Boris the Sprinkler was a pop-punk band that formed in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1992, known for their zaniness and abnormality. Their aesthetic seemed to borrow from Devo and The Dickies. They display a sci-fi bizarro style reminiscent of Buckaroo Bonzai. Fronted by the motor-mouthed Reverend Norb, whose persona landed somewhere along the lines of the manic DJ of a morning show themed around collecting obscure power pop, new wave, and punk records, as well as comic books and a healthy dose of all things Monkees. Live Boris performances were almost half punk show and half improvisational stand-up comedy, as breaks between lighting-fast renditions of their catalog were filled to the rim with Norb joking a hundred words per minute about obscure pop culture minutae, usually to humorous effect. This dialogue peppers Boris' records as well. All but two of their full length LPs (as well as many of their 7"s) contain spoken introductions by Norb: In the

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