''333'' is an audio and video album released by
Green Jellÿ
Green Jellÿ (, ''green Jell-O'') is an American comedy rock band formed in 1981. Originally named Green Jellö, the band changed its name due to legal pressure from Kraft Foods Inc., the owners of the Jell-O brand, who claimed that it was an i ...
in 1994.
Only 200,000 copies of the album were printed and only 5,000 copies of the video. The album failed to chart, and both versions are very difficult to find today.
A long-form video for the album was never properly released, and thus is extremely difficult to find. Despite this, the new video album did receive a 1995
Grammy
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nomination for best long-form video.
Track listing
In popular culture
* "The Bear Song" was featured in the movie ''
Dumb and Dumber
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''.
* "Carnage Rules" was used as the theme song of the 1994
Spider-Man videogame ''
Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage''; the song itself is based on the Marvel Comics character
Carnage.
* Former member
Maynard James Keenan
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appears as "Billy Bob" in the "Slave Boy" video.
* Renowned parody musician, and future
Volcano Records labelmate
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor and author. He is best known for creating comedy songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specifi ...
, makes a cameo in the music video for "Anthem" along with
KISS
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members
Gene Simmons and
Paul Stanley
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.
www.weirdal.com "Video Facts"
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:333 (Album)
1994 albums
Green Jellÿ albums
Zoo Entertainment (record label) albums