Bloodhound Gang
The Bloodhound Gang are an American post-grunge rock-and-roll band, originally from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The group formed in 1994 (see 1994 in music) and currently consists of Jimmy Pop (born James Franks), DJ Q-Ball, Evil Jared Hasselhoff, Lüpüs Thünder and Willie the New Guy. Spanky G left in 1998. Known for humorous, obscene, and often offensive lyrics, the Bloodhound gang makes jokes about taboo subjects from race to child abductions and incest in bizarre, stream-of-consciousness hip-hop influenced lyrics. A common theme in the band's lyrics are elaborate metaphors, similes and puns, such as "you came twice last year like a Sears catalogue," "like Times New Roman, you know the type." or "Like the Jim Jones cult, I'll take you out with one punch" Perhaps the group's best known hit is "Fire Water Burn" which contained the memorable and much reproduced chorus of "The roof/The roof/The roof is on fire/We don't need no water/Let the motherfucker burn/Burn motherfucker burn." In 2004 it was featured in the film Fahrenheit 9/11 anecdotally as a song popular with American soldiers fighting in Iraq. The band formed in 1994 and released the Dingleberry Haze EP, then signed to Columbia Records for the full length debut, Use Your Fingers. The album was a flop and the group lost their record contract but then signed to Geffen and released 1996's One Fierce Beer Coaster. "Fire Water Burn" became a major hit and enabled the band to record a successful follow-up, Hooray for Boobies in 2000. Hooray for Boobies included the hit single "The Bad Touch" which featured the chorus "You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel." Due to its happy melody and instrumentation the song is one of the most played songs in German Adult contemporary radio stations. The album also featured a song about porn star Chasey Lain, and A Lapdance is So Much Better When the Stripper is Crying. In 2003, the band released a DVD entitled One Fierce Beer Run, which chronicles their One Fierce Beer Coaster tour of 1997. The band's next album, Hefty Fine, is due for release some time during late 2004 to early 2005. Its original title, Heavy Flow, was scrapped when it was noticed that fellow musician Moby had a song with the same name. This page about Bloodhound Gang includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Bloodhound Gang News stories about Bloodhound Gang External links for Bloodhound Gang Videos for Bloodhound Gang Wikis about Bloodhound Gang Discussion Groups about Bloodhound Gang Blogs about Bloodhound Gang Images of Bloodhound Gang |
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Its original title, Heavy Flow, was scrapped when it was noticed that fellow musician Moby had a song with the same name. Whiteman has recorded as a solo artist, and was previously in the bands Que Vida and Bourbon Tabernacle Choir. The band's next album, Hefty Fine, is due for release some time during late 2004 to early 2005. Drew and Spearin were previously in the band KC Accidental. In 2003, the band released a DVD entitled One Fierce Beer Run, which chronicles their One Fierce Beer Coaster tour of 1997. Canning was previously in the bands hHead and By Divine Right. The album also featured a song about porn star Chasey Lain, and A Lapdance is So Much Better When the Stripper is Crying. Apostle of Hustle, Junior Blue and Valley of the Giants are all BSS-style collaborative bands that were formed after You Forgot It in People was recorded and released. Hooray for Boobies included the hit single "The Bad Touch" which featured the chorus "You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel." Due to its happy melody and instrumentation the song is one of the most played songs in German Adult contemporary radio stations. Leslie Feist is also a solo artist, although her albums are credited simply to Feist. "Fire Water Burn" became a major hit and enabled the band to record a successful follow-up, Hooray for Boobies in 2000. Collett performs as a solo artist under his own name. The album was a flop and the group lost their record contract but then signed to Geffen and released 1996's One Fierce Beer Coaster. These include:. The band formed in 1994 and released the Dingleberry Haze EP, then signed to Columbia Records for the full length debut, Use Your Fingers. Most of the musicians who have worked with Broken Social Scene are members of other bands as well. A
common theme in the band's lyrics are elaborate metaphors, similes and puns, such as "you came twice last year like a Sears catalogue," "like Times New Roman, you know the type." or "Like the Jim Jones cult, I'll take you out with one punch" Perhaps the group's best known hit is "Fire Water Burn" which contained the memorable and much
reproduced chorus of "The roof/The roof/The roof is on fire/We don't need no water/Let the motherfucker burn/Burn motherfucker burn." In 2004 it was featured in the film Fahrenheit 9/11 anecdotally as a song popular with American soldiers
fighting in Iraq. The Bloodhound Gang are an American post-grunge rock-and-roll band, originally from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Amy Millan and Gentleman Reg also joined for some shows. On the supporting tour, the band consisted of Drew, Canning, Peroff, Whiteman and Jason Collett, along with whoever else was available to attend any individual show. The album also included musical contributions by Priddle, Jessica Moss, Brodie West, Susannah Brady and Ohad Benchetrit, but these were credited as supporting musicians rather than band members. More noteably it won the Alternative Album of the Year Juno Award in 2003. This album, an eclectic, restlessly creative collection of experimental yet accessible pop songs, became the band's critical and commercial breakthrough -- it was greeted with ecstatic reviews, and landed on many music critics' year-end Best-Of lists. All of the later guest musicians joined with Drew, Canning, Peroff and Spearin to record the band's second album, You Forgot It in People, in 2002 on the label Arts & Crafts. Over time, the band also came to include contributions from James Shaw, Evan Cranley, Justin Peroff and John Crossingham. As a result, they brought in a number of friends from the Toronto indie scene -- Andrew Whiteman, Emily Haines and Leslie Feist -- to flesh out their live show with lyrics and vocals. However, when they played shows to support the album, Drew and Canning found it difficult to put together an entertaining show based on Feel Good Lost, which was an almost entirely instrumental album. This duo recorded and released the band's post rock debut album, Feel Good Lost, in 2001, with contributions by Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin and Bill Priddle. The band's core members are Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock supergroup formed in 1999 (see 1999 in music) in Toronto, Ontario. Broken Social Scene (http://www.arts-crafts.ca/bss/index2.html). Valley of the Giants - Brendan Canning and Charles Spearin. Treble Charger - Bill Priddle. Stars - Evan Cranley and Amy Millan. Raising the Fawn - John Crossingham. Metric - James Shaw and Emily Haines. Junior Blue - Justin Peroff and Kevin Drew. Do Make Say Think - Charles Spearin and Ohad Benchetrit. Feist - Leslie Feist. Apostle of Hustle - Andrew Whiteman. Stars and Sons - Christopher Mills, Broken Social Scene - Nomination: Video of the Year Juno Award. You Forgot It in People - Winner: Alternative Album of the Year Juno Award. |