The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves is the debut album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Infectious Grooves

Infectious Grooves

Infectious Grooves is a funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. It also features former Excel guitarist Adam Siegel, ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo , and ex-Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins...

, released in 1991. The second song "Therapy

Therapy (Infectious Grooves song)

"Therapy" is the second single by the group Infectious Grooves from their debut album The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves. The song featured Ozzy Osbourne singing the chorus. A music video was directed by frontman and singer Mike Muir...

" featured Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...

. The album introduces the character Sarsippius. As of 2011, the album is out of print and problems with the rights ownership make a reissue unlikely. However, it is available as an MP3 download.

Reception

Some of the songs received airplay on MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

, including "Therapy

Therapy (Infectious Grooves song)

"Therapy" is the second single by the group Infectious Grooves from their debut album The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves. The song featured Ozzy Osbourne singing the chorus. A music video was directed by frontman and singer Mike Muir...

" and "Punk It Up". Steve Huey from Allmusic praised the album, calling it "an unabashed good-time party record". The album charted at 198 on the Billboard 200 and 6 on the Billboard Heatseekers.

Track listing

1. "Punk It Up" (Muir/Trujillo) – 3:51
2. "Therapy
   Therapy (Infectious Grooves song)
   "Therapy" is the second single by the group Infectious Grooves from their debut album The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves. The song featured Ozzy Osbourne singing the chorus. A music video was directed by frontman and singer Mike Muir...
   
   " (Muir/Trujillo) – 3:25
3. "I Look Funny?" (Muir/Sarsippius) – 0:26
4. "Stop Funk'n With My Head" (Dunn/Muir/Trujillo) – 3:23
5. "I'm Gonna Be My King" (Dunn/Muir/Trujillo) – 5:23
6. "Closed Session" (Muir/Sarsippius) – 1:19
7. "Infectious Grooves" (Dunn/Muir/Trujillo) – 4:13
8. "Infectious Blues" (Muir/Trujillo) – 0:43
9. "Monster Skank" (Muir/Trujillo) – 3:42
10. "Back to the People" (Infectious Grooves) – 2:46
11. "Turn Your Head" (Muir/Sarsippius) – 1:19
12. "You Lie...And Yo Breath Stank" (Muir/Trujillo) – 2:55
13. "Do the Sinister" (Muir/Trujillo) – 4:15
14. "Mandatory Love Song" (Muir) – 0:09
15. "Infecto Groovalistic" (Muir/Trujillo) – 5:05
16. "Thanx But No Thanx" (Muir/Sarsippius) – 1:54

Credits

• Greg Calbi - Mastering
• Scott Crago - Percussion, Conga, Drums
• Mark Dodson - Producer, Mixing
• Dave Dunn - Keyboards
• Rocky George
  Rocky George
  Rocky George is an American heavy metal guitarist who has been a member of several notable musical acts. George's guitar playing career began in 1982 when he joined a local punk rock band called Pap Smear. He became lead guitarist of Suicidal Tendencies in 1984 and stayed with the band until their...
  
   - Guitar
• Phil Kettner - Guitar
• Kenny Komisar - Executive Producer
• Dave Kushner
  Dave Kushner
  David "Dave" Kushner is an American musician perhaps best known as the rhythm guitarist for the hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver...
  
   - Guitar
• Mike Muir
  Mike Muir
  Mike Muir is the lead vocalist of the Venice skate punk bands Suicidal Tendencies Los Cycos and the funk rock band Infectious Grooves...
  
   - Vocals, Producer
• Ozzy Osbourne
  Ozzy Osbourne
  John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...
  
   - Vocals (on song #2)
• Stephen Perkins
  Stephen Perkins
  Stephen Andrew Perkins is an American musician and songwriter. A drummer and percussionist, he currently plays with Jane's Addiction and Hellflower....
  
   - Percussion, Drums, Timbales
• Dean Pleasants
  Dean Pleasants
  Dean Pleasants is a heavy metal guitarist. He is currently the lead guitarist for Suicidal Tendencies, replacing Rocky George after the split up in 1997. He is also a member of the Suicidal Tendencies funk metal side project Infectious Grooves. He also played with Ugly Kid Joe on their America's...
  
   - Guitar
• Adam Siegel
  Adam Siegel
  Adam Siegel is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and graphic designer from Venice, California, United States...
  
   - Guitar, Artwork
• Robert Trujillo
  Robert Trujillo
  Robert Trujillo is an American bassist who currently plays bass in Metallica. He has also played in Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Black Label Society, and with Jerry Cantrell and Ozzy Osbourne.-Career:...
  
   - Bass, Producer
• Joel Zimmerman - Art Direction

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1991	Heatseekers	6
1992	The Billboard 200	198