| Six Demon Bag | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Man Man |
| Border: | yes |
| Genre: | Experimental rock |
| Length: | 40:26 |
| Label: | Ace Fu |
| Producer: | Craig Van Hise |
| Prev Title: | The Man In a Blue Turban With a Face |
| Prev Year: | 2004 |
| Next Title: | Rabbit Habits |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
Six Demon Bag is the second album by experimental rock group Man Man, known mainly for their carnivalesque sound and well-received live shows. It received generally favorable reviews and calculated a score of 79 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 17 reviews.[1]
Honus Honus discussed the differences between this album and their first album:
The album was placed on Obscure Sound's list of the best albums of 2006 at number 34[2] and Pitchfork's list of the top 50 albums of 2006 at number 20.[3]
Pitchfork Media also listed the song "Van Helsing Boombox" as the 350th best song of the 2000s.
A music video for "Engrish Bwudd" was directed by Lindsay Kovnat, and was featured on the Nicktoons Network Animation Festival in 2006.
Man Man planned a tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the album's release in 2016 during which they played it start to finish.[4]
The album's title comes from a line from Big Trouble in Little China, and refers to a sack that contained the magical tools/potions of Egg Shen as he led Jack Burton, Wang Chi, and the Chang Sing in their desperate attack against the evil Lo Pan.