Show & Tell: A Stormy Remembrance of TV Theme Songs (1997)
Primitive Enema is the debut album by the
Los Angelespunk band
Butt Trumpet.[1][2] It was produced by
Geza X and released in 1994 by
Chrysalis Records, with the recording sessions allegedly costing less than a thousand dollars.[3][4] The album was the subject of a censorship campaign in
Leominster, Massachusetts, after a mother campaigned against the sale of
Parental Advisory-stickered records to minors.[5] The band supported the album by touring with
Fear.[6] The album had sold more than 60,000 copies by the end of 2000.[7]
Trouser Press wrote: "The double-bassist Los Angeles quintet ... is strictly out to offend on Primitive Enema, wielding a two-pronged fork of blaring punk aggression and tastelessly crude lyrics that make outrageous jokes of the three S's: scatology, sex and stoopidity."[10]AllMusic's
Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the group "crude and amateurish-and fiercely proud of it, by the way", and said the disc "made more sense on a smaller label". He also criticized Geza X's production, calling it "slightly too clean to make Primitive Enema sound dangerous."[8]
Track listing
All songs written by Butt Trumpet.
"Clusterfuck" 1:51
"Funeral Crashing Tonight" 2:02
"I've Been So Mad Lately" 2:16
"Dicktatorship" 3:24
"Classic Asshole" 2:27
"Decapitated" 0:40
"Dead Dogs" 1:08
"I Left My Flannel In Seattle" 1:32
"I'm Ugly And I Don't Know Why" 3:10
"The Grindcore Song" 0:49
"Primitive Enema" 2:01
"I Left My Gun In San Francisco" 1:14
"Shut Up" 1:58
"Ten Seconds Of Heaven" 1:22
"Yesterday" 2:33
"Ode To Dickhead" 0:52
"Pink Gun" 1:35
"Blind" 5:18
Personnel
Butt Trumpet
Bianca Butthole: vocals, bass
Sharon Needles: vocals, bass
Thom Bone: bass, occasional vocal backing, ego
Blare N. Bitch: guitars, vocal backing
Jerry Geronimo: drums, percussion, cymbals, vocal backing
Additional personnel
Geza X., Jamie Schene, Andrea Beltramo (a.k.a. "The Butt Trumpettes"): vocal backing
Production
Arranged By Butt Trumpet
Produced By Thom Bone, with additional production by Geza X (deliberate error in liner notes is an inside joke)
Recorded & Mixed By Geza X & Thom Bone, July 31-August 2 (per liner notes "real cheap")
CD and
cassette tape mastered By Dave Collins, Patricia Sullivan & Thom Bone;
vinyl mastered By Bill Lightner & Thom Bone at A&M Studios and K-Disc in Hollywood, CA
All Songs Published By Buttwrenching Music.
References
^Phalen, Tom (16 Dec 1994). "An Alternative to 'Jingle Bells'". Tempo. The Seattle Times. p. 13.
^Cummings, Sue (Aug 18, 1994). "A Day in the Life of Butt Trumpet". LA Weekly. p. 48.
^Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Miller Freeman Books. p. 815.
^Earles, Andrew (May 2010). "The Majors Get Weird". Spin. Vol. 26, no. 4. p. 80.
^Guilfoy, Christine (1 Mar 1995). "Mother seeks curb on explicit lyrics". Telegram & Gazette. p. A1.
^Locey, Bill (9 Mar 1995). "Punk Show Promises to Be Rude, Crude and Not for Prudes". Los Angeles Times. p. J6.
^Ross, Paige (3 Nov 2000). "Ready to rock". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. p. E4.
Show & Tell: A Stormy Remembrance of TV Theme Songs (1997)
Primitive Enema is the debut album by the
Los Angelespunk band
Butt Trumpet.[1][2] It was produced by
Geza X and released in 1994 by
Chrysalis Records, with the recording sessions allegedly costing less than a thousand dollars.[3][4] The album was the subject of a censorship campaign in
Leominster, Massachusetts, after a mother campaigned against the sale of
Parental Advisory-stickered records to minors.[5] The band supported the album by touring with
Fear.[6] The album had sold more than 60,000 copies by the end of 2000.[7]
Trouser Press wrote: "The double-bassist Los Angeles quintet ... is strictly out to offend on Primitive Enema, wielding a two-pronged fork of blaring punk aggression and tastelessly crude lyrics that make outrageous jokes of the three S's: scatology, sex and stoopidity."[10]AllMusic's
Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the group "crude and amateurish-and fiercely proud of it, by the way", and said the disc "made more sense on a smaller label". He also criticized Geza X's production, calling it "slightly too clean to make Primitive Enema sound dangerous."[8]
Track listing
All songs written by Butt Trumpet.
"Clusterfuck" 1:51
"Funeral Crashing Tonight" 2:02
"I've Been So Mad Lately" 2:16
"Dicktatorship" 3:24
"Classic Asshole" 2:27
"Decapitated" 0:40
"Dead Dogs" 1:08
"I Left My Flannel In Seattle" 1:32
"I'm Ugly And I Don't Know Why" 3:10
"The Grindcore Song" 0:49
"Primitive Enema" 2:01
"I Left My Gun In San Francisco" 1:14
"Shut Up" 1:58
"Ten Seconds Of Heaven" 1:22
"Yesterday" 2:33
"Ode To Dickhead" 0:52
"Pink Gun" 1:35
"Blind" 5:18
Personnel
Butt Trumpet
Bianca Butthole: vocals, bass
Sharon Needles: vocals, bass
Thom Bone: bass, occasional vocal backing, ego
Blare N. Bitch: guitars, vocal backing
Jerry Geronimo: drums, percussion, cymbals, vocal backing
Additional personnel
Geza X., Jamie Schene, Andrea Beltramo (a.k.a. "The Butt Trumpettes"): vocal backing
Production
Arranged By Butt Trumpet
Produced By Thom Bone, with additional production by Geza X (deliberate error in liner notes is an inside joke)
Recorded & Mixed By Geza X & Thom Bone, July 31-August 2 (per liner notes "real cheap")
CD and
cassette tape mastered By Dave Collins, Patricia Sullivan & Thom Bone;
vinyl mastered By Bill Lightner & Thom Bone at A&M Studios and K-Disc in Hollywood, CA
All Songs Published By Buttwrenching Music.
References
^Phalen, Tom (16 Dec 1994). "An Alternative to 'Jingle Bells'". Tempo. The Seattle Times. p. 13.
^Cummings, Sue (Aug 18, 1994). "A Day in the Life of Butt Trumpet". LA Weekly. p. 48.
^Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Miller Freeman Books. p. 815.
^Earles, Andrew (May 2010). "The Majors Get Weird". Spin. Vol. 26, no. 4. p. 80.
^Guilfoy, Christine (1 Mar 1995). "Mother seeks curb on explicit lyrics". Telegram & Gazette. p. A1.
^Locey, Bill (9 Mar 1995). "Punk Show Promises to Be Rude, Crude and Not for Prudes". Los Angeles Times. p. J6.
^Ross, Paige (3 Nov 2000). "Ready to rock". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. p. E4.
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