''Primitive Enema'' is the debut album by
L.A.
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punk
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band
Butt Trumpet
Butt Trumpet is a Los Angeles-based punk band founded and maintained by Thom Bone. It is known for its crass lyrics and deliberately offensive style. The group features two bassists among its members. They became famous in 1994 when their Chry ...
. It was produced by
Geza X
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and released in 1994 by
Chrysalis Records
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.
Reception
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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gave the album 2/5 stars 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."
Track listing
*All songs written by Butt Trumpet.
# "Clusterfuck" 1:51
# "Funeral Crashing Tonight" 2:02
# "I've Been So Mad Lately" 2:16
# "Dicktatorship" 3:24
# "Classic Asshole" 2:27
# "Decapitated" 0:40
# "Dead Dogs" 1:08
# "I Left My Flannel In Seattle" 1:32
# "I'm Ugly And I Don't Know Why" 3:10
# "The Grindcore Song" 0:49
# "Primitive Enema" 2:01
# "I Left My Gun In San Francisco" 1:14
# "Shut Up" 1:58
# "Ten Seconds Of Heaven" 1:22
# "Yesterday" 2:33
# "Ode To Dickhead" 0:52
# "Pink Gun" 1:35
# "Blind" 5:18
PersonnelSongwriting, Personnel and production information at discogs
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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")
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mastered By Dave Collins, Patricia Sullivan & Thom Bone;
vinyl
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mastered By Bill Lightner & Thom Bone at A&M Studios and K-Disc in Hollywood, CA
*All Songs Published By Buttwrenching Music.
References
External links
*
Primitive Enema' at
AllMusic
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1994 debut albums
Butt Trumpet albums
Chrysalis Records albums
Albums produced by Geza X