BlueBob (Absurda, 2001) was the self-titled from film director David Lynch’s musical duo. He was definitely my favorite director of all time and made some of the best mainstream films and TV shows of all time, including Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, The Straight Story, Dumbland and others. It’s hard to talk about Lynch’s work without at least mentioning his musical sensibilities across all his projects. He regularly worked with composer Angelo Badalamenti, who made the score for Twin Peaks, which is considered one of the greatest soundtracks of all time. One of Lynch’s most well-known films is called Wild at Heart, which stars Nick Cage as a character essentially doing an Elvis impression throughout the entire film. So it isn’t a surprise that Lynch himself was personally interested in the Blues music style, to the point of releasing this album containing entirely Blues Rock. This is an experimental blues rock album where apparently Lynch plays the guitar and it's constantly so dissonant, giving it that Lynchian energy. A couple of these tracks were on the movie soundtrack for Mulholland Drive. It was mastered by a major legend Tom Baker who has mastered tons of classics throughout the years since recording this. Before working on this album he worked with Modest Mouse, Failure, Kool Keith, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Stone Temple Pilots, Beastie Boys, Nothingface, Ministry, Sugar Ray, Body Count, Rob Zombie, Static-X, Powerman 5000, Crazy Town, Fuel, Orgy, Self, Alien Ant Farm, Tenacious D, Chimaira, Stereomud, Sevendust and Taproot. So it goes without saying this record has a little bit of Industrial rock qualities. At the time, Lynch’s last couple movies was one called Lost Highway, which had a mostly Industrial Rock soundtrack. The guitar tone on this record is really dark and is clearly inspired by that style of music, despite being blues rock at the core. There’s also some noticeable influence from Lynch’s longtime composer Angelo Badalamenti. The whole time it sounds like they heard the Tom Waits song “Goin’ Out West” from Bone Machine and made that song into a whole record. Of course there’s slower moments like “Blue Horse” which is really low key and moody while still keeping that punk blues sound. There’s also some other clear influences from musicians like The Birthday Party, Nick Cave, and, again, a lot of Tom Waits especially in regards to the vocals. And some early blues era Captain Beefheart as well. The song title of Thank You Judge just reminds me of Blood Meridian, and the song even radiates that chaotic energy of everything about the Judge character. I would also highly recommend David Lynch’s 2011 album Crazy Clown Time, which is a lot more eclectic than this and arguably a lot more experimental. You can’t miss out on that album if you enjoyed BlueBob. Rest in peace David Lynch.