Hallucigenia is a 1994 album by The Lowest of the Low

The Lowest of the Low

The Lowest of the Low is a Canadian alternative rock group formed in 1991 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were one of the most influential bands on the Canadian alternative music scene in the early 1990s, garnering widespread critical acclaim and radio play...

. It was the band's first and only release on a major record label

Record label

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. The album also reveals the source of the band's name, opening with a clip of former President of the United States

President of the United States

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 George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

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 stating "We do not want to be the lowest of the low. We are not a nation in decline."

Displaying more of a hard rock

Hard rock

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 influence than its predecessor, 1991's Shakespeare My Butt

Shakespeare My Butt

Shakespeare My Butt... is a 1991 album by The Lowest of the Low.At the time of its release, the album briefly became the best-selling independent release in Canadian history, although it was eclipsed later the same year by Barenaked Ladies' The Yellow Tape. However, its melodic, jangly folk-punk...

, the album was poorly received by fans and critics. The band was also riven by significant internal tensions, and broke up barely a few months after Hallucigenias release. The band subsequently reunited in 2000.

"City Full of Cowards" was released as a CD single

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, with the non-album B-sides "Bit" and "Crying Like a Postcard". "Motel 30" was released as a CD single, with the non-album B-side "The Unbearable Lightness of Jean". "Gamble" was the album's other main single, with the album track "Night of the Living Assholes" as its B-side.

Art Bergmann

Art Bergmann

Art Bergmann is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who was one of the key figures in Canadian punk rock in the late 1970s.-Punk bands:...

 appears as a guest musician on "Beer, Graffiti Walls". He is the subject of the song "Life Imitates Art" (his name being Art). He is also referenced in the lyrics to "Pistol", along with Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer

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, Black Flag

Black Flag (band)

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 and Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg

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.

Track listing

All songs by Ron Hawkins

Ron Hawkins

Ron Hawkins is a musician from Toronto who is best known as a member of the band The Lowest of the Low, in which he is the frontman, primary songwriter, lead vocalist, and one of two guitarists...

, except where noted.

1. "Pistol"
2. "That Song About Trees and Kites" - Hawkins/Kathleen Olmstead
3. "City Full of Cowards"
4. "Eating the Rich"
5. "Gamble"
6. "Dogs of February" - Stephen Stanley
   Stephen Stanley
   Stephen Stanley is a Canadian singer-songwriter associated with the band The Lowest of the Low. Stanley also performs as a solo artist, sometimes in collaboration with violinist Carla MacNeil....
   
   
7. "Black Monday"
8. "Beer, Graffiti Walls"
9. "7th Birthday"
10. "Penedono's Hand" - Stanley
11. "Life Imitates Art"
12. "Last Lost Generation"
13. "Motel 30"
14. "Night of the Living Assholes"