Distortion is an electronic effect produced by overloading an audio circuit. This simple excess of electrons is responsible for everything from Chuck Berry’s overdriven twang to Jimi Hendrix’s chewy fuzz, Black Sabbath’s bone-shaking crunch and…

You may know Harry Shearer as the voice of Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Principal Skinner, both C. Montgomery Burns and Waylon Smithers, Dr. Hibbert, Kent Brockman, Lenny, Scratchy, Rainier Wolfcastle, Otto the bus driver, Eddie…