The Drug Budget
A ten-piece Minneapolis garage orchestra that snuck into comedy databases.
1 special · 2016
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You will find The Drug Budget listed in comedy directories right between Drinking With Ian and Bil Dwyer, but they do not tell jokes. They are a ten-piece garage orchestra from Minneapolis. If you hit play on their tracks expecting a setup and a punchline, you get a wall of indie pop instead. The horn section is loud, the drums are heavy, and the energy is strictly musical.
Specials
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Feel Real Fear with Robert Fones
A split-album blend of dry Minneapolis stand-up and indie-pop brass.
Stand Up! Records · Album · 28 min
On stage
They landed in the standup ecosystem through an unusual collaboration. In 2016, the local label Stand Up Records released Feel Real Fear, a true split album. The record alternates back and forth. You get a few minutes of comedian Robert Fones working through a standup set, and then the track changes and the band takes over with synthesizers and brass. It forces the listener to constantly shift gears, moving from tracking a complicated premise to bouncing along to a pop hook.
Fronted by fraternal step-brothers David W. Gibson and Linus Kangas, the group formed in 2009 and spent years throwing loud, crowded shows across the Twin Cities. They hold a permanent spot in standup discographies simply because they were willing to share a tracklist with a comic. They break up the rhythm of a standard comedy release by dropping an actual horn section right in the middle of the hour.
At a glance
- Breakout
- Feel Real Fear
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- Elsewhere
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Robert Fones
Robert Fones performed the stand-up comedy portion of the collaborative split release Feel Real Fear alongside musical performances by The Drug Budget.