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Hard-Off is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Bloodhound Gang, released on December 18, 2015.[1] It marks the band's first studio release since 2005's Hefty Fine. It is also the group's first studio album with ex-A members Daniel Carter and Adam Perry, although Carter and Perry had performed on miscellaneous non-album tracks. Between August 8, 2014[2] and September 3, 2015,[3] five singles were released to promote the album: "Chew Toy", "American Bitches", "Dimes", "Clean Up in Aisle Sexy", and "Uncool as Me".[4] The album was released via Jimmy Pop's label Jimmy Franks Recording Company.[5][6]

The album had been planned for release at various dates under the title Getting Laid on a School Bus, which would also include the two tracks "Altogether Ooky" and "Screwing You on the Beach at Night" the band had released as non-album singles. There were also rumours that the record would be called Fishin' for Hookers.

History

In October 2008 Lupus Thunder quit the band; this was announced on a blog on the band's MySpace by bassist Evil Jared.[7] Daniel P. Carter from A has been confirmed as the new lead guitarist. Carter has since stylized his name as Denial P. Cartier when performing with the band.[8]

Jimmy Pop announced during a radio interview in Boston that the band was working on a new album that would feature around 10-12 songs. Many news agencies reported that the name of the album would be called Getting Laid on a School Bus with a now likely release date of 2012. On December 4, Jimmy Pop recently announced that he "just narrowed 25-30 demos down to 10-12 to finish".[9]

In late 2010, the band released a new song called Altogether Ooky. The music video is on YouTube. On March 31, Jimmy Pop confirmed via Twitter that the band was currently working on the album, but it would not be called Getting Laid on a School Bus but instead be called Fishin' for Hookers.[10]

Between 2014 and 2015, the group released non-album singles "American Bitches", "Chew Toy", "Dimes", "Clean Up in Aisle Sexy" and "Uncool as Me", which were all released on Hard-Off.

Cover art

The cover art features a fat, naked old woman with sagging breasts standing against a blue background. It harks back to the cover art for the band's previous album, Hefty Fine, which showed a naked fat man in a cardboard box.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jimmy Pop except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."My Dad Says That's for Pussies"2:52[11]
2."Dimes"4:27[12]
3."American Bitches"3:46[13]
4."Chew Toy"3:15[14]
5."Uncool as Me (feat. Joey Fatone)"3:40[15]
6."Clean Up in Aisle Sexy"2:52[16]
7."Diary of a Stranger"3:46[17]
8."Socially Awkward Penguin"3:17[18]
9."Think Outside the Box"4:16[19]
10."We're Gonna Bring the Party to You"5:00[20]
11."Bumblebees"1:20[21]

Credits

Band members[22]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
laut.de[23]
Ultimate-Guitar.com3.3/10[24]
Heavy Pop3/10[25]

Hard-Off has received negative reviews from the music press.

References

  1. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "Hard-Off"". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - Chew Toy". YouTube.com. Google Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  3. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - Uncool As Me (featuring Joey Fatone)". YouTube.com. Google Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  4. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "Hard-Off"". Radio1045.com. Radio 104.5. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  5. ^ "Jimmy Pop on Twitter". Twitter.com. Twitter Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  6. ^ Frankel, Ricky (19 January 2016). "Bloodhound Gang : Hard Off". Punknews. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. ^ "The announcement nobody has been waiting for..." 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  8. ^ Jimmy, Franks (4 April 2011). "Jimmy Pop's April Twitter feed". Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  9. ^ Zahn, James (9 November 2010). "BLOODHOUND GANG will be GETTING LAID ON A SCHOOL BUS in 2011". KikAxeMusic.com. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  10. ^ Jimmy, Franks (31 March 2011). "Jimmy Pop's March Twitter feed". Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  11. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "My Dad Says That's for Pussies"". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  12. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "Dimes"". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018WXLWL2/ref=dm_ws_tlw_trk2
  13. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "American Bitches"". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  14. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "Chew Toy"". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  15. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "Uncool as Me (feat. Joey Fatone)"". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  16. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "Clean up in Aisle Sexy"". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  17. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "Diary of a Stranger"". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  18. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "Socially Awkward Penguin"". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  19. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "Think Outside the Box"". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  20. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "We're Gonna Bring the Party to You"". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  21. ^ "Bloodhound Gang - "Bumblebees"". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  22. ^ Hard-Off (liner notes). Bloodhound Gang. Jimmy Franks Recording Company. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  23. ^ Kollasch, Christian. "Das Album gibt sich so bescheuert wie man selbst vielleicht mal war". laut.de. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  24. ^ Team, UG (5 January 2016). "Hard-Off Review". Ultimate-guitar.com. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  25. ^ "Bloodhound Gang – Hard-Off". Heavy Pop. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
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