Bloodhound Gang
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The Bloodhound Gang is an American alternative band with a Post-punk revival-influenced sound. They are originally from Quakertown, Pennsylvania. The group formed in 1992.[1]
History
Early Days
The Bloodhound Gang first started out as a small alternative band in 1992 called Bang Chamber 8. The band consisted of Jimmy Pop and Daddy Long Legs. They released one known tape, which was self titled. Soon they changed their name to the Bloodhound Gang and changed their musical style. Their new name referred to "The Bloodhound Gang", a segment on the 1980s PBS kids' show 3-2-1 Contact which featured three young detectives solving mysteries and fighting crime.
Unable to get booked at any clubs, the Bloodhound Gang first performed in the extra room at Evil Jared Hasselhoff's house, in exchange for Schlitz, Marlboros, and a chance to hand out their first demo tape, entitled Just Another Demo. When the floor caved in one night, they began performing every month at CBGBs in New York City. When asked about the band's tenure at the club, Jimmy Pop was quoted as saying, "I've seen cavemen with better clubs."[2][1]
In April 1994, the band released their second demo tape, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Hitler's Handicapped Helpers. This landed them a record deal with Cheese Factory Records. In November 1994, they finally released their first EP, Dingleberry Haze.[1]
In the summer of 1994, Jimmy Pop had a small role in the short independent film The Chick That Was Naked by independent filmmaker Kurt Fitzpatrick. Also, a song by the band was used on its soundtrack.[3]
Use Your Fingers
In March 1995 the Bloodhound Gang signed a record deal with Columbia Records. They put out their first full-length album, titled Use Your Fingers. They began touring around the United States. At this time Daddy Long Legs and M.S.G., angry with Columbia Records, left the band to form another rap group, Wolfpac. Evil Jared Hasselhoff and Tard-E-Tard joined the group as replacements. When the tour ended, the deal with Columbia Records was dropped and band member Skip O'Pot2Mus left to pursue a career in the customer service industry.[1]
One Fierce Beer Coaster
In March 1996, the band, complete with a new line-up, recorded their second full-length album, One Fierce Beer Coaster, first released on Cheese Factory Records (now Republic Records), and re-released on Geffen Records in 1998. They embarked on their first "real tour" of the United States and Europe (they are quoted as saying this was "the first tour where nobody's parents had to drive out and pick up the band after the van broke down"). The album boasted the well-known song "Fire Water Burn." The song was featured in the movie Fahrenheit 9/11 as a song that is popular among US troops in Iraq. The band reportedly let Michael Moore use the song for free, claiming "Michael Moore kicks ass. He's the master of delivering a compelling point in an entertaining manner. So, when he asked us to use 'Fire Water Burn' in Fahrenheit 9/11, we not only said 'fuck yeah,' but waived our normal fee." 1 In the summer of 1996 Jimmy Pop Ali had a supporting role in the independent film Kin by director Kurt Fitzpatrick and starring Fitzpatrick, Marie Hans and Ben McVoy. Several Bloodhound Gang songs were used for the soundtrack for the film.
Hooray for Boobies
In 1999, they released their third album, Hooray for Boobies. Powered by hit single, "The Bad Touch", they embarked on two more tours of Europe, where they had begun to get quite popular ("The Bad Touch" and Hooray for Boobies reached #1 in Germany, where "Along Comes Mary" was also a Top 10 hit). They returned after selling over five million albums.[1]
In 2003, the band released a DVD entitled One Fierce Beer Run, which chronicles their One Fierce Beer Coaster tour of 1997.[1]
Hefty Fine
The band's newest album, Hefty Fine, was released on September 27, 2005. The title came about after Evil Jared was fined during work on MTV's "Viva La Bam" (The Scavenger Hunt episode). Jared was fined $20,000, which Jimmy Pop allegedly had to pay (This is discussed in the "Uncommon-tary" Of the Viva La Bam DVDs). The CD's original title, Heavy Flow, was scrapped when it was noticed that fellow musician Moby had a song with the same name. The first single, "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo," gained heavy rotation on music video channels. Although the track "No Hard Feelings" recently broke into the Modern Rock Top 50, their second single is "Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss" (which is featured in a Blaupunkt ad) has started radio circulation with a music video airing limitedly on a few music channels. Another song from the new album is part of a campaign by the Bloodhound Gang to change the Pennsylvania state anthem into their appropriately titled "Pennsylvania."[1] The band's current members can also be found on a few episodes of Viva La Bam including the episode in which Bam Margera divides his friends into teams that go out and do outrageous stunts in order to earn points in a "scavenger hunt" to decide what happens to April Margera's piano that she wishes to get rid of. Bam Margera also makes a guest star appearance on their Hefty Fine album on a hidden track.
Drummer Willie the New Guy was released from his position at the start of 2006, by mutual agreement between him & the band. He has been replaced by The Yin (whose birth name is Adam Perry) from the band A on their recent tour.[4]
The band has also made several appearances on the MTV show Jackass, Viva La Bam, CKY4, as well as The Howard Stern Show.
Scandal
The band arrived in the middle of a media storm medium 2006 when they started using a "golden shower" act onstage during a rendition of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the silence" at Rock Am Ring.[5]
Members
Current line-up
- Jimmy Pop - vocals, guitar, programming
- Lüpüs Thünder - guitars, backing vocals
- Evil Jared Hasselhoff - bass, backing vocals
- DJ Q-Ball - turntables, vocals
- The Yin - drums
Former members
- Daddy Long Legs - vocals
- M.S.G.
- Spanky G - drums
- Willie The New Guy - drums
"Yellow Fever"
The band has been accused of racism in the US and UK.[6][7] Geffen Records refused to release the song "Yellow Fever" due to its lyrical content about Asian women.[8] Examples of the lyrics from "Yellow Fever" include "She's like an oriental rug 'cause I lay her where I please, then I blindfold her with dental floss and get down on her knees" and "Oh me chinky she's so kinky got me hot like nagasaki burnin' up like napalm burstin' like an a-bomb."
In response, Jimmy Pop told Yahoo! Launch that the Gang's lyrical matter was not meant to be taken seriously
- "I think on the first record there's stuff that [offended people]… Really we're not trying to shock anybody, we're just saying things that we laugh at," he explained. "That was always the idea. The same things that we talk about on the bus are the same things we put on our records. On the first record we had lyrics like, 'There's little children unattended, let me get some poison candy,' which to me, that isn't very good."[6]
Discography
Albums
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One Fierce Beer Coaster December 3, 1996 Republic
*14 (GER)
*57 (US)
*85 (UK) -
Hooray for Boobies October 4, 1999 Interscope
*1 (GER)
*14 (US)
*37 (UK) -
Hefty Fine September 27, 2005 Geffen
*7 (GER)
*24 (US)
Singles
Demos
- Bang Chamber 8 (1991)
- Just Another Demo (1993)
- The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Hitler's Handicapped Helpers (1994)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "History 101". BloodhoundGang.com. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
- ^ "BloodhoundGang.com". BloodhoundGang.com. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ "That Chick Was Naked ([[1995]])". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
{{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help) - ^ "Bloodhoung Gang: Tour mit neum Drummer" (in German). Laut.de. 2006-01-18. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Bloodhound Gang's Golden Shower
- ^ a b Rosen, Craig (2005-05-02). "Bloodhound Gang Targeted For Alleged Racist Lyrics". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Brooks, Caryn B. "Be Aggressive Be, Be, Aggressive". WWeek. Retrieved 2006-08-07.
- ^ Ma, Jason (2000-04-27). "'Yellow Fever' Lyrics Roil Students". Asian Week. Retrieved 2006-07-08.
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See also
