Wave of Mutilation is a song by Pixies Singer Black Francis (Frank Black) described this song as being about Japanese businessmen doing murder-suicides with their families because they'd failed in business, and they're driving off a pier into the ocean. In a concert in 2004 Frank Black stated half-jokingly, This song is from about 15 years ago and while I didn't invent it, I was the first guy to sing about El Niño before it became all popular and everything. I just wanted to take credit for that. (thanks, Martin - Rostock, Germany, for above 2)