MSI is a once in a life time band. Rabbit Junk, Black Dresses, and Food House are all great with what they took. But they'll never beat Mindless 😎👉👉

Fun Fact: Jhonen Vasquez, creator of Squee, Invader Zim, Johhny the Homocidal Maniac, and more, directed the music video for "Shut Me Up"

I fell head over heels for MSI when I was 15. Shut me up on a crush's myspace page was how I discovered them. From 15 to 22 I saw them six times. Jimmy knows how to hype an audience but man did he get away with a lot that wouldn't fly today. The early to mid 00's were just a WILD fucking time

I got the honor of having Jimmy pour a jug of milk onto me.

Just a wholesome, family-friendly Christian rock band. You really can sit there and feel the unconditional love they feel for everyone in all of their songs. ❤️

MSI deserves way more credit and respect than they get for influencing a ton of popular acts. 100 Gecs and Death Grips both have elements of MSI in them along with a lot of other artists like Grimes; who openely mentioned that Jimmy Urine was a huge influence on her. Their style is one of the most unique I've ever heard, even to this day. Frankstein Girls has some of the best production I've ever heard on an album.

Msi has been my favorite band for years now and I genuinely haven’t been able to find other bands that can replicate or create similar music to them

Tbh Frankenstein Girls is maybe one of my fave albums ever. I don't really care if they intended it cynically or ironically, it's the musical equivalent of chaotic neutral and I love it.

I got into MSI because of My Chemical Romance and Lyn-Z (just like many others) and honestly I fell in love with them, you'll never find a sound like theirs anywhere else and both their stage presence and aethetic are just amazing.

I think it should be noted “Faggot” is quite a serious song about discrimination against Jimmy for his sexuality. Incredible video tho! I’ve been waiting for a really good MSI video essay and I’ve found it!

I'm really glad you made this video. MSI is one of the bands that made me who I am today.

Jimmy also went on to do voices in videogames and even boss battle music for "Lollipop Chainsaw".

You won't believe how many people learned about MSI from AMVs

I really wish someone would talk about Euringer, because its a really interesting reflection on MSI, but I loved the video! I learned a few things, this is definitely a band worth talking about even if they aren't for you

Tbh, I always thought msi as a band was genius. I am more of a fan of the earlier albums, Tight, frankenstein girls. I think it's good to separate the art from the artist, speaking on the recent controversy revolving around jimmy. It doesn't not sound like anything else out there, trust me I've looked. And I think that's why I enjoy their music as much as I do. I've seen most of their live shows available just because of the fascination I have of the band.

$30!? I have Frankenstein girls but I don't remember paying that much. Maybe I stole it.

I really wish the band didn't end in the trainwreck it did, Jimmy is truly a talented person even if he is truly awful. It's a little hard to separate art from artist when in songs like Panty Shot and Clarissa, he sung about.. What he ended up being exposed for EDIT: At the time this comment was posted, I was not aware the allegations were proven false. I apologize. While some of his actions still absolutely raise eyebrows, I cannto say with certainty that any allegation is indeed true.

Love their entire discography. MSI fan for the last 20 years.

This was very thoughtfully written. Brought me back to why i first started listening to them in the 2000's. Thanks for making this.

Such polarizing bands can't go on forever, I wouldn't want them to return. Enjoy what they did create, over and over and over and over and over and over again.

i've found that as time goes on, the name mindless self indulgence is definitely true. it's definitely more of a guilty pleasure band for me since it almost feels wrong to openly listen to them after jimmy's controversy/allegations/whatever you wanna call it, and i've seen allegations of harmful actions thrown at other msi members too. it's a band i have a deep appreciation for but at the same time it's surprisingly good to just have a sort of "brain shutdown" to and just enjoy the weird music without thinking too hard about the lyrics. i've never been able to find anyone who comes close to their sound, and i think msi doesn't get nearly enough credit for how unique and new their music sounds even today.

on a real note though this video was incredibly well researched and well made with tons of Information that I even learned from(ive been listening for 9 years which is since 2014) and no one talks about msi anymore so it was amazing too see a video essay on it

I was introduced to MSI in highschool 15 years ago. And honestly, i didn't like them that much. The only songs people showed me were Shut Me Up and there other more popular songs. But when i actually explored their music on my own, i truly stopped giving a shit and loved mindless self indulgence. And i feel the same way. MSI deserves A LOT more notoriety. And IF, and How I Learned were my favorite albums

If a Jhonan Vasquez comic was a band.

This is going to get hugely personal, and it needs to be so that I can make my point. Mindless Self Indulgence has had more influence on my development through adolescence than anything else ever could have. It taught awkward, unassertive, and self-conscious teenage me that it was ok, and actually pretty fucking cool to be loud and proud about being weird and gay as fuck. That you can be casually offensive without ill-intent. What originally attracted me was how genius his music was. The juxtaposition of clashing elements, the insane tempo changes without missing a single beat, how he is able to mash a thousand horrible sounds together to create a masterpiece. Their theme/music/style kind of created the entire atmosphere for my teen years. They "felt" like MSI. I would sit in the back of my SUV high as fuck, listening to MSI and having vivid daydreams about all of the perfect little idiosyncrasies in their style and music, how the themes all relate to each other, and why in the end it's all just silly bullshit anyway. There is not a single experience I can compare to these moments and I would give anything to feel that teen MSI atmosphere again. I was infatuated with the philosophy behind it and it helped me understand others and my own place in this world. We are all simply seeking the things that make us happy, and we should stop at absolutely nothing to make this happen. It really helped me stop judging people and to really start to be happy in my own skin. Where the lines between irony, satire, and shock value all blurred together, all being ultimately justified with the phrase "because I want to". This is the influence I needed. Jimmy could wear tutus and prance around singing about his parents fingering him. Why? Because he fucking wanted to. Then him contradicting his own philosophies (making a sellout album after singing about how awful selling out is, becoming edgy and emo after singing about how awful emos can be). This seems to contradict, when actually, it fits right in. He did it simply because he could. Why not be a hypocrite? Who are you hurting? MSI taught us that you can not judge a book by it's cover, that talk is cheap and words and lyrics are bullshit. But if these allegations are true, that flips this all on it's head. Our parents had a right to not let us listen to the old man singing about sex and drugs. That the shock value edge was not just a "fuck you" to those who tried to censor him, and is truly just him being a creep. I used this logic to justify panty shot's existence, thinking all his songs about pedophilia were either him pointing out how horrible it is that these things are normalized in music (I hate jimmy page being about how disgusting pedos are still hugely famous and no one gives a shit), or just him and his odd brand off ultra-ironic-edginess. Now there is a whole new context to these songs. If this does come out to be true, I will be ruined. The single biggest influence on my life was just manipulation from a pedophile. We were his fans with all the love and we were the ones who were fooled. Satire isn't supposed to be real, Jimmy. I really appreciate you going this in depth, as the logic behind their music and personality has been haunting me for a decade. Also one thing I noticed was that their albums fit on a slider. On the left side is "raw crackhead energy", and the right side is "smooth over-arching riffs". The middle is catchy hooks. Albums fit on this scale chronologically. On the left, Tight and despierta los ninos have raw crackhead energy. Frankenstein girls has a mix of the raw energy+smooth riffs+catchy hooks. You'll rebel to anything has much less raw energy but still keeps the smooth riffs and hooks. Then on the right side, How I learned to stop giving a fuck abandoned all crackhead energy and catchy hooks and went for very streamlined hooks, making it pretty unexciting.

A band like no other. Hate Jimmy for being a piece of shit, but I still love the music he wrote.

I remember being like 14 dating a dude that was too old for me who was obsessed with this band. I was introduced to them back then and I have had Bitches and the “do do do do do do” part from Never Wanted To Dance stuck in my head since then.

I got into msi when I was 13 i think I got recommended the shut me up music video or the Pikachu bitches amv i don't remember but i was hooked I think at one point i have heard every msi song available on KZfaq i remember searching for Brooklyn hyped part 2 because i really liked part one Im not really into them anymore the whole lawsuit thing really put me off but i occasionally listen to the KZfaq to mp3 converter downloads i still have, ironically I actually got into my chemical romance because of msi and now my chem are my favourite I even got to see them live I also really like 711 despite never going to one because of MSI and jhonen Vasquez Ok I'll stop yapping now

Awwe c'mon, "Kill You All in a Hip Hop Rage" was pure gold.

LIKE A BAD GIRL STRAIGHT TO VIDEO 🗣🗣🗣

This video certainly deserves more attention. This is great!

Frankenstein Girls was a masterpiece. I bothered everyone blasting that album when it came out when I was 16. Even though their other albums were good, I don't think any of their albums match the energy and perfection of Frankenstein Girls, it was their peak imo.

THANK YOU for being brave enough to make this video! This band changed my understanding of what music could ans should be. I play MSI regularly along with The Birthday Massacre

I got a demo cd from Sam Goody at the mall that featured artists like Linkin Park... but one of the songs on the demo was "I Hate Jimmy Page" this was back in '99. MSI instantly became my favorite band.

msi really is something, they have been my favourite band for so long. its just amusing on how they can make such unique music with all that emotion and feelings put right on in there. especialy with their side project the left rights, jimmy urine really is a musical genius

I love they got Johnny the homicidal maniac comic creator to create an album cover lol

You have some big gonads making a video about MSI after Jimmy’s allegations! Loved this band for ages. Jimmy shaped the way I created my music as a teenager and as young adult and that’s something that will never change, but since what’s come to light it’s just a shame… Much love to all the old and new (sadly unaware) MSI fans out there!

I literally used the translator all this time just to be able to understand this video (I don't speak fluent English) it's worth it. I can say with certainty that there will NEVER be a band like MSI, two years ago I met the band, and no matter how much I listen to the songs, they never bore me. Jimmy's work independently as well as in the band is excellent, leaving far apart from what he has been accused of lately, good video :)...

I absolutely love MIS and Jimmy. I discovered them throughout Invader Zim and the Lollipop Chainsaw game, they are a great band and a few years back Jimmy even liked a few of my tweets, though I haven't heard of them recently but can someone explain why Jimmy has been absent?

I listened to If so many times in highschool.

Great doc, MSI was a big part of my music rotation for years.. We were fortunate enough to have Jimmy voice some characters in our musical webseries X-RL7 before all the drama

12 times I’ve seen them since 2003 when “Alienating our audience” Tour/albl came out. Anticipation of Msi live with Lynz at a half full venue. Never dissatisfied! My kids, ex, ex’s xs and there mom heart lil jimmy!

So happy someone made a video going over all the albums and the intention of some of the songs. Awesome video! You went over a lot of stuff i didnt know too. Their music is so catchy, even though it's so highly controversial. Ive never found another band that sounds anything like MSI.

Something I learned is that I know less but more simultaneously about this band as time goes on. Like Poppy, I kind of gave up trying to catch up with the “drama” until more time passed. Because just when you think you know-you don’t.

absolutely CRIMINAL that you didnt mention stalkers (slit my wrists)

such a good video, really well put together, love to see other people that love msi as much as i do

i really enjoyed this. been an msi fan for a long time. the only thing (justifiably) missing from your video was the left rights... but that's a whole nother bowl of skittles

it’s a shame jimmys actions tainted the band so much

MSI was really one of a kind and I'm so grateful that I go to experience their music back in the day when they were one of the bands that I could've easily missed. I was around 13 going on 14 when I discovered them back in 2005 when I heard their song "Stupid MF". I can't remember how I came across them, I think it was from random searching but either way, I thought the song sounded cool and I went out and bought "You'll Rebel to Anything" album shortly after and it became one of my favorite albums, "Straight to Video" is such a good song. I eventually got around to listening to a lot of their other songs and enjoyed most of what I heard. Their sound was just so unique. Like the Birthday Massacre, it was hard to find a band that sounded just like them and I'm just upset that I didn't get exposed to their music sooner. And though their lyrics are randomly immature, it just... works lol And the instrumental work was already solid to begin with (in my opinion)

they are fcking crazy and i love them for that.

bro i love long video essays and msi so this video was awesome. good work man 🔥🔥🔥

What about Pink. Pink is one of the best albums

I love your channel. I came for the doc on Malice Mizer because there's so little western discussion about them, besides MANA. Your essays have a strong MTV2 vibe to them. I could watch this right before Headbanger's Ball or the Real World.

Nicee!!! I like how you narrate and cool info about a old band I luvv ^_^

I wonder how many people found them because of a "Bitches" anime music video from Pokemon. That's how my friend and I found them...

who has full songs/sets saved from their early years before they had fans and would fight with the audience? like 1999-2003. most of these videos are no longer on youtube :(

You forget to mention the tapes, I actually have one of the early tapes from one of their first gigs, I think there’s 3 demo/album tapes each has 4-5 tracks on em, and surprisingly a lot of the tracks feature on later albums

Great video man, I love MSI🎸🤘🏿

Wow Great video, your narration and editing is very good and comfortable!

I fucking love MSI and i love you for making this video.

A video on MSI? Hell yes.

Love this analysis. Good to see people still making positive content about Jimmy and Co. rather than just automatically buying in to anonymous complaints about him. Also, don't think I don't hear that Silent Hill menu noise lol.

This is super well done

Honestly I love MSI but I don’t listen to all there songs I usually just keep finding more as I go but rn I really like them! Really wish I was alive when MSI was touring

Thanks for making this

i honestly respect using silent hill pick up sound you use, as i have done for MSI for years

You should talk about PINK, I think it’s really interesting! It takes such a turn from how MSI usually is, and is pretty dark considering how unserious they usually are. It’s also js my favorite album lol :D

Still love this video so much. This is what put me on to a lot of their songs.

Amazing video. Thank you.

17:13 "The man who did the world a favor and shot John Lennon" Christ, what the hell did Lennon do? o_o Am i missing something?

Found out about MSI a few months ago n immediately scoffed n wrote them off.. came back to their music a few days ago n it’s genuinely genius. It’s nonsensical in the best way possible and the production is outstanding. If happens to be my favorite, it’s full of nothing but hits!

OH NO! ITS 2024 AND IM STILL LISTENING TO THIS BAND...ITS STILL A GREAT COASTER AND EVERYNOW AND THEN I FLIRT WITH HEART ATTACKS AND DO YAY OFF THE CD CASE...

i wish i had the opportunity to see them

I feel like he’s not innocent but he’s also too easy a target.

Amazing video

19:51 Man with due credit to KMFDM and Skinny Puppy, the godfathers of Industrial, you've got my respect and my subscribe.

Great video.

You didn’t covered the album despierta los ninos from mindless self indulgence anyways great video I will always love mindless self indulgence forever and ever 🤘🎸

MSI put on the best show I've ever seen!! Wish they would come back!

Good video and interesting take on You'll Rebel to Anything. Thats probably my third favorite? Nothing beats Frankenstein Girls and the live album Alienating our Audience if you count that i certainly do.

Finally a good deep dive of one my favorite bands a fuckjng g classic

ØRGY RULES!!! **STILL** just saw them in Knoxville over the weekend and they were AMAZING! *I realize that's not the point of this video, but you mentioned Ørgy, so I thought I'd share that with you* 😂

You're not a true MSI fan if you're commenting about "Jimmy's actions tainting the band" or similar BS. You can't be a snowflake and an MSI fan. MSI til I die. Love you Jimmy!

Personally i really liked how i learned to stop giving a shit with some of my favourite songs such as it gets worse and fuck machine it isnt my favourite album but i think its decent, either way great video

awesome video

My first MSI album was Youll Rebel, but i remember audiograbbing all of IF on myspace when they were releasing it lol

MSI is how I used to see if people wanted to fight in bars. I love me some fun.

goddd msi is still such a big part of me back when i discovered them they rly molded my personality finally i had a place to be at w the weirdos and freaks jimmys allegations rly fucked it all up i used to idolize him this still hurts

Limewire got me into MSI. I remember singing Stupid MF in PRIMARY school!

in the late 90's msi apparently shared a practice space with leftover crack, another band you should look at

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It’s so unfortunate looking now and seeing that he ended up abusing a minor. His music will always live on though. Very unique and underrated music.

absolutely love MSI

glad I got see them on the tour for their last album

One of the best concerts I ever seen

I FUKKN LOVE EM' NO MATTER WHAT. THEY FUKKN KILL IT ON STAGE TOO!

i need yall to underdstand how hard i used to jam bring the pain

I saw these guys in like freshman year and i didnt see it happen but like right next to me somebody got their lip ring pulled out

Cant believe you didnt mention anything about "it gets worse" off their last album, its a banger. Also the Euringer album was actually pretty good. Not sure why it didnt catch on.

Of all the places in rhe world, Jimmy and his wife/kid are now living down the road from me in New Zealand lmao