Recently picked up the 2011 “Gold” deluxe reissue of this. Listening to it in all its glory, with a pleasantly non-superfluous bonus disc filled with instrumentals and alt. takes... It just reminded me of how much I love this album. Most people think of both Vaudville
and “Venomous” as discography "paddle" on DOOM's part, so whenever the topic comes up and I start firing off impromptu lists, people are stunned to hear that Vaudeville Villain is my #3 Doom record, after MM.. Food?? & Born Like This. I Hate having to defend my choices...
Anyway- the fact that this album received a reissue treatment is pretty wild to me. I mean- It's fucking great, but not even Madvillainy has been given that honor. I'd like to see everything from Monster Island Czars & "Take me to your Leader" to the Doom/Grimm split and Live from Planet X get the deluxe treatment, but I love the Viktor Vaughn shit, even though it's barely even a side project, and sounds exactly like Doom. Lol.