
Demento, as well as facts, photos, and an array of dynamic paintings and illustrations created specifically for the project by a team of visual artists spanning the world of comic books, classic punk-rock album covers, Topps trading card series, Mad Magazine and more.Ĭafiero’s band, Osaka Popstar, plays a prominent role including covering “Fish Heads” - the most requested song of all-time on the Dr. The two-disc CD and three-disc vinyl LP come with a full-color booklet packed with extensive liner notes and quotes personally written by the artists, a foreword by Cafiero, an afterword by Dr. Together they bring a punk mentality to these songs of “mad music and crazy comedy.” Over 30 of the songs have never been released before, including an absolute stunner by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. It also features an impressive cast of artists including the Misfits, Fred Schneider of the B52s, Uncle Floyd, Weird Al Yankovic, the late Adam Batman West (in one of his final performances), and Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner (to name just a few). Demento radio show from the novelty songs down to the factoids and anecdotes by Dr. The compilation is the latest project by John Cafiero who grew up in New Jersey and graduated from North Bergen High School. Demento Covered In Punk, which was released in January 2018. Many of the legendary songs from the show’s history are celebrated in the compilation album Dr.

Demento radio shows from back in the day? The show featuring music and comedy was nationally syndicated for decades and is still available weekly online.
