Big Dumb Face Duke Lion Fights The Terror CD

Originally released in 2001, a side project of Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland.

Big Dumb Face features Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit.
Big Dumb Face: Wes Borland (vocals, guitar); Scott Borland (vocals, bass); Kyle Weeks (vocals, keyboards, turntables); Greg Isabel (drums).
Additional personnel: Joe Couch (vocals, drums); Heather Borland (handclaps).
Personnel: Kyle Weeks (vocals, keyboards, turntables); Wes Borland (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Brian Virtue .
When you announce publicly that your music is modeled after another group's, you're setting yourself up for disaster. And, when the group you aspire to mimic is one of the most critically lauded underground acts of the past 15 years, you might as well write your own bad reviews. The bad news is that Bigdumbface's Duke Lion Fights the Terror is the epitome of a mediocre Ween rip-off. The good news is that Bigdumbface doesn't seem to care. Even though they've stolen everything from Ween's silly voices to their droves of mock country licks, they seem to be having just as much fun as the real McCoy. There's hardly anything, lyrically or conceptually, in Duke Lion that could be pegged as anything beyond an elaborately produced inside joke (or a joke that no one gets at all), but the enthusiasm and playfulness are still contagious. If the album isn't an accomplished work of art, it's not a pretentious one either. From that angle, there are many 15-year-old Limp Bizkit fans who may find it something revolutionary. ~ Kieran McCarthy
Limp Bizkit fans who've already bought up all the band's available material will rejoice upon the discovery of Big Dumb Face, led by Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland. A few of the tunes on DUKE LION FIGHTS THE TERROR are in keeping with the unrelenting rap-metal sound of Borland's other employers, but that's just one facet of this band's unusual sound.
The balance of Big Dumb Face's debut album is actually closer to the willfully bizarre output of Ween than to anything else. Cartoon-character vocals, goofy, absurdist lyrics, zippy music that could have come from a video game soundtrack, and oddball electronic effects are the building blocks employed here. Big Dumb Face's nothing-is-sacred approach echoes everything from Devo to Man Or Astro-Man, as they systematically defy the expectations of Limp Bizkit followers.

Rolling Stone (3/29/01, p.60) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Practically a love letter to Ween....Wes Borland has picked up Ween's affectations(pitch-altered vocals with wacky accents, ultra-chintzy synth beats)...for genre mocking....working up a functional head of silliness a few times..."
CMJ (3/26/01, p.11) - "...A sick marriage of over-the-top death metal and Ween-y pop....it's an absolutely ridiculous record, chock full of pitch-shifted voices and ludicrous lyrics..."