| BOSS HOG - ACTION BOX [BLACK] (2x7",
GERMANY) |
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DATE: MID.1991 |
LABEL: Amphetamine Reptile |
CAT NO.: ARR 21/167 |
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A. Big Fish
B. Bunny Fly
C. Black Throat
D. Not Guilty |
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Black vinyl, double 7" set, limited to 1000 copies. The
US edition of the record was on maroon and black coloured vinyl.
Each 7" is in white paper inner-sleeves housed in wraparound cover. All tracks were
issued on the Japanese verson of Girl + and
Black Throat also appeared on Porn Vol. 4 (7", US) and
Screwed: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Big Fish and Bunny Fly were originally recorded
for a BBC Peel Session. |
 
 
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The following is an extract from issue #43 of Alternative
Press where the band discuss various aspects of this release:
"The tour not only provided a recording locale for the most of the
Action Box double 7", but it also supplied part of the inspiration. The
conversation becomes more heated as we verge onto a subject Boss Hog are very fond
of: sleaze. Self-proclaimed experts in the subject, the group gets excited and begins
talking over each other to explain the origins of the Action Box. Charlie, an expert
on all things concerning action, begins.
"Ever since Cristina, Jon and I met Billy Idol at Jones Beach a couple of years
ago, the phrase, 'More, more, more' really got into my mind."
Cristina picks up the story. “We got to got to a Billy Idol photo shoot," she continues,
"and he kept going into the bathroom with his assistant. I wasn't really paying
attention, got bored after he started grabbing his crotch, and left. But I heard
the next day that he's infamous for going to do coke in the bathroom. And then we
heard this story..."
"...that he was in the toilet stall getting a blow job and he was yelling, 'More,
more, more!'" Jon concludes with a flourish.
"So after that I started referring to Billy Idol as 'the action man,'" smirks Charlie.
"And 'action' was one of the many catch phrases I popularized amongst me and my
friends. We were on this tour in Germany, and on the first rest stop we were in,
they had these condom machines, and there was this condom package which they sell,
two pretty bad condoms, actually..."
"Works fine for Charlie," Cristina interrupts.
"...and this mysterious creme in a tube," Charlie continues enthusiastically, "packaged
inside this box with this firework display and wild type on it and it was called
the 'Action Box.'"
"We tried to duplicate the cover," explains Cristina, "and we were initially going
to put in two condoms and a little tube of lubricant - stay hard creme - but it
was way too expensive. It didn't work. We wimped out."
The overall theme of action is carried on throughout the songs on the EP, especially
on "Black Throat," an all-star jam with Jim Thirlwell of Foetus ("When you think
of porno rock you think of Jim Thirlwell," opines Jon.) and Bewitched's Bob Bert
and DJ Cream O'Wheat. The song itself is a cover version of the theme from a movie
made by the Dark Bros.
"The Dark Bros. are these wacky guys in California who make porno films," Cristina
smiles. "They made New Wave Hookers, Traci Lords was in a lot of their movies and
had to be edited out. So we have this preview tape at home and it has this great
brilliant song on it, really funny." "
VIEW: Boss Hog - Alternative Press #43: Control Hogs On
The... [3200 Words] (PRESS, US)
VIEW: Boss Hog - Action Box [MAROON/BLACK] (2x7", US)
VIEW: Boss Hog releases |
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SONG CREDITS: |
BAND: Cristina Martinez, Jonathan Spencer, Charlie Ondras, Kurt Wolf & Jens
Jurgensen
[The producer name is spelt 'Dale Griffins' on this release and 'Dale Griffen' on
Girl + (CD, JAPAN)]
A1. Big Fish
Recorded for the John Peel Show, Radio 1, UK.
At Maida Vale Studio 3, London, BBC.
Producer: Dale Griffen
Sound Engineer: S. Askew & D. McCarthy.
Broadcast 30 March 1991 (p) BBC 1991.
Released by arrangement with BBC Enterprises Ltd.
Drums: Charlie Ondras
Guitar: Kurt Wolf
A2. Bunny Fly
Recorded for the John Peel Show, Radio 1, UK.
At Maida Vale Studio 3, London, BBC.
Producer: Dale Griffen
Sound Engineer: S. Askew & D. McCarthy.
Broadcast 30 March 1991 (p) BBC 1991.
Released by arrangement with BBC Enterprises Ltd.
Drums: Charlie Ondras
Guitar: Kurt Wolf
B1. Black Throat
Writers: Dark Brothers
BAND: Cristina Martinez, Jon Spencer, Jens Jurgensen, Charlie Ondras, Kurt Wolf,
Clint Ruin, Bob Bert.
Recorded at Bair Tracks Studio, NYC, 1991
Produced: Clint Ruin and Boss Hog
Guest Vocals: J.G. Thirlwell, Bob Bert & Charlie Ondras.
Drums: Charlie Ondras
Guitar: Kurt Wolf
B2. Not Guilty
Recorded at Bair Tracks Studio, NYC, 1991
Produced: Clint Ruin and Boss Hog
Drums: Charlie Ondras
Guitar: Kurt Wolf |
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SLEEVE NOTES: |
"REAR:
The Boss Hog All-Stars: Cristina Martinez, Jonathan Spencer, Charlie Ondras, Kurt
Wolf & Jens Jurgensen. Guest Stars on 'Black Throat': Clint Ruin, Bob Bert &
DJ David Cream of Wheat. 'Big Fish' and 'Bunny Fly' recorded at Maida Vale Studio
3, London, BBC. Producer: Dale Griffins. Sound Engineer: S. Askew & D. McCarthy.
Broadcast 30 March 1991 (p) BBC 1991. Released by arrangement with BBC Enterprises
Ltd. Black Throat & Not Guilty recorded at Bair Tracks, NYC. Special Black Throat
mix by Clint Ruin.
COVER: Das perfekte Love-Set fur alle. die mehr wollen.
Big Fish, Bunny Fly, Black Throat, Not Guilty.
Amphetamine Reptile Records
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3472 Beverungen
Germany
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