Let me just start this by saying Steve Terreberry is a genius, a brilliant musician and satirist in the vein of Frank Zappa or Captain Beefheart. His compositions are a perfect blend of complex yet simple and appeal to both plebs and patricians alike, almost effortlessly blending genres like progressive pop rock, alternative funk, proto-grindpop, and post-krautrock. His lyrics are wickedly satirical (Wipe Your Ass With Sandpaper, a subtle mockery of the perverse nature of metal artists) and yet can ask hard-hitting and thought provoking questions (Life In Virtual, a Lynchian masterpiece that revolves sociopolitical topics like police harassment and manipulation by mass media, as well as philosophical issues like the idea of free will and the very nature of human existence) handled in such a masterful way most great poets would blush. Even his online persona itself is a genius satire of the nature of guitar culture and it's roots in toxic masculinity; his nerdier personality is meant to stand in contrast to his douchebag contemporaries like Jared Dines or Rob Scallon and highlights how foolish they ultimately are with their fragile masculinity. Even his infamous exaggerated expressions are references to the dreaded "guitar face" which many guitarists are known to do while playing.
tl;dr Stevie T is a genius that will go down alongside Grimes and Kanye West as the definitive artists of this generation.
