Gas Huffer
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Gas Huffer was an American garage rock
band from Washington state. They were known for their formal and comical lyrics and their antic stage presence.
genre. The band created comic books with each album (drawn by all four members of the band, including Joe Newton, now deputy art director for Rolling Stone
magazine), that contain the lyrics to the songs. This was done for every album up to (and including) "Just Beautiful Music".
Gas Huffer played its final show - dubbed "The Last Huffer" - at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe
on January 14, 2006. Opening the show were Girl Trouble from Tacoma, Washington
, and Canned Hamm http://cannedhamm.com/ from Vancouver
, British Columbia. At the conclusion of Girl Trouble's set, K.P. Kendall called Gas Huffer's Tom Price (who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
) to the stage and presented to him a "Certificate of Achievement".
Prior to Gas Huffer, Tom Price played with The U-Men
.
The term "huffer" often refers to a form of substance abuse
known as huffing
.
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
band from Washington state. They were known for their formal and comical lyrics and their antic stage presence.
History
Gas Huffer classified themselves loosely in the Garage punkGarage punk
Garage punk is a fusion of garage rock and punk rock. It is fast-paced lo-fi music characterized by a dirty, choppy guitar sound—usually played by bands who are on independent record labels or who are unsigned...
genre. The band created comic books with each album (drawn by all four members of the band, including Joe Newton, now deputy art director for Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
magazine), that contain the lyrics to the songs. This was done for every album up to (and including) "Just Beautiful Music".
Gas Huffer played its final show - dubbed "The Last Huffer" - at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe
Crocodile Cafe
The Crocodile is a music club at 2200 2nd Avenue at Blanchard Street in the neighborhood of Belltown in Seattle, Washington, USA. Opened as the "Crocodile Cafe" on April 30, 1991 by Stephanie Dorgan, it quickly became a fixture on the local music scene. It closed on December 15, 2007...
on January 14, 2006. Opening the show were Girl Trouble from Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...
, and Canned Hamm http://cannedhamm.com/ from Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia. At the conclusion of Girl Trouble's set, K.P. Kendall called Gas Huffer's Tom Price (who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...
) to the stage and presented to him a "Certificate of Achievement".
Prior to Gas Huffer, Tom Price played with The U-Men
The U-Men
The U-Men were a Seattle-based post-punk band active in the early to late 1980s. They toured extensively across America and even had a song by the Butthole Surfers named in their honor...
.
The term "huffer" often refers to a form of substance abuse
Substance abuse
A substance-related disorder is an umbrella term used to describe several different conditions associated with several different substances .A substance related disorder is a condition in which an individual uses or abuses a...
known as huffing
Inhalant
Inhalants are a broad range of drugs whose volatile vapors are taken in via the nose and trachea. They are taken by volatilization, and do not include drugs that are inhaled after burning or heating...
.
Full-Length
- Janitors of TomorrowJanitors of TomorrowJanitors Of Tomorrow is the debut full-length album released by the band Gas Huffer in 1991.-Track listing:# "Nisqually"# "Shoe Factory"# "Night Train To Spokane"# "Going To Las Vegas"# "Dangerous Drifter"# "Robert"# "Mistake"...
(1991) on Empty Records - Integrity, Technology & ServiceIntegrity, Technology & ServiceIntegrity, Technology & Service is a the second full-length album released by the band Gas Huffer in 1992. The futuristic artwork on the cover sets the tone for the music on the album.-Track listing:# "George Washington"# "Bad Vibes"...
(1992) on Empty Records - One Inch MastersOne Inch MastersOne Inch Masters is the third full-length album released by the band Gas Huffer, in 1994.-Track listing:# "Crooked Bird"# "Mr. Sudbuster"# "More Of Everything"# "Stay In Your House"# "14th & Jefferson"# "Walla Walla Bang Bang"...
(1994) on Epitaph RecordsEpitaph RecordsEpitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record... - The Inhuman Ordeal of Special Agent Gas HufferThe Inhuman Ordeal of Special Agent Gas HufferThe Inhuman Ordeal Of Special Agent Gas Huffer is the fourth full-length album released by the band Gas Huffer, in 1996.-Track listing:# "You Are Not Your Job"# "Fall Of The Kingfish"# "Sixty Three Hours"# "Mosquito Stomp"# "Carolina Hot Foot"...
(1996) on Epitaph Records - Just Beautiful MusicJust Beautiful MusicJust Beautiful Music is the fifth album released by the punk rock band Gas Huffer, in 1998.-Track listing:# "Rotten Egg"# "Beware Of Viking"# "Over The Side"# "Is That For Me?"# "Clay Pigeon"# "Old Man Winter"# "Hacked"# "The Last Act"...
(1998) on Epitaph Records - The Rest of UsThe Rest of Us-Track listing:# "The Rest Of Us"# "The Day The Bottom Fell Out"# "Dig That, Do That"# "Aldedly Blues"# "Ghost In The Lighthouse"# "Lexington Nightlife"# "Glass Bottom Boat"# "Goodbye Crescent"# "Third Party Man"# "Horse And Wagon"...
(2002) on Estrus RecordsEstrus RecordsEstrus Records is an independent record label from Bellingham, Washington that makes surf, garage and trash rock music.They have released such bands as Soledad Brothers, The Drags, The Mummies, Impala, Man or Astro-man?, the Makers, Gas Huffer, The Mooney Suzuki, DMBQ, The Cherry Valence, Midnight... - Lemonade for VampiresLemonade for VampiresLemonade for Vampires is the seventh and last album released by the band Gas Huffer on Estrus Records in 2005.-Track listing:# Hold the Roll# Monument# Another Wafer, Please# Kingdom Of The Sun# Canadian Vistas# Easter Grass# All Natural...
(2005) on Estrus Records
EPs
- Beer Drinkin' Cavemen from Mars (1992) on Empty Records (European release only)
- The Shrill Beeps of ShrimpThe Shrill Beeps of ShrimpThe Shrill Beeps of Shrimp was an EP released by Gas Huffer in 1994.-Track listing:* Side A# BMX# Bedtime for Freaky* Side B# Boot Check# Java Jet PackCatalog number: MT 271...
(1993) on Empty Records
Singles
- Firebug (1989) on Black Label Records
- Ethyl (1990) on Black Label Records
- Mole (1992) on Sympathy for the Record IndustrySympathy for the Record IndustrySympathy for the Record Industry is a mainly independent garage rock and punk label formed in 1988 by record industry anti-mogul Long Gone John...
- Washtucna Hoe-downWashtucna Hoe-downWashtucna Hoe-down was a single released by Gas Huffer in 1992.Washtucna is a small town in Washington, USA.-Track listing:* Side A # Night Train to Spokane...
(1992) on Hayseed Records - Beer Drinking Cavemen from Mars/Hotcakes (1992) on Sub PopSub PopSub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
- Ooh Ooh Ooh!/Flaming StarOoh Ooh Ooh!/Flaming Star"Ooh Ooh Ooh!" is a song by Gas Huffer, released as a single in 1996....
(1996) on Lance Rock Records - Rotten Egg/Old Summertime (2000) on Au Go Go RecordsAu Go Go RecordsAu Go Go Records is the name of a Melbourne, Australia based independent record label.It was founded by Bruce Milne and Philip Morland from a house in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy in 1979 and is now operated by Greta Moon....
Splits
- King of Hubcaps (1991) split with FastbacksFastbacksThe Fastbacks were a Seattle punk rock band. Formed in 1979 by songwriter/guitarist Kurt Bloch , and friends Lulu Gargiulo and Kim Warnick , they disbanded in 2001...
- Knife ManualKnife Manual/You Stupid AssholeThis was a split single released by Empty Records in 1992, originally as part of a series of singles pressed on clear, saw shaped vinyl.The inside the foldout sleeve is a spread of a Mudhoney vs Gas Huffer "fight", photographed by Alice Wheeler.-Track listing:...
(1992) split with Mudhoney (You Stupid Asshole) on Empty Records (pressed on saw-shaped clear vinyl) - Bad Guy Reaction (1992) Gearhead magazine split with Supercharger
- Teach Me to Kill (1994) split with Red AuntsRed AuntsThe Red Aunts were an all-female punk band that formed in 1991 in Long Beach, California when Terri Wahl recruited friends Kerry Davis and Debi Martini . Wahl would become the guitarist, sharing vocal duties with Davis who also played rhythm guitar and Martini as bassist...
Compilations
- Another Damned Seattle CompilationAnother Damned Seattle CompilationAnother Damned Seattle Compilation is a musical tribute to 1970s punk band The Damned, featuring tracks recorded in 1990 to 1991 by 18 Seattle area bands and released on Seattle's Dashboard Hula Girl Records.-History of the Compilation:...
Dashboard Hula Girl RecordsDashboard Hula Girl RecordsDashboard Hulagirl Records is a Seattle-based independent American record label founded in 1989 by Trev Dellinger and Chris Swenson. The label released several LPs, EPs, and singles before folding in 1992... - Tracks and Fields: Kill Rock Stars Compilation
- Runnin' On Fumes
- Punk-O-Rama Vol. 4: Straight Outta The PitPunk-O-Rama Vol. 4Punk-O-Rama 4: Straight Outta the Pit is the fourth compilation album in the Punk-O-Rama series. This is the only entry to have a sub-title.All of the tracks were previously released except the first track, "Fight It" by Pennywise....
- Punk-O-Rama Vol. 3Punk-O-Rama Vol. 3Punk-O-Rama III is the third compilation album in the Punk-O-Rama series.This entry features two previously unreleased tracks, "We Threw Gasoline on the Fire and Now All We Have Stumps for Arms and Legs and No Eyebrows" by NOFX and "Wake Up" by Pennywise...
- All Punk Rods!
- Hype! The Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Twisted Willie
- Bite Back: Live At The Crocodile Cafe
- Punk-O-Rama Vol. 1Punk-O-Rama Vol. 1Punk-O-Rama is a compilation album released by Epitaph Records on November 18, 1994. Featuring twelve bands from the label's roster, the album was the first installment in the Punk-O-Rama series which continued until 2005.-Track listing:...
- Dope, Guns 'N Fucking In The Streets Vols. 4-7
- Teriyaki Asthma Vols. 1-5
- Bobbing For Pavement: The Rathouse Compilation
- Empty Records Sampler
- Street Sk8erStreet Sk8erStreet Skater - sometimes spelled as "Street Sk8er" - is a skateboarding video game for the PlayStation. It was first released in Japan in 1998 under the name Street Boarders, then was licensed by Electronic Arts for distribution in America in 1999. It was re-released later in Japan as part of the...
External links
- "Enduring Seattle band Gas Huffer shuts off the pump and floors it" - Jan 13th 2006
- Interview on KUOW February 3, 2006. 28 minute interview, with some music samples from Lemonade for Vampires.
- Retrospective Audio interview with Gas Huffer on the Jekyll and Hyde show, 106FM Jerusalem