| abstract | - Devin Townsend was born of dwarven decent. His father, Bill Bailey, gave birth to him just outside of Canada in a mythical location known only as 'The Shire' to outside folk. He lived most of his life there with his father and elder brother, Gimilimili before back-packing to British Columbia in the west country. Here he met the German techno band - Die Wurzells - and soon found himself listening to a lot of German techno such as Aaron Karter, Kliff Richards and Das Kemikal Brothers. It is thought this is where he picked up his strong communist views and turned into a total fucking psychopath. Townsend looked up to Reggie Cantrell of Die Wurtzells as a mentor and an inspiration. Reggie's banjo skills were unprecedented and Townsend wanted to be just like him. As luck would have it there were plenty of orchards in British Columbia and Townsend quickly fashioned a stringed instrument from the wood of a near by apple tree, using the spinal cords of people who tried to scrump from his orchard as strings. Reggie taught Townsend all he could about the banjo and the many other instruments that he had gained experience in over the years. When Townsend had completed his covert-ops training, Reggie presented him with a +20 fingerpick in early-age balding. Townsend began to turn into a total fucking psychopath when his hair began to fall out from the hard work and usage of the + 20 fingerpick in early-age balding. For this reason he called in sick at the closest mental home he could find. Here he was trained how to focus his psychotic energy and use it as something positive. But he wasn't interested in that. He wanted the kick-ass hallucinogens that he was prescribed to take 5 times a day. Thus, he released the album Infinity, which is basically the biggest acid trip of an album, filled with so much flowery stoner-pop that you would wish that you were tripping on LSD. He was tripping so badly during the production of the album, he forgot to put clothes on for the photoshoots and the video of "Christeen," and bared it all for the fans.
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