Artist: TURBONEGRO
Title: Ass Cobra
Year of Release: 1996
Label: Boomba
Format: CD
Another classic from the vaults, this Norwegian punk rock platter dates back to 1996 and features some of the band's finest cuts. 'Denim Demon', live favourite 'I Got Erection' and 'Sailor Man' all serve as some of the album's shining stars, as well as to illustrate the lyrical theme much of the album expresses.
With a raw, edgy sound, and fast, to the point songs, the album is over almost as soon as it starts, but there's enough time to absorb the faux homo erotic implications... though 'implication' is probably a little too fuzzy a word as there is little actually implied. Lines such as 'Got my penis steamin' and your asshole's screaming "help!" is far from subtle, and when performed live, it's funny to see how many people are ready to let go of their homophobic tendencies and get a piece of the action.
There's also a great spoken cut towards the end in which bass player Happy Tom pretends to be Steve Ignorant from Crass. I always wondered how they captured this recording, but in actuality it's fake... so...
If you can locate the 7" version of 'Denim Demon' it's backed with another classic cut 'I Fucked Betty Page' which definitely belonged on this album... but how can you improve on perfection?
Check out the video for 'Get It On'
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