Primitive Enema

Primitive Enema
Studio album by
Butt Trumpet
Released1994
RecordedJuly–August, 1993
GenrePunk rock
Length30:54
LabelChrysalis
ProducerGeza X
Butt Trumpet chronology
Primitive Enema (7-inch)
(1994) 		Primitive Enema
(1994) 		Show & Tell: A Stormy Remembrance of TV Theme Songs
(1997)

Primitive Enema is the debut album by the Los Angeles punk band Butt Trumpet.[1][2] It was produced by Geza X and released in 1994 by Chrysalis Records, with the recording sessions allegedly costing less than a thousand dollars.[3][4] The album was the subject of a censorship campaign in Leominster, Massachusetts, after a mother campaigned against the sale of Parental Advisory-stickered records to minors.[5] The band supported the album by touring with Fear.[6] The album had sold more than 60,000 copies by the end of 2000.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Robert Christgau(dud)[9]

Trouser Press wrote: "The double-bassist Los Angeles quintet ... is strictly out to offend on Primitive Enema, wielding a two-pronged fork of blaring punk aggression and tastelessly crude lyrics that make outrageous jokes of the three S's: scatology, sex and stoopidity."[10] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the group "crude and amateurish-and fiercely proud of it, by the way", and said the disc "made more sense on a smaller label". He also criticized Geza X's production, calling it "slightly too clean to make Primitive Enema sound dangerous."[8]

Track listing

  • All songs written by Butt Trumpet.
  1. "Clusterfuck" 1:51
  2. "Funeral Crashing Tonight" 2:02
  3. "I've Been So Mad Lately" 2:16
  4. "Dicktatorship" 3:24
  5. "Classic Asshole" 2:27
  6. "Decapitated" 0:40
  7. "Dead Dogs" 1:08
  8. "I Left My Flannel In Seattle" 1:32
  9. "I'm Ugly And I Don't Know Why" 3:10
  10. "The Grindcore Song" 0:49
  11. "Primitive Enema" 2:01
  12. "I Left My Gun In San Francisco" 1:14
  13. "Shut Up" 1:58
  14. "Ten Seconds Of Heaven" 1:22
  15. "Yesterday" 2:33
  16. "Ode To Dickhead" 0:52
  17. "Pink Gun" 1:35
  18. "Blind" 5:18

Personnel

Butt Trumpet

  • Bianca Butthole: vocals, bass
  • Sharon Needles: vocals, bass
  • Thom Bone: bass, occasional vocal backing, ego
  • Blare N. Bitch: guitars, vocal backing
  • Jerry Geronimo: drums, percussion, cymbals, vocal backing

Additional personnel

  • Geza X., Jamie Schene, Andrea Beltramo (a.k.a. "The Butt Trumpettes"): vocal backing

Production

  • Arranged By Butt Trumpet
  • Produced By Thom Bone, with additional production by Geza X (deliberate error in liner notes is an inside joke)
  • Recorded & Mixed By Geza X & Thom Bone, July 31-August 2 (per liner notes "real cheap")
  • CD and cassette tape mastered By Dave Collins, Patricia Sullivan & Thom Bone; vinyl mastered By Bill Lightner & Thom Bone at A&M Studios and K-Disc in Hollywood, CA
  • All Songs Published By Buttwrenching Music.

References

  1. ^ Phalen, Tom (16 Dec 1994). "An Alternative to 'Jingle Bells'". Tempo. The Seattle Times. p. 13.
  2. ^ Cummings, Sue (Aug 18, 1994). "A Day in the Life of Butt Trumpet". LA Weekly. p. 48.
  3. ^ Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Miller Freeman Books. p. 815.
  4. ^ Earles, Andrew (May 2010). "The Majors Get Weird". Spin. Vol. 26, no. 4. p. 80.
  5. ^ Guilfoy, Christine (1 Mar 1995). "Mother seeks curb on explicit lyrics". Telegram & Gazette. p. A1.
  6. ^ Locey, Bill (9 Mar 1995). "Punk Show Promises to Be Rude, Crude and Not for Prudes". Los Angeles Times. p. J6.
  7. ^ Ross, Paige (3 Nov 2000). "Ready to rock". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. p. E4.
  8. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Primitive Enema- Butt Trumpet". AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  9. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Butt Trumpet". Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  10. ^ Robbins, Ira. "Butt Trumpet". Trouser Press. Retrieved 19 June 2024.