Little Baby Buntin'
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Little Baby Buntin is the third album from the band Killdozer
. 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
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".
This CD also includes a cover of Neil Diamond
's song, "I Am, I Said"
Killdozer (band)
Killdozer was an American noise-rock band, formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1983, with members Bill Hobson, Dan Hobson and Michael Gerald. They took their name from the 1974 TV movie, directed by Jerry London, itself based on a Theodore Sturgeon short story. They released their first album,...
. This album, as well as the earlier E.P. Burl
Burl
A burl or bur or burr is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. It is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled with small knots from dormant buds.A burl results from a tree undergoing some form of stress. It may be caused...
, have a much darker sense of humor (focusing primarily on the bleak aspects of society and people) than any of their other albums
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".
This CD also includes a cover of Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
's song, "I Am, I Said"
Track listing
- "Cotton Bolls" – 3:38
- "The Puppy" – 3:40
- "Hi There" – 3:23
- "Ballad of My Old Man" – 3:34
- "The Rub" – 5:36
- "3-4 Inch Drill Bit" – 3:51
- "I Am, I Said" – 4:53
- "Cyst" – 3:08
- "Never Gave Me A Kiss" - 3:46
- "The Noble Art of Self Defense" - 3:27