Not to be confused with Bloodhound Gang (television).
The Bloodhound Gang are a comedic American rapcore synth-pop band, mixing an alternative/ punk sound with hip-hop. They are originally from Quakertown, Pennsylvania. The group formed in 1992 (see 1992 in music).
Jimmy Pop Ali - vocals, guitar, programming DJ Q-Ball - turntables, vocals Evil Jared Hasselhoff - bass, backing vocals Lüpüs Thünder - guitars, backing vocals Willie the New Guy - drums
Bubba K Love Blue Byron Daddy Long Legs Foof Lazy I M.S.G. Piddly B Skip O'Pot2Mus Slave One Spanky G Tard-E-Tard White Steve Mr. Stinky Boots Thomas Bramwell
Known for their humorous, obscene, and often offensive, perhaps even Zappaesque lyrics, the Bloodhound Gang is not afraid to make quips about taboo subjects such as ethnicities, child abductions and incest in bizarre, stream-of-consciousness, hip-hop influenced lyrics. A common theme in the band's lyrics are elaborate pop culture references, metaphors, similes, and puns such as: "You came twice last year like a Sears catalog" " Times New Roman, you know the type" "Like the Jim Jones cult, I'll take you out with one punch" "You and me baby ain't nothin' but mammals so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel" "Put your hands down my pants, and I'll bet you'll feel nuts" "If I wanted to be repeatedly shit on I'd go make Dutch porn" "If i wanted to see stars, I'd watch the Academy Awards" "I Brazilian wax poetic so pathetically, I don't want to beat around the bush."
Perhaps the group's best known hit is "The Bad Touch", which shows the band members parading in monkey costumes; it became a staple on MTV's Total Request Live and propelled the album Hooray for Boobies to platinum sales status. The band is also known for the single "Fire Water Burn" which is featured on their movie, One Fierce Beer Coaster which contains the chorus of "The roof/The roof/The roof is on fire/We don't need no water/Let the motherfucker burn/Burn motherfucker burn." (This lyric was borrowed from the 1985 hit "The Roof is On Fire" by Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three.) In 2004, it was featured in the film Fahrenheit 9/11, playing while showing a Bradly APC firing stingers on a city.
