Hullabaloo was a grungy,
loud, tuneless, fucked up and yet one of the greatest of all bands on MT. They
existed for years in many configurations, but their trademark blaring trumpets,
overly distorted guitar and gruff vocals remained intact through all their incarnations.
Always controvertial, it seems as if every release they did in some way was
insulting to someone and got us in trouble, either with their cover art or musically.
Besides their three MT releases, the have also put stuff out on Toxic Shock
as well as C/Z. Their home base was Boston, but they toured extensively through
the USA, as well as having done a tour through Euope.
Releases:
Their first MT release, and
one of our co-releases with Toxic Shock, this was released in April 1991 and
contains such Hullabaloo classics as "Drink To Get Drunk" and their
version of the Deep Purple hit "Highway Star". Includes a guest appearance
of Mr. Horribly Charred Infant on guitar! The CD version also contains the "Beat
Until Stiff " LP from Toxic Shock. Also, the covers of the CD and LP are different
in that the CD was made in the USA, and therefor is somewhat censored, with
the Hullabaloo lettering covering all the interesting organs. On the LP, pressed
in Germany, all organs are intact and in plain view. Some of the LPs were censored
at a later time as well, with triangles cut out of the covers, resulting in
our famous "Penis Per Post" action, where anyone who got the censored
LP version could get the penis back by sending MT some pornography. It was amazing
how many porno mags and videos came in the mail!
- Artist: Hullabaloo
- Title: Dead
Serious
- Catalog #: Tragedy
Twenty Four (MT-123)
- Label:
Musical Tragedies
- Format:
CD/LP
- Release Date:
April, 1991
- Artist: Hullabaloo
- Title: United
Colors Of Hullabaloo
- Catalog #: Seventyseventh
Tragic Autobahn To Patrizeir Hell (MT-215)
- Label:
Musical Tragedies
- Format:
CD
- Release Date:
October, 1992
This one is actually more
of a mini-CD, released in October 1992 to coincide with their European tour.
Anyone who correctly guesses who the model is on the cover wins a lawsuit on
behalf of the Benetton Corporation. This release is recommended if only for
the fact that it has got the most fucked up version ever recorded of AC/DC's
"Back In Black", making the original sound like it was recorded by Simon And
Garfunkel. There are two versions of this CD, one in a normal jewel box cover,
the other in a cardboard sleeve. The jewel box version was actually a mistake
on the part of the pressing plant, and although it was not to be sold, some
were anyway, therefor making it the rare version.
- Artist: Hullabaloo
- Title: Regurgitator
- Catalog #: Eightyone
Regurgitated Tragedies (MT-223)
- Label:
Musical Tragedies
- Format:
CD
- Release Date:
April, 1993
Once again getting us into
trouble (in ways we would rather not elaborate on at this point!), this one
is a collection of old tracks put together by their old guitarist Sluggo. Contains
their long out of print self released first mini LP, as well as several unreleased
tracks, sampler tracks, and as a special bonus, cover versions of Ace Frehley,
Toots & The Maytals, AC/DC and Judas Priest done in the Hullabaloo style we
have all come to know and love. Note: some copies of this release were packaged
together as a double CD with the "United Colors Of..." mini CD, as well as the
tour diary printed in OX magazine.
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