Line #115 Music/BloodhoundGang


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:''No reason to live, but we like it that way.'']]
3	->''"Like my scrotum, here it is in a nutshell!"''
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5	[floatboxright:
6	Influences:
7	+Creator/HowardStern, Music/BeastieBoys, Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, Music/DepecheMode
8	]
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10	The Bloodhound Gang is an AlternativeRock band formed in 1991 in King of Prussia, UsefulNotes/{{Pennsylvania}} (a western suburb of UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}).
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12	The band originated when all but two of the members of a Pennsylvania SynthPop group called Bang Chamber 8 (heavily influenced by Music/DepecheMode) decided to quit, and the remaining two members, Jimmy Pop (James Franks) and Daddy Long Legs (Michael Bowe), decided to rebrand themselves as a HipHop duo with a heavy emphasis on humor that was often [[RefugeInAudacity scatalogical or politically incorrect]]. Bowe quit after the band's debut LP to form the RapMetal group Wolfpac, [[DidntThinkThisThrough which would ultimately end up a very poor decision]], as Bloodhound Gang's popularity exploded after Bowe left, while Wolfpac [[https://youtu.be/zC8JtraZcWI didn't do nearly as well]].
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14	[[RevolvingDoorBand Franks is the only consistent member in the Bloodhound Gang's 20 year career]]. As such, their style tends to be a little all-over-the-map, but it's tied together by their lyrics. Usually considered more of a comedy band than anything, the Bloodhound Gang specialize in [[BlackComedy off-color humor]], [[DoubleEntendre dick jokes]] and [[WorldOfPun many, many, many puns.]]
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16	After a series of demos just consisting of the original two core members and a DJ, the Bloodhound Gang gradually added musicians to the group, and their debut LP, ''Use Your Fingers'', while primarily HipHop (heavily influenced by Music/BeastieBoys and Creator/HowardStern), also included a couple of PunkRock tracks. The subsequent LP's, ''One Fierce Beer Coaster'' and ''Hooray for Boobies'', featured [[GenreRoulette a more eclectic approach]], drawing from genres such as Punk, ElectronicMusic and RapRock, with the latter album containing the [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Synth-Pop Meets Rap Rock]] hit "[[https://youtu.be/xat1GVnl8-k The Bad Touch]]" (which was paraphrased by Music/{{Eminem}} on "The Real Slim Shady"). The band's subsequent releases saw the band gradually distancing itself from Rap Rock, which had gone out of favor by that point, with ''Hefty Fine'' containing very little rapping and ''Hard-Off'' featuring no rapping.
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18	Following [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodhound_Gang#Onstage_antics some controversial on-stage antics during a performance in Ukraine]], the band appeared to break up in 2013 (though they still finished and released one more album two years later). Bassist "Evil" Jarred Hasselhoff was quoted as saying "If the Bloodhound Gang still exist, yes, I'm still a member." However, in 2023, [[https://twitter.com/jimmypop/status/1675897278509318144 in response to a fan's question]], Jimmy Pop stated that Bloodhound Gang had never broken up and that he had been actively working on new music for several years, and at the same time hinted that his solo project is possible.
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20	!!Discography:
21	* ''Dingleberry Haze'' EP (1994)
22	* ''Use Your Fingers'' (1995)
23	* ''One Fierce Beer Coaster'' (1996)
24	* ''Hooray For Boobies'' (1999)
25	* ''Hefty Fine'' (2005)
26	* ''Hard-Off'' (2015)
27	----
28	!!The Bloodhound Gang shows examples of:
29	* LOL69: The "Dirk Ramrod Show" from the "I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks" video airs on Public-access Channel 69.
30	* AlbumTitleDrop: The hidden track from ''Hooray For Boobies'' sees two opera singers do just that (in between attacks of [[invoked]][[{{Corpsing}} hysterical laughter]]).
31	* AlternativeRock: They are predominantly associated with this genre, despite covering [[GenreRoulette many other genres throughout their career]] (see below), because of the difficulty of categorizing them.
32	* AntiChrist: According to "Fire Water Burn", ''Series/{{Webster}}'' star, Emmanuel Lewis is the Anti-Christ.
33	* BalladOfX: "The Ballad of Chasey Lain". Subverted as it's not so much a "ballad" as it is a mid-tempo alt-rock song about a Chasey Lain stalker who (in one interpretation) eventually kidnaps her.
34	* BoastfulRap:
35	** "The Inevitable Return Of The Great White Dope" is a great example of Jimmy Pop's unique talents in this field.
36	** Completely averted in many, many of their self-deprecating songs.
37	* BrainlessBeauty:
38	** This bit from "I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks":
39	--->''Cause 'super model' means voluptuous but is also is synonymous with 'Super dumb'''
40	** "She was hotter than the sun, but she just wasn't that bright" from "Three Point One Four".
41	* BreakupSong: "No Hard Feelings" is pretty cold. It's more like a "burn bridges after the breakup" song.
42	-->''If I want to be repeatedly shit on \
43	I'll go make Dutch porn''
44	* {{Bowdlerize}}: ''Hooray For Boobies'' has a censored version simply titled ''Hooray'', and the only image on the cover is that of the cow udders.
45	* BrickJoke: "I Hope You Die" gets a great one in.
46	-->''I hope you flip some guy the bird\
47	He cuts you off and you're forced to swerve\
48	In front of the Beatles' tour bus,\
49	A Bookmobile and a Mack truck...''
50	** It goes downhill from there. And sure enough, in the last verse...
51	--->''And when you finally regain consciousness\
52	You're bound and gagged in a wedding dress\
53	And the prison guard looks the other way -- \
54	'''Cause he's the guy you flipped the bird the other day'''''
55	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Part of their appeal was that they were an otherwise "normal" RapRock band who just happened to do joke songs, due in large part to Jimmy Pop's legitimate skills as both a lyricist and a rapper.
56	* TheCameo:
57	** "Rip Taylor Is God" is simply an opening monologue by Rip Taylor himself, cracking corny jokes and [[invoked]][[MoneyDearBoy admitting he was paid to be there.]]
58	** "R.S.V.P." comes right after "The Ballad Of Chasey Lain", where Chasey herself offers a rebuttal to the propositions in the previous song.
59	* CasanovaWannabe: Jimmy Pop's persona on "The Bad Touch," "Unn Tiss Unn Tiss Unn Tiss" and "Clean Up In Aisle Sexy" is that of a guy who has no doubt whatsoever in his own sexiness and genuinely believes that his awful, awful sex puns are the epitome of charm.
60	* CelebritiesHangOutInHeaven: Inverted: in "Fire Water Burn" he says that if he goes to Hell, he'll spend his days with [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy J.F.K.]], Music/MarvinGaye, Martha Raye, Music/LawrenceWelk and Emmanuel Lewis.
61	* CensoredTitle: ''Hooray for Boobies'' had the censored version ''Hooray'', where the cover was reduced to only one image of the tit-related montage (a cow's udders).
62	* CoverVersion:
63	** They revived Music/RunDMC's "It's Tricky" in a RapMetal style.
64	** They also did a PunkRock version of "Along Comes Mary" by The Association.
65	** And they vastly improved "Weekend" by Scooter.
66	** They also covered the theme song for Kids Incorporated in a Punk Rock theme on ''Use Your Fingers,'' the same album that saw a similar rendition of Music/KimWilde's "Kids In America."
67	* DeadpanSnarker: Jimmy Pop, who barely changes his tone while snarking at anything, [[SelfDeprecation including himself]].
68	* TheDinnermobile: In the music video for "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" [[Series/{{Jackass}} Bam]] [[Series/VivaLaBam Margera]] drives a car in the shape of a banana into a tunnel. In the video for "Ralph Wiggum" (a found-lyrics song consisting of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ralph Wiggum]] quotes), the lyrics "Go Banana" cut to that clip in self-reference.
69	* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: In "A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying", Jimmy says "I never thought that missing children could be so sexy". He then pauses and says, "Did I say that out loud?".
70	* DistractedByTheSexy: The video for "The Ballad Of Chasey Lain" subverts it, as the ending is Jimmy Pop complaining on a distraction - not the all-female, all-naked film crew, but a really disgusting man.
71	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The video for "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo". All over the place.
72	* DoubleEntendre: Some of their lyrics may as well be single entendres.
73	* DoYouWantToCopulate: "The Bad Touch" has this as its main premise. As they both are mammals, the absolute logical thing to do is getting it on ("So show me yours I'll show you mine 'Tool Time', you'll love it just like Lyle and then we'll do it doggie style so we can both watch [[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]]"). Always remember that "we call this the act of mating, but there are several other very important differences between human beings and animals that you should know about"
74	--> ''"You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals\
75	So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel."''
76	* DrivenToSuicide: Never mind hiding the message, they flat-out ''encourage'' you to kill yourself in "Lift Your Head Up High And Blow Your Brains Out".
77	* DrugsAreBad: In "Mope", Jimmy says this verbatim to Pac-Man after Pac-Man asks if he wants to freebase some crack.
78	* DudeWheresMyRespect: "Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me?"
79	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their demos and first album featured two vocalists (Jimmy Pop along with Daddy Long Legs). Also, most of their backup music was sample based rather than performed by a live band.
80	* EqualOpportunityOffender: The band's purpose is to "hurt everyone's feelings; it makes us feel better about ourselves." Not surprisingly, Jimmy Pop cites Creator/HowardStern as a major influence.
81	* FaceOnTheCover: The montage in the cover of ''Hooray for Boobies'' includes the bandmembers in party hats.
82	* FagHag: "I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks":
83	-->''But if I was a queerbee in the fashion industry\
84	Scoring with a super model would be easy\
85	(...)\
86	Ya see I'd be a good listener so she'd treat me like a sister and soon I'd become\
87	That trusted friend that cares that rubs her back and braids her hair\
88	No, it wouldn't be a week before I'm in her underwear!''
89	* FanDisservice: The covers of ''Hefty Fine'' and the appropriately-named ''Hard-Off''.
90	* FingerOnLips: "Fire Water Burn" is an interesting example. In the video, when you hear Jimmy Pop sing "Burn, motherfucker, burn," the video shows him making a strained face instead of pronouncing "fucker." In the censored version of the song, "fucker" is replaced with a donkey's bray.
91	* FunWithAcronyms: [[IntercourseWithYou "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo."]]
92	* GenreRoulette: Aside from the mostly HipHop effort ''Use Your Fingers'', Bloodhound Gang albums have no consistent style throughout. The subsequent two albums have a mix of RapRock, Punk, Hip Hop and Electronic, and their most recent albums have more of a Electronic Rock style, with the only consistent thoroughline between their recordings being [[RefugeInAudacity a lot of]] ToiletHumor.
93	* GrapesOfLuxury: In "Hell Yeah" he says if he were God, he'd have Norwegian lesbians feed him grapes.
94	* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Show Us Your Hits,'' the cover of which (in typical Bloodhound Gang fashion) has a woman in the process of taking her top off. ([[SexyPackaging she finishes off in the booklet's back cover, and it unfolds into a topless poster of her]])
95	* HeavyMetalUmlaut: Lüpüs Thünder, their long-running guitarist.
96	* HeteronormativeCrusader: "My Dad Says That's For Pussies"
97	** The "jarheads" in "I Wish I Was Queer", who kicked Jimmy's ass because his friend kissed him in Home Ec class (which doesn't indicate Jimmy himself wanted to be kissed).
98	* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo", down to the FunWithAcronyms title.
99	* HurricaneOfPuns: Any of their songs ("Times New Roman, you know the type!").
100	* IAmTheBand: Starting with ''One Fierce Beer Coaster'', Jimmy Pop wrote and produced most of the band songs and was the only consistent member from their formation to their breakup.
101	* InsaneTrollLogic: "I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks" again. It's kind of right there in the title, but Jimmy elaborates on this concept in the lyrics, never really catching on to the fact that if he was the gay guy he wants to be, he'd obviously have no ''need'' for chicks. This is obviously PlayedForLaughs, but then, so is all their music.
102	* IntercourseWithYou: Their dance songs are infamous for this, notably "The Bad Touch." "3.14" includes the immortal line "You know what I really want in a girl? Me."
103	* JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife: "I Hope You Die." Flipping someone off while driving will set off a series of DisasterDominoes that will end with you getting sodomized and tortured in prison.
104	* {{Joisey}}: They are not fans.[[note]]The song "The Ten Coolest Things About New Jersey" is just ten seconds of silence.[[/note]]
105	* LeastRhymableWord: In "Three Point One Four", Jimmy Pop struggles to rhyme a word with "vagina":
106	-->''It's hard to rhyme a word like vagina\
107	Calvin Klein, kind of, North Carolina''
108	* LimitedLyricsSong: "Farting With A Walkman On," which consists of a single verse repeated four times.
109	* ListSong: "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo"
110	* ListingCities: "Going Nowhere Slow," until the addendum: "But nowhere in New Jersey, that's the only place we won't go!"
111	* LoonyFan: "The Ballad of Chasey Lain", about a fan of said porn star who eventually kidnaps her as she doesn't reply to his letter.
112	* MadnessMantra: '''"THE DRUMMER FROM [[Music/DefLeppard DEF LEPPARD'S]] ONLY GOT ONE ARM!!"''' is screamed several times on "Why's Everybody Always Picking On Me?" It's as weird as it sounds.
113	* MotorMouth: Jimmy Pop is capable of some serious tongue-twisters.
114	* NonAppearingTitle: "The Bad Touch", "Mope"
115	* {{Parody}}: "A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When the Stripper Is Crying" is a parody of the narratives usually found in Red Sovine's "sad trucker songs".
116	* PrisonRape / BlackComedyRape: From "I Hope You Die":
117	-->''I hope he grins like Jack Nicholson\
118	And forces you to play a game called "Balls On Chin"\
119	And whatever happens next is all a blur\
120	But you remember "fist" can be a verb...''
121	* PunnyName: The clip for "Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me?" features Dr. Scott P. Nussenvy & Ivana Getchuharde (prom queen of Wannagett High School, whose baseball team is the Wannagett Beavers).
122	* RagingStiffie: This part from "A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying":
123	-->And then she told me to shush. I guess she could sense my desperation.\
124	'Course, it's hard to hide a hard-on when you're [[CreepyCrossdresser dressed like Minnie Pearl]].
125	* RearrangeTheSong: "The Roof Is On Fire" by Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three gets reworked into a guitar ballad called "Fire Water Burn".
126	* RefugeInAudacity: And ''how!'' Nothing is off limits in their music, including disabilities, the gay community, incest and jailbait.
127	* {{Sampling}}: These guys make ''extensive'' use of samples, and their debut album was almost entirely made up of them.
128	** "Mope" in particular squeezes in Music/{{Falco}}, Music/{{Metallica}}, ''VideoGame/PacMan'', Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood, and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in one big ridiculous package.
129	* SelfDeprecation: Jimmy Pop aims to offend everyone, including himself.
130	** From the intro to "Your Only Friends Are Make Believe."
131	--->''"Yeah, well, I sing like an amputee, though."''\
132	''"Why?"''\
133	''"Cuz... [[{{Pun}} can't hold a note. Can't carry a tune.]]"''
134	** The first verse of "Fire Water Burn" opens with "Hello my name is Jimmy Pop and I'm a dumb white guy".
135	** The back cover of ''Use Your Fingers'' has the credit "Produced by Jimmy Pop and Daddy Long Legs (because we couldn't afford a real producer)".
136	** Their Spotify bio consists of exactly one sentence.
137	--->"I love reading a bio about how great an artist is and then seeing that they posted it."
138	** Their online fanclub (ran by their then-guitarist Lüpüs Thünder) was literally called Hate Club.
139	* ShirtlessScene: Parodied in the video for "Screwing You On The Beach At Night," where a shirtless Jimmy Pop makes a babbling idiot of himself trying to woo a hot girl.
140	* ShoutOut:
141	** The band's name was taken from the Creator/{{PBS}} show ''Series/ThreeTwoOneContact''.
142	** The video for "Hell Yeah" is a homage to ''Film/TheyLive'', except the aliens are replaced with [[FanService Bikini Babes]] and the conformity messages replaced with instructions to party down.
143	** The second verse of "Fire Water Burn" includes a reference to Music/{{Pixies}} frontman Frank Black, followed by a paraphrase of one of the lyrics from their song [[Music/{{Doolittle}} "Monkey Gone To Heaven"]].
144	--->''"This hardcore ghetto gangster image\
145	Takes a lot of practice\
146	I'm not black like Music/BarryWhite\
147	No, I am white like Frank Black is\
148	So if man is five, and the devil is six\
149	Then that must make me seven.\
150	This honky's gone to heaven."''
151	** "The Bad Touch" references ''TabletopGame/{{Battleship}}'', Coca-Cola, Daylight Savings Time, the Creator/DiscoveryChannel, [=FedEx=], ''Series/HomeImprovement'', Music/LyleLovett, Mr. Coffee, Music/{{Prince}}, ''Series/SiskelAndEbert'', ''[[Series/HomeImprovement Tool Time]]'', Waffle House, and ''Series/TheXFiles''.
152	** The opening skit to ''Hefty Fine'', "Strictly For the Tardcore", references Music/{{Eminem}}'s "The Real Slim Shady" (which, in turn, included a reference to "The Bad Touch").
153	--->''Eminem's gotta cuss in his raps to sell records! Well, me too! So fuck Music/WillSmith!''
154	** "Altogether Ooky" is named after a line from the theme song of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily''. It also features the lyric [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs "I rub the lotion on my skin/Or else I get the hose again"]].
155	* StealthPun:
156	** "You must be done with hair plugs, because now you're goin' to pay."
157	** ''One Fierce Beer Coaster'' ends with "Reflections of [[SdrawkcabName Remoh]]", where Jimmy Pop explains the album title while imitating [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]].
158	* ShownTheirWork: In the liner notes, "Ralph Wiggum"'s credits list the writers of each ''Simpsons'' episode the band quoted as co-authors.
159	* SuicideDare: "Lift Your Head Up High (And Blow Your Brains Out)." In the pre-chorus they even offer hanging yourself as an alternative.
160	* SuicideIsPainless: "Lift Your Head Up High And Blow Your Brains Out," again.
161	* TakeThat:
162	** From "Lift Your Head Up High And Blow Your Brains Out", mostly a list of reasons to kill yourself.
163	--->"[[Creator/SpikeLee Did you like the movie Malcolm X?]]"\
164	"Were you born and raised in New Jersey?"
165	** The song "The Ten Coolest Things About New Jersey", which consists of ten seconds of absolute silence.
166	** "Your Only Friends Are Make Believe" is a song picking on [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mister Rogers]].
167	* TakeThatAudience:
168	** The CD of ''Use Your Fingers'' has the message "What's stupid, smelly, boring and likes the Bloodhound Gang? ([[SchmuckBait See reverse side for details]])".
169	** "Shut Up," which is directed at... well, everything that moves.
170	* TakeThatCritics: "I hate Spin Magazine, 'cause they never ever plug me." (once ''Spin'' [[https://books.google.com/books?id=I4irI6O3Ko8C&pg=RA1-PA36 featured the band]], Jimmy Pop joked he might have to trade it with ''Time'').
171	* ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: The video for "Screwing You On The Beach At Night," although the bikini girl's antics are completely offset by Jimmy Pop being... [[CloudCuckoolander well, Jimmy Pop]]. The video is actually a parody of the infamous "Wicked Game" video by ChrisIsaak.
172	* ToiletHumor: A staple of their work.
173	** "Diarrhea Runs In The Family," a 20 second telephone message of the sounds of a bowel movement.
174	--->"''I'm in the bathroom, so [[{{Pun}} this is probably going to sound like shit]].''"
175	** Subverted in the video for "Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss," which is set almost entirely in the bathroom of a high-end club but features no on-screen or even implied bodily function jokes.
176	** During their 2006 tour of the Netherlands, the band members would regularly mime giving a golden shower during their cover of Music/DepecheMode's "Enjoy The Silence."
177	** Sadly, this tendency is what indirectly led to the band breaking up. The Ukrainian and Russian governments [[DudeNotFunny did not particularly care]] for Evil Jared peeing on and wiping his ass with their respective flags during their 2013 tour of the Ukraine, which got the Russian leg of their tour canceled and their visas revoked after legal threats for indecency.
178	* UnusualEuphemism: The lyrics to "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" are mostly a string of... ''inventive'' euphemisms for penetration.
179	* UranusIsShowing: In "Fire Water Burn":
180	-->I am [[TeenyWeenie hung like planet Pluto, hard to see with the naked eye]]\
181	But if I crashed into Uranus I would stick it where the sun don't shine.
182	* VoiceClipSong: "Ralph Wiggum" is made up entirely of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ralph Wiggum]] quotes (sung by Jimmy Pop rather than sampled directly from the show). [[spoiler: And one Chief Wiggum quote. And [[SubliminalSeduction Yvan eht nioj!]]]]
183	* VulgarHumor: Along with ToiletHumor, their songs contain pretty much every variation of this. For instance, [[https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F7o039mzbz8/URLHXUhSlJI/AAAAAAAAA1M/PqGiv-lkL8o/s1600/1.jpg the labels for the ''Hooray for Boobies'' vinyl.]]
184	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: At the end of the "Why's Everybody Always Picking On Me?" video clip:
185	--> [[AC:'''Jimmy's former pals went on to suffer from chronic hemorrhoids. Lucky for them, Jimmy went on to become a successful proctologist.''']]
186	* WildlifeCommentarySpoof: "The Bad Touch" begins with a sample from one such commentary, discussing "the act of mating."[[note]] sampled from a children's sex-ed record narrated by none other than Art Linkletter.[[/note]]
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