Various Artists -Rebirth Of Fool 3 (dualpLOVER)

Those familiar with dualpLOVER’s extensive backcatalogue will no doubt have an inkling as to the sorts of disturbing contents packed into this latest compilation, and in this case, “Rebirth Of Fool 3′ captures the label’s extended roster in particularly harrowing / entertaining form. Your level of appreciation for this CD is likely to depend on your enjoyment of blacker-than comedy, but for those with a high offense threshold, there’s certainly plenty of hilarity packed in amongst the 20 tracks here. After kicking off with a Wesley Willis-inspired shout-out tribute to Lucas Abela, Rank Sinatra treats Bon Jovi’s “I’ll Be There For You’ to a fearsomely overdriven noise re-reading, Mugwort Lycanthrope’ “Sodomy & The Pirate Tradition’ ensures you’ll never go “Arr!” in quite the same way again, while Question Mark?’s “Shafted’ (an alias of Bloody Fist’s Mark N) appears to be an entire recorded court transcript of a guy who got busted for hanging a mannequin from his roof. Elsewhere, Bradbury associate Sweden destroys Zeppelin’ “Whole Lotta Love’ in his inimitable style, and anyone who ever wanted to hear Ray Parker Jr’s “Ghostbusters’ theme extended into a 13 minute version is going to be delighted with Xufotofux’s contribution here. Characteristically disturbing.