{"id":21886,"date":"2026-08-11T10:16:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=21886"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:22:50","slug":"salt-lake-city-outsider-rock-outfit-tycoon-machete-brings-electro-medicine-video-to-masses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=21886","title":{"rendered":"Salt Lake City outsider rock outfit TYCOON MACHETE brings &#8220;Electro-Medicine&#8221; video to masses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/photo-credit-David-Seelig-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21887\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2503223608982312;width:508px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/photo-credit-David-Seelig-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/photo-credit-David-Seelig-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/photo-credit-David-Seelig-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/photo-credit-David-Seelig.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">photo credit David Seelig<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TYCOON MACHETE&#8217;s &#8220;Electro-Medicine&#8221; video uses clips from the lost sci-fi masterpiece, &#8220;Attack of the Cockroaches&#8221;. The film was pulled at the behest of the US Department of Homeland Security because it was claimed that the cockroaches bore an uncanny resemblance to members of the Trump Administration and their ICE agents. The film&#8217;s writer-director, John Whipple, was reportedly deported to Uganda. Tycoon Machete has reassembled some of the clips as part of an ongoing protest on behalf of free speech in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Salt Lake City, UT &#8211; XENOBLASTER is TYCOON MACHETE\u2019s concept album based on the exploits of American hero, John R. Brinkley, who rose from poverty in the last century to become the wealthiest practitioner of \u201calternative\u201d medicine of his time. His revolutionary procedure for impotence involved xenotransplanting goat testicles into sad men who suffered from \u201cflat tires\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though scientists concluded that the treatment did little other than give patients nasty infections in very sensitive areas, Brinkley made a fortune. He then built himself a radio station to attract new customers to his procedures and potions. When the Kansas \u201cdeep state\u201d pushed back, he ran for Governor. The election was rigged against him, of course, but he was not defeated. He moved his radio station across the border into Mexico. His Border Blaster was licensed for a million watts so people could tune in as far as Iceland. Besides his bad medical advice and occasionally fascist rants, he offered airtime to a variety of quacks, preachers, psychics, cultists, scammers, and even some talented country musicians like the Carter Family. Sadly, mainstream media and the medical deep state caught up with him and he was ruined by \u201cvery unfair\u201d prosecutions and lawsuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Electro-Medicine Tycoon Machete Music Video\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DNtCH8iDPWE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salt Lake City\u2019s psych-art rock band, Tycoon Machete, follows our hero\u2019s journey through various genres from old time roots to funk to rock to industrial to country. John R. Brinkley\u2019s rise to fame and fortune serves as an allegory of the ever-present alignment of stupidity and power that is as true for America in the 2020\u2019s as it was in the 1920\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">XENOBLASTER is available for purchase on the group&#8217;s Bandcamp: <a href=\"https:\/\/tycoonmachete.bandcamp.com\/album\/xenoblaster\">tycoonmachete.bandcamp.com\/album\/xenoblaster<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded by two Salt Lake City musicians, J. P. Whipple and James Perry, Tycoon Machete was created to explore the frontiers where flesh meets the machine. They are joined by synth master, Sean McCarthy, and local artist Erin Stout on bass and singing saw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avoiding conventional rock band format, the band features an eclectic mixture of instruments including a 1942 lap steel, 1890&#8217;s plectrum banjo, musical saw, synthesizers, and samplers. Live performances include psychedelic visuals from SLC artist, Murray Resinski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">visit TYCOON MACHETE online:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/tycoonmachete.bandzoogle.com\">https:\/\/tycoonmachete.bandzoogle.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tycoonmachete\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tycoonmachete<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tycoonmachete\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JPWhipple\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JPWhipple<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bandcamp: <a href=\"https:\/\/tycoonmachete.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/tycoonmachete.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subvert: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.subvert.fm\/tycoon-machete\/xenoblaster\">https:\/\/www.subvert.fm\/tycoon-machete\/xenoblaster<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tidal: <a href=\"https:\/\/tidal.com\/@jpwhipple\">https:\/\/tidal.com\/@jpwhipple<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple Music: <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/tycoon-machete\/1499749205\">https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/tycoon-machete\/1499749205<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Tycoon Machete\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/0x6vpAYsWkIMjdPIm05GpI?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photo credit David Seelig TYCOON MACHETE&#8217;s &#8220;Electro-Medicine&#8221; video uses clips from the lost sci-fi masterpiece, &#8220;Attack of the Cockroaches&#8221;. The film was pulled at the behest of the US Department of Homeland Security because it was claimed that the cockroaches bore an uncanny resemblance to members of the Trump Administration and their ICE agents. The&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=21886\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Salt Lake City outsider rock outfit TYCOON MACHETE brings &#8220;Electro-Medicine&#8221; video to masses<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21886"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21890,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21886\/revisions\/21890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}