"Helen Butte" vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell

"Helen Butte" vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell
Studio album by To Live and Shave in L.A.
Released	August 6, 1996 (1996-08-06)[1][2]
Recorded	1993 (1993) – 1994 (1994)
Studio	Sync Studios (Miami, Florida)
Genre	Noise
Length	70:47
Label	Full Contact

"Helen Butte" vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell is a studio album by To Live and Shave in L.A., released on August 6, 1996 by Full Contact Records.[3]

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

Aiding & Abetting called "Helen Butte" vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell "a nice collection of random musical violence. To Live and Shave in L.A. already has a fine reputation for this sort of musical mayhem, and this album doesn't disappoint."[5] AllMusic gave the album two out of five stars, calling it a "disturbing cacophony melted on in several, short pieces" and a "predictable gimmick that wears thin early."[4] Jeff Bagato of the Washington City Paper enjoyed and said "musically, Moog, bass, guitar, and lots of tape manipulation (heavy-metal records are particularly in evidence) are sucked into the black hole of Tom Smith's mixing board and condensed into piles of slurred, guttural ranting, static, and broken rock."[6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tom Smith, except "Television's Over" by T. V. Smith; all music is composed by Frank Falestra, Tom Smith and Ben Wolcott, except "Television's Over" by T. V. Smith

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Root of Pop Compulsion"	1:20
2.	"Tina Russell, Free"	1:05
3.	"Take a Lot of Ofay"	1:41
4.	"The Ass God"	2:08
5.	"Open City '72"	1:12
6.	"Shit If They Hit"	1:10
7.	"Spelvin, The Righteous Bush"	1:18
8.	"Veinsearchin'"	1:45
9.	"Superhype Security Probe"	1:59
10.	"My Third Decade of Ultrafuck"	4:41
11.	"Crypt Rocket, Tomb Rocket, Turd Rocket"	1:09
12.	"The "Six" in the Six Wolves"	1:41
13.	"Mizrahi Speculum"	2:03
14.	"I Learn to Inject Morphia"	1:34
15.	"Lady Dedlock"	2:04
16.	"Hypercuff"	1:17
17.	"A Low Mass Will Be Said"	2:00
18.	"I Suppress Nothing"	1:58
19.	"Wanna Bust Up a Virgin Ass?"	1:39
20.	"One Navel of Decline"	1:51
21.	"Rexroth, Cozy Cool"	1:06
22.	"I Used to Pay a Heavy Bribe"	2:23
23.	"Kama Sutra '71"	1:25
24.	"Anne's Eager Bottom"	1:12
25.	"Shivman Destroys Spoonman"	4:04
26.	""Godspike" Soph. Hoax"	1:17
27.	"Theresa Soder in My Hot Hands"	1:29
28.	"Television's Over" (The Adverts cover)	3:58
29.	"American Car"	1:42
30.	"Gone and Bitched Up"	1:38
31.	"I Slur a Name"	2:14
32.	"Tealink"	1:09
33.	"First Pop Novice"	0:58
34.	"Lock of Gut Twine"	2:20
35.	"Balling Andrea True"	1:06
36.	"Bataille= No Stipe"	4:04
37.	"In the Assworks"	3:07

Personnel

Adapted from the "Helen Butte" vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell liner notes.[7]

To Live and Shave in L.A.

• Frank Falestra (as Rat Bastard) – bass guitar
• Tom Smith – lead vocals, tape, electronics, engineering, recording, mixing
• Ben Wolcott – electronics

Production and design

• Greg Chapman – liner notes
• Zalman Fishman – executive-production
• Priscilla Forthman – photography
• Sam Patton – photography
• Syd – design
• Angela Terrell – photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1996	Full Contact	CD	9868-63235

References

1. Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Winter 1996–1997. Stereophile, Incorporated: 14. ISBN 9781575980386. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
2. Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. 8 (1). Stereophile, Incorporated: 22. ISBN 9781575980386. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
3. Baker, Greg (February 2, 1995). "Program Notes 42". Miami New Times. Voice Media Group. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
4. Schulte, Tom. "To Live and Shave in L.A.: Helen Butte vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
5. Worley, Jon (October 7, 1996). "To Live and Shave in L.A.: Helen Butte vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell". Aiding & Abetting (120). Retrieved September 5, 2020.
6. Bagato, Jeff (January 24, 1997). ""Helen Butte" vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell". Washington City Paper. Duc Luu. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
7. To Live and Shave in L.A. (1996). "Helen Butte" vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell (booklet). Washington, DC: Full Contact Records.

External links

• "Helen Butte" vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell at Discogs (list of releases)
• "Helen Butte" vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell at Bandcamp