Throwback Thursday: The Bloodhound Gang
I am going to go against the norm for this edition of the Throwback and post a band that I have known of before they reached the big time. And they're local!
Unbeknownst to most everyone out there, The Bloodhound Gang has been around for about 15 years in some incarnation or another. I seriously doubt they will ever get Hall of Fame credentials. They are crude, rude, dirty, suggestive, blantantly nasty, but funny as hell. I first heard of them as a freshman at Ursinus with their EP Dingleberry Haze. It was different and made us laugh out loud. Then came Use Your Fingers, their first full length release, including an appearance by Rip Taylor and the best beer goggle song ever written (see below). I got to see them play a show at the famous Wismer Lower Lounge at Ursinus and meet some of the band members. Really fun guys. With the release of the next album, One Fierce Beer Coaster, (early editions had a real coaster. Joe, still have it?), they reached some sort of fame with the MTV staple Fire Water Burn. Then it seemed the band died. Four years later, BHG came back from the dead with Hooray for Boobies and the party staple The Bad Touch. After another hiatus, they show up with the same sophomoric humor in Hefty Fine.
WARNING: If you are easily offended, do not listen to these songs. If you enjoy the absolute silliness, click away!
Use Your Fingers (1994)
One Fierce Beer Coaster (1996)
Hooray for Boobies (2000)
Hefty Fine (2005)
Pennsylvania (I know what a Wawa is!)
The video for Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo (feat. Bam in the Banana Mobile!)
Past Throwbacks:
3/22/07: REM (post IRS)
1/25/07: Radiohead
1/18/07: The Police
1/11/07: Smashing Pumpkins
1/4/07: Ryan Adams
12/28/06: The Replacements
12/14/06: Talking Heads
12/07/06: Peter Gabriel
11/30/06: The Pixies
11/16/06: Prince
11/09/06: Ben Folds Five
11/02/06: Beastie Boys
10/26/06: Joy Division
10/19/06: They Might Be Giants
10/12/06: The Psychedelic Furs
10/05/06: The Clash
09/28/06: The Smiths
09/21/06: A Tribe Called Quest
09/14/06: R.E.M. (The IRS Era)
09/07/06: The Cure
08/31/06: Morphine
08/24/06: The Lemonheads
08/17/06: Depeche Mode
08/10/06: New Order
Labels: Bloodhound Gang, Throwback Thursday
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Analyzed by Michael on Thursday, March 29, 2007
2 Comments:
Ursinus sucks
"The Gang" have definitely had their moments. They were at their best on their debut album. Hated to see them break up. Jimmy Pop has come up with some of the funniest things I have ever heard on record.
And to Mr. Anonymous and his "Ursinus Sucks" quip, I would defind the school if I actually graduated. But I didn't. So there.
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