Hey @ThePunkRockMBA I love your content, your depth of musical knowledge is amazing! But... I notice that you refer to KROQ in LA, you call them K-R-O-Q, instead of K-ROQ (K-Rock). Is there a reason for this, or is it just to be extra specific about the station call letters? Once again, I love your work, you're awesome!
Dude you know you stole this video idea from Tome. There's no way he releases a video on The Bloodhound Gang a month ago, now all of a sudden you make a video. No one was/is talking about them. Look up "The Disgusting History of The Bloodhound Gang" by Tome.
Jimmy Pop was a pretty funny writer and columnist for various magazines back in the day. He's actually a very talented writer who seemed to treat stupidity like an artform.
Bands like Bloodhound Gang can't be cancelled because the people who laugh with them give exactly zero fucks about the people who would try to cancel someone.
I mean let’s be real you gotta be REALLY famous and do something REALLY bad to actually get cancelled it’s all overblown. Labels wouldn’t get this off the ground floor today though that’s for sure.
I love the description "the South Park" of music. I have been describing their music the same way forever. The band is also so self-deprecating that it makes trying to "cancel" them completely pointless. Same with bands like Infant Annihilator. who the hell is actually going to take a band with that name seriously? love me some IA, too. 😂👊
@@HotStrange"You need to be really famous and do something really bad"... Uh no you don't? All that needs to happen is a female writhing a fake "i wuz rapd" post about u, evidence not even needed. u will be canceled instantly no matter who you are
Here in Europe, Bloodhound Gang was really popular. They weren't controversial or shocking cause we had other acts that filled that spot, they was as more of a childish, fart-joke band that people from the ages of 6 to 75 could enjoy. Fire Water Burn was a mega-hit and was played at every youth disco here in Sweden on repeat, and the video wasn't censored. I love TBHG and have every album they made, plus the singles. Got the Bad Touch Single 3 weeks before release and said "this dumb piece of shit is going to be a number 1 hit."
What helped, or did in my case really, was that a lot of European parents didnt understand sufficient English to actually hear what us 'kids' were listening to.. I was 14 (indeed as Finn says) when I bought Hooray for Boobies and 15 when I went to see them here in the Netherlands. Hell I didnt understand half of the refferences then
They were really popular in New Zealand too. I was only 5 when the Bad Touch came out but I can remember it being played on tv all the time, even years after it was released. You'd be hard pressed to find someone my age or older who doesn't know that song. Pretty sure their albums did really well on NZ charts too.
100% agree. In Portugal we had really famous controversial bands that made fun of everything in the nastiest way possible. Heck one of the guys of these bands even ran for President claiming he would buy a ferrari and a prostitute for every voter lol. BHG was just mild juvenile jokes boosted by cool music. Loved it :-) got hooray for boobies for Christmas back then ahaha
Dude writes songs so effing clever. Even all the “immature dick and ass jokes”, he’s right there with Weird Al, IMO. When it comes to song writing… borderline genius
Yeah thats such a cool line, i remember hearing it for a the first time, thinking, "did he just say, "im not"etc." Rewinding it listening again, "yeah he did, thats awesome!"
I listen to a podcast about Buffy the Vampire Slayer and there's so much (I think unintended) misogyny and racism that one of their catchphrases has become, "It was the 90's" (said sing-songy).
their bass player is a damn nice dude. I got knocked out during a Slipknot show in Berlin ( a crowdsurfer with combat boots landed on me boots first). When I woke up, Evil Jared was sitting by my side on the edge of the hall offering me water.
Drank with him while the opening band was playing at the metro in Chicago. I brought a breathalyzer kinda as a joke and we were getting all the girls at the bar to blow it. Dudes really tall.
Cool story, except the getting knocked out part I guess. I ended up with lots of boots in my face from crowd surfers as well, I turned around just in time to sweeten the deal even more usually xD
*_Jimmy Pop is a phenomenal lyricist. The entirety of “Hooray For Boobies” is pure lyrical genius, and I’m not even kidding. The pop culture references are so multilayered that even after twenty some years, I still find something new that I never caught before. For me, personally, it’s a top ten album, no question._*
@@spliffdelakong5422 Same. My Kenwood in my car is just old enough to still have a CD slot as well as Bluetooth for Spotify. ...but I keep the Hooray For Boobies CD in my car simply because I have owned that same copy of that album for 25 years and there is something special about putting a CD in to a car stereo that just hits the spot. I keep Weezer's Pinkerton (the joke Jimmy Made about Rivers was hilarious btw) and I keep my old copy of Chocolate Starfish in the console, as well. 😂
I saw them in a small venue in Seattle early 2000's. Unquestionably the wildest concert I've ever been to. At the start of the show, they pulled a guy from the crowd and wanted him on stage during the show pounding warm Dr. Peppers. As many as he could. They later directed him to piss his pants, to which he hesitantly obliged. That was just one of many stage antics. Fun times.
Yes indeed sir, good call. There was also something with a funnel down he pants of a large man, then pouring a gallon of milk into it. Yep, I was technically an adult at that show.@@BentonHart
They did the exact same at a vancouver concert with a case of gingerale. The guy refused to piss his pants and the band took a 30minute break trying to force him to do so. It was stupid for sure
I’m 35 and I still shamelessly rock Bloodhound Gang’s Three Point One Four, Foxtrot Unicorn Charlie Kilo, Bad Touch and a handful of others fairly regularly.
Their studio engineer/producer is my roommate. I was living above the control room at the recording studio when they recorded one fierce beer coaster. Brings back vivid memories hearing those music clips!
Harry Dean, the BHG DJ, is my friend, he's doing a lot to help local musicians in my area. He's a good dude. I don't know everyone, but that dude is legit good people.
I didn't appreciate 'Your only Friends are Make believe' because I didn't know who Mr Rodgers was. Nowadays, I think the weakest song on that album is 'It's Tricky'
@@aarondunn6759 well that's not their song so I guess that's OK. At least it's a cover that's totally different front the original and not just a redo of run dmc's style
I was never really into Bloodhound Gang but I do have one fond memory related to them. In the middle of a field training exercise in the military (7-11 months obligatory military service was still a thing in Sweden back then), the truck carrying the food caught fire and no-one even tried to put out the fire, we all just stood around and sang Fire Water Burn (until some officer noticed).
Evil Jared moved to Berlin, Germany in 2006 and became a local celebrity, with many wild appearances in clubs and local TV. He can still be seen in German formats, but has stopped drinking 😄
They actually had some unironically well-written/played punk songs. Ralph Wiggum, I Hope You Die, and Pennsylvania are the main ones that come to mind. Also their cover of Along Comes Mary
That was such a magical time in life, West Chester was such a hopping place because of the popularity of Jackass and Viva La Bam, it was a party everywhere. This was literally right before the Internet took over and changed the world, I’m so glad I got to enjoy this time period!
I had to keep creating new emails in the early internet era because I would go 30 days without checking emails and my account would get deleted for inactivity. Sometimes I have to repeat that to myself to remember the old world I came from.
Modern rap aint got shit on this "Love, the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket Like the lost catacombs of Egypt, only God knows where we stuck it Hieroglyphics, let me be Pacific, I wanna be down in your South Seas But I got this notion that the motion of your ocean Means small craft advisory So if I capsize in your thighs, high tide, B-5, you sunk my battleship Please turn me on, I'm Mr. Coffee with an automatic drip So show me yours, I'll show you mine, "Tool Time" You'll Lovett just like Lyle And then we'll do it doggy style So we can both watch X-Files" Fucking genius 😂❤
How you not gonna mention "The Inevitable Return Of The Great White Dope" from the Scary Movie soundtrack like its not their best song? Come on man, That song was sick asf 🔥
I love them. Saw them on Halloween 99. I was wearing a NOFX hoodie waiting outside the venue as we got there early. Jimmy Pop came walking down the street and liked it and invited me into the bus where he gave me a beer and introduced me to his girlfriend. Then when I left the bass player gave me a crate of beer! So the show starts, Jimmy invites the crowd to spit at him and he's onstage trying to catch it in his mouth. Then he jumps into the crowd and starts rock n roll dancing with my sister ha. After the show I went to say bye to them and they invited us to spend the night partying with them but I lived like 40 miles away and had a train to catch. They are the nicest dudes ever, absolutely fantastic people.
I think the monkey suits really worked to undercut any sinister vibes in the Bad Touch video, sorta like how animated shows generally got a lot more leeway with "objectionable" jokes. It's so absurd on its face it's hard to take seriously.
Jimmy Pop’s innuendo laden lyrics are God Tier! He is the best songwriter, with a serious-ish song for example is "Something Diabolical", and hilarious song "Diary of a Stranger". He is so funny to me.
Mate, you unlocked a time in my life that I have'nt thought about for sooooo many years. You said the band Social Distortion, which I haven't heard of in forever and that was nagging at me "Social Distortion? I know this band...Right?" So I looked them up, and a flood of memories came back to me. Wow! Sometimes you get caught up in the rat-race of "adulting", and forget about the times you were so free to spend with people that were genuinley great. Thank you so much for mentioning them! I'm going through my internal camera roll and remembering some really great memories!
I don't know if it's the fact that I'm 36, but your videos almost always seem to be about artists from my youth I'm currently re-listening to. Just heard some of Hooray for Boobies last week, and oh man, does it hold up. I honestly can't even think of too many bands that can include this level of witty humor and musical talent today!
I'm a 34yo woman so I was/am the wrong demographic but omg the Bloodhound Gang scratches a brain itch for me. I was in the top .5% of Spotify listeners last year. I know every word to every song. I am deeply ashamed but I have insisted 3.14 (with the Jimmy's mom intro) be played at my funeral one day. The idea of my family belting out VA-GIIII-NAAAAAHHHHH over and over again as my last request (after all the deeply offensive lyrics) is the send off I need to get to wherever I'll actually enjoy eternity.
I was a teenager in high school when BHG was in their heyday. We all knew how stupid, childish, and offensive their lyrics were, but "edgy" for us back then came with the assumption that you understood it wasn't meant to be taken seriously. If BHG came out today, their swift Canceling™ wouldn't be because people were offended by their lyrics, but because too many boys would _actually_ idolize and emulate the gross shit in those lyrics. I couldn't imagine boys of my generation reacting to BHG and their "edgy" image the same way boys today react to "edgy" influencers like Sneako. We didn't actually _believe_ that bullying a stripper until she cries would improve the quality of a lap dance, but the kids who consume "edgy" content today apparently don't have that very basic common sense.
PCU was 30 years ahead of its time. I remember Bad Touch freaking teachers out in 99, then 5 years later they pop up on VLB, and i was like hey those guys, then completely forgot about them until 2013, when i walked in to a Baskin Robbins in Seoul and a Bad Touch remix was playing, which was wild
I saw Bloodhound gang at HFStival 2000 in Washington DC. Pretty outrageous set that included pulling fans onstage from the pit and gratuitous nudity. At one point Jimmy Pop crowd surfed from the stage at least 1k feet back into the crowd and back. Needless to say, 17 year old me was very impressed!
I was there too! I was 15/16 during that time (born in early September). I miss HFestival so much. I went to quite a few of them back in the late 90's/early 2000's and saw the likes of Deftones, RHCP, Green Day, Incubus, Foo Fighters, etc sooo many more great bands. Washington DC baby!!!
I was an exchange student in Germany in 1999-2000 and Bloodhound Gang were massive there. I saw them live in Freiburg in 2000 and it was one of the funnest I've been to
Story time! I was listening to the album Hurray For B**bies while sitting in a hospital waiting room to get a ct scan because we thought I may have gotten a concussion… and watching the September 11th terror attacks happen on the waiting room TV. Yes, that is my soundtrack to that day.
Tbh, as much as things get cancelled now, I feel if a band were to do this now, they would get so much attention. Probably short-lived, but with tik tok and social media, it truthfully would explode
I grew up in between Westchester and Philly during the height viva la bam when I was introduced to Bloodhound Gang in elementary school. Imagine being a teacher and your third grade student is singing the ballad of Chasey Lain.
The '90s-'00s was the best era for children consuming explicit material. I got in trouble in third grade for demanding my classmates start referring to me as "Sex Machine" after watching From Dusk Til Dawn with my friend and his uncle. Nowadays explicit material is way too explicit for children to consume.
Same here, you and I are just about the same age....I remember spinning One Fierce Beercoaster nearly to death in the ol' discman in 6th grade circa 96. Turns out to this day I still remember all the lyrics, as well as to I wish I was queer
Me listening to the song Fire Water Burn at 12: wow! Me at 13: Well this is gonna be my personality for the rest of my life. (Along with Depeche Mode and Blur which Jimmy Pop probably loves)
I remember when my friend introduced me to them in High School on a road trip (to get snacks during our off period) with "Wake Up You're Asleep at the Wheel" and then that song became the Anthem for my life.
In the early 2000‘s they were incredibly huge in Germany. Their songs were on MTV and it’s local counterpart VIVA on heavy rotation, they played the biggest festivals and I think generally, Germany was one of their biggest „markest“. Maybe it was because people didn’t use to speak English that much and well back then, because I don’t remember anyone being upset about their childish lyrics, only their antics like pissing on stage rolled some eyes. I met Evil Jared once in Berlin during a Lamb Of God show, a really nice and down-to-earth guy actually 👌🏼 But I think they wouldn’t have as much success and leeway here as they had twenty plus years ago.
They were big in Sweden aswell and we have been speaking English fluently for 60 years now, they were more of a softer version of our swedish counterpart and we found that funny.
True, I lived in Germany for 10 years, and I speak fluent Deutsch. We all thought the Bloodhound Gang was from Germany, I swear I even once heard a DJ on the radio say they were from Germany. BTW, Anyone remember The Guano Apes?
Why would they get cancelled? The 2000s weren't some magical time where no-one was censored. People who complain about PC culture and Cancelling just seem to be circle jerking over some invisible cryptid.
Evil Jared actually lives in Germany now and participated in several TV Shows as contestant like the TV Total Wok challenge and is still often in german reality shows.
I remember their performance quite detailed.They were headliners for the festival which happened the same weekend in the same area in spite of another (more mainstream focused) festival so the spirit was right on. It was really a miracle to have them in such a small city and although no flags were used to wipe ass, they touched the crowd with similar supporting shout-outs.
No mention of "The inevitable return of the great white dope" which is one of the first songs that really show Jimmy has actual rap skill, or Something Diabolical, which is their first example of writing a "real" song, thats lyrically and musically great. BHG is way underrated and needs to return!
Seriously, these days everyone is so uptight and trying to keep up with the current moral standards and who to cancel next. This has gotten really dumb and tiring. Bloodhound Gang were ridiculous and that was the whole point. It wasn't serious, it was fun, it was stupid - but by no means does it mean that the band themselves were dumb. It usually takes a lot of intelligence, braveness and awareness to be funny. So, if you're offended by Bloodhound Gang, I really hope you can lighten up and see the funnier side of things, especially when they're not PC.
It's pretty funny that you made this video, just 2 weeks ago I decided to listen through their whole discography. I learnt 2 things, their music still rocks and I am just as immature as I was then. I turn 40 in April....
The cover of Hefty Fine literally altered me in the most profound way, stirring up feelings burried deep inside ....ironically a very "outside the box" moment of revelation....😅
One of my favorite bands overall. Bloodhound gangs crude humor and music was extremely popular in the early 2ks. Wish they would go on a random tour with VV or something.
The writing is clever and sophomoric. Jimmy Pop knows his core audience. Beer Coaster is one of my all time fav's and is always in rotation on my playlists. I mean the drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm!
As a philosopher, I would say that the chorus of "Bad Touch" is the best, simplest and fastest way I know to explain the ethical consequences of materialist belief systems in metaphysics. In the first line, we have the metaphysical premise ("You and me baby ain't nothin but mammals") which establishes what humans are (metaphysical materialism) and from this logically follows the ethical conclusion in the second line. ("So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel.") A life seeking empty, hedonistic pleasures is really the only goal if we assume that materialism is true. Or, as Sartre put it, "Everything is permissible if there is no God."
Their song Ralph Wiggum that is just Ralph's one liners in The Simpsons episodes as the lyrics is one of my favorite and most underrated songs of theirs.
The world needs groups like Bloodhound Gang to remind them to laugh. Without humor, people die inside. There've been a lot of internal deaths in the last decade or so.
I thought that "I hope you die" was particularly brilliant, and when they came out with Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo I thought they had reached a new pinnacle of sign writing. I don't usually like schlock rock like Puddle of Mudd and Theory of a Deadman whose catalogs are full of cringy sexually graphic songs that take themselves to seriously, but I've always had a soft spot for the Bloodhound Gang. One of my finest moments was as a junior enlisted soldier I went out to a small bar at the end of a monthlong training class with the senior enlisted instructors and did The Ballad of Chasey Lain on karaoke. By the end of it the shock wore off the instructors and a few of them belted out "Now show em them titties" during the final chorus.
"I thought that "I hope you die" was particularly brilliant, and when they came out with Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo I thought they had reached a new pinnacle of sign writing." Patrick Bateman?
In 2022 Jimmy Pop did a collab with rave band Russian Village Boys - "Daddy WTF?" The song is kinda in the the Bloodhound Gang ballpark, and the music video is awesome too.
Can’t cancel someone who literally doesn’t give a shit about anything or anyone’s opinions. They’d just go play sold out shows in Europe and write a few songs making fun of the people trying to cancel them.
Finn is really disappointing me lately. He is more concerned with stroking the SJW crowd than he is with having common sense or a sense of humor. Being appealing to sponsors is one thing..i understand that is part of making content...but being a total schill for a group of turkeys is a totallly different thing. To use an old term that he likes to talk about so much, he has become a major, major sell out. He has sold his common sense.
Off topic but, I don’t see any videos being made about Wendie O’ Williams and the Plasmatics. Maybe something that would you in the future. Love your channel.
I have many fond memories of them, but honestly had no clue about the connection to CKY and Viva La Bam. I just knew them as this funny pop punk band that turned into a bit of a novelty rap group. Idk, they were just the band to get high and laugh to as a younger teenager. I actually almost completely forgot they existed until semi-recently and it absolutely was one of those “core memory unlocked” moments
To be honest I am curious how a mature Bloodhound Gang album would sound. In particular as the jokes kinda got worse. Funny enough here they had their breakthrough with "Along comes Mary" which makes them survive the double course of getting known to many with a cover AND association with a completely forgotten movie.
I saw them with alien ant farm supporting them. Jimmy pop was standing by their bus outside of the venue. We were taking to him and he pulled out a cheap little $20 Kmart keyboard and played master of puppets and Beverly Hills cop theme. Super nice dude and absolutely hilarious! Met Jared after the show and got autographs. Tried getting on the bus but got denied in the funniest way. Great live band super fun show and awesome guys!
I‘ve been on tour with them as support act in 1999 - we found them to be very funny and nice guys🤷♂️ still got the tour jacket they gave each of us at the end of the tour 😀
