Bloodhound Gang
- This page is about the musical group. For information on the detective segment from 3-2-1 Contact see Bloodhound Gang (TV).
The Bloodhound Gang are a 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 Ali (born James Franks), Q-Ball, Evil Jared Hasselhoff, LÃÂüpÃÂüs ThÃÂünder, and Spanky G. Known for humorous and often blatantly offensive and obscene, making 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 and puns, such as "you came twice last year like a Sears catalouge" or "like Times New Roman, you're just my type." 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."
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 "Bad Touch" which featured the chorus "You and me baby aint nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel". The album also featured a song about porn star Chasey Lain, and the amazingly offensive A Lapdance is So Much Better When the Stripper is Crying.
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