Little Baby Buntin' is the third album by Killdozer, released in 1987 through Touch and Go Records.[8] This album, as well as the earlier E.P. Burl, have a much darker sense of humor (focusing primarily on the bleak aspects of society and people) than any of their other albums.
| Little Baby Buntin' | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Noise rock, post-hardcore[1][2][3][4][5] | |||
| Length | 38:55 | |||
| Label | Touch and Go | |||
| Producer | Steve Marker, Butch Vig | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 4/10[7] |
Track topics include a crazy man who throws his mother down a flight of stairs, a man with a "bubblegum face" who "with a sack on his head is still a sexual beast", a man who ends up blowing himself away in his driveway while trying to murder his wife, etc.
According to an interview with Michael Gerald, The song "The Puppy" is based on real-life events. The song is about a biker gang in Madison called "Satan's Dragons", none of whom actually owned a bike, who ended up murdering one of their initiates, or "puppies". The man ended up making some rude comments about the gang leader's wife and was found naked and mutilated in a field with his penis shoved in his mouth. Michael Gerald is quoted as saying "I naturally imagined them being the type who would set a dog's balls on fire".[9]
This album also includes a cover of Neil Diamond's song "I Am, I Said".
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Killdozer, except "I Am, I Said" by Neil Diamond
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cotton Bolls" | 3:38 |
| 2. | "The Puppy" | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Hi There" | 3:23 |
| 4. | "Ballad of My Old Man" | 3:34 |
| 5. | "The Rub" | 5:36 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "3-4 Inch Drill Bit" | 3:51 |
| 2. | "I Am, I Said" | 4:53 |
| 3. | "Cyst" | 3:08 |
| 4. | "Never Gave Me a Kiss" | 3:46 |
| 5. | "The Noble Art of Self Defense" | 3:27 |
Personnel
edit- Killdozer
- Michael Gerald – vocals, bass guitar, percussion
- Bill Hobson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, cello, percussion
- Dan Hobson – drums, tambourine, timpani, percussion
- Production and additional personnel
- Steve Marker – production, engineering, recording
- Butch Vig – production, recording
References
edit- ^ "X-MIST | New or restocked | Mailorder | Independent & Underground vinyl records". X-mist.de.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The SST Records story". Furious.com.
- ^ "Michael Gira - from Uncompromising Swans to Ethereal Angels of Light". Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
- ^ "Mudhoney: Superfuzzy Memories (An Oral History)". Magnetmagazine.com. 20 May 2008.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Little Baby Buntin'". AllMusic. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ Sprague, David (2007). "Killdozer". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "Four Charged In Mutiliation Slaying". Apnews.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
External links
edit- Little Baby Buntin' at Discogs (list of releases)