Neil Hamburger is a standup comedian character played by comedian and musician Gregg Turkington

Gregg Turkington

Gregg Turkington is an Australian-born U.S. comedian, best known for his stand-up comedy character, Neil Hamburger. He has also participated in a number of avant-garde and post punk bands...

.

Style

Hamburger's live act, which is quite different from his many albums, features a barrage of question/answer jokes aimed often at celebrity targets, including Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton

Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...

, Britney Spears

Britney Spears

Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...

, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

, Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth is an American rock band from San Jose, California. The band was formed in 1994, and was originally composed of Steve Harwell, Greg Camp, Paul De Lisle and Kevin Coleman as lead vocals, guitar, bass and drums respectively...

, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison

James Douglas "Jim" Morrison was an American musician, singer, and poet, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band The Doors...

, and Steven Tyler

Steven Tyler

Steven Tyler is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the frontman and lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, and occasional piano and percussion. He is known as the "Demon of Screamin'", due to his high screams...

, as well as depressing barbs aimed at his ex-wife. His pacing is off, and he clears his throat nonstop through his entire routine, often to keep overzealous fans from shouting out his punchlines

Punchlines

Punchlines was a comedy game show series that was produced by LWT and aired on the ITV network from January 3, 1981 until December 22, 1984...

. He has performed in front of audiences worldwide from Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

 to Jimmy Kimmel Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.The nightly hour-long show made its debut on January 26, 2003, following Super Bowl XXXVII. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is produced by Jackhole Productions in association with ABC Studios...

and the confrontational aspects of his act have drawn cursory comparisons to Tony Clifton

Tony Clifton

Tony Clifton is a fictitious character created and often played by stand up comedian Andy Kaufman in the late 1970s. Characteristic of the many elaborate hoaxes and practical jokes Kaufman concocted, Clifton was not exclusively played by Kaufman—others, mainly Bob Zmuda, stepped into the role on...

. One of his most famous gags is the "Zipper Lips", in which he asks an audience member a question. If the audience member doesn't respond, Hamburger derides them for being a "zipper lips". A common phrase used by the comedian is "But that's my life!"

Career

His first full length, America's Funnyman, was released in 1996. He has released a number of albums on the Drag City

Drag City (record label)

Drag City is a Chicago-based independent record label. It was established with a Royal Trux release in 1990 in Chicago, Illinois by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn.Drag City specializes in experimental indie rock acts...

 record label.

Hamburger is a frequent guest on the internet talk show Tom Green's House Tonight. In 2006, Hamburger started doing his own show called Poolside Chats with Neil Hamburger

Poolside Chats

Poolside Chats with Neil Hamburger is a live webcast that airs on comedian Tom Green's website.-Description:Poolside Chats airs live following Tom Green's House Tonight. The star of the show is self-described "America's Funnyman", Neil Hamburger. Neil takes calls in which he usually trades insults...

on The Channel at Tomgreen.com. Guests on his show have included Tim and Eric, Kyle Gass

Kyle Gass

Kyle Richard Gass , also known as KG or Kage, is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter and actor. He is a member of the bands Tenacious D and Trainwreck. In Tenacious D , Gass plays lead guitar and sings backup vocals, and also plays the role of Black's comic foil in most of their comedy...

 of Tenacious D

Tenacious D

Tenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass, the band has released two albums – Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny...

, Buzz Osborne

Buzz Osborne

Roger "Buzz" Osborne , also known as King Buzzo, is the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter and technically the only remaining founding member of the Melvins...

 of The Melvins

The Melvins

The Melvins are an American band that formed in 1983. They usually perform as a trio, but in recent years have performed as a four piece with two drummers. Since 1984, singer and guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover have been the band's constant members...

, and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.

Hamburger also appeared in a series of three video advertisements promoting the release of the 2006 album by Drag City

Drag City (record label)

Drag City is a Chicago-based independent record label. It was established with a Royal Trux release in 1990 in Chicago, Illinois by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn.Drag City specializes in experimental indie rock acts...

 stablemate, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

Will Oldham

Will Oldham , better known by the stage name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded under variations of the Palace name, including the Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music...

, The Letting Go

The Letting Go

The Letting Go is a 2006 album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. It was recorded in Reykjavík, Iceland and produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson, who is known for his work with the Icelandic artist Björk. This album's arrangement was done by Nico Muhly...

.

In 2007, Hamburger opened for Tenacious D

Tenacious D

Tenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass, the band has released two albums – Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny...

 during their Pick of Destiny Tour. In the movie The Pick of Destiny, he made a brief cameo appearance

Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...

 before Tenacious D

Tenacious D

Tenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass, the band has released two albums – Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny...

 came on stage

Stage (theatre)

In theatre or performance arts, the stage is a designated space for the performance productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience...

 to perform. He has already performed at Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

, a show that the New York Times referred to as likely "the greatest night of his career." However, his performance was poorly received elsewhere, with booing and heckling ensuing in countries such as Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 and England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

.
The Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band Frenzal Rhomb

Frenzal Rhomb

Frenzal Rhomb are an Australian punk rock band which formed in 1992 with mainstay Jason Whalley on lead vocals and rhythm guitar. In 1996, Lindsay McDougall joined the line-up on lead guitar and backing vocals. Two of the group's albums have peaked into the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart, A...

 have used Hamburger to open their sets and appear in their video clips for their songs "Punisher" and "Ballchef", and Frenzal Rhomb members Jay and the Doctor

Jay and the Doctor

Jay and the Doctor are the on-air names of Australian radio duo Jason Whalley and Lindsay McDougall, on radio station Triple J.Best known as members of punk band Frenzal Rhomb, they performed occasional late-night shifts on Triple J until 2004...

 have called him live on air on their radio show on the network Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

 to report on current events in America

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 such as award ceremonies.

In 2007, Hamburger appeared in the music video for "Conspiracy of the Gods" by the band Trans Am

Trans Am (band)

Trans Am is a three-piece band which originated in Bethesda, Maryland that was one of the originators of "post-rock" in the mid 90s. Their work centers on a cerebrally robotic, usually instrumental, semi-danceable, minimalistic format, with influences including Krautrock, heavy metal, hardcore...

.

In September of 2007 and 2010, he appeared at the Global ComedyFest in 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,...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. In 2010, he appeared at Just For Laughs

Just for Laughs

Just for Laughs is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1983. It is the largest international comedy festival in the world.- Information :...

 in Montreal, and later that summer, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe resulting in rave reviews in The Scotsman

The Scotsman

The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....

 and The Guardian

The Guardian

The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...

.

In spring of 2008, Drag City

Drag City (record label)

Drag City is a Chicago-based independent record label. It was established with a Royal Trux release in 1990 in Chicago, Illinois by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn.Drag City specializes in experimental indie rock acts...

 released an album of country and western originals and covers recorded by Neil Hamburger in a "celebrity vocals" style. During the sessions, Hamburger was backed by musicians including Prairie Prince

Prairie Prince

Prairie Prince is a rock drummer. He was a member of The Tubes and a founding member of Journey...

 of The Tubes

The Tubes

The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band, whose 1975 debut album included the hit single, "White Punks on Dope". During its first fifteen years or so, the band's live performances combined quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism, and politics...

 and Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren

Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings...

's band, David Gleason, Atom Ellis

Atom Ellis

Atom Ellis, , is a bass guitarist from San Francisco, California. Atom was a founding member of the Thrash Funk band Psychefunkapus from 1986-1992 and a member of the San Francisco band Dieselhed from 1993-2000...

 of Dieselhed

Dieselhed

Dieselhed was a San Francisco-based band, originally from Arcata, California.-Early career:Dieselhed formed in 1989 in the San Francisco Bay Area playing a blend of country, punk, and pseudo-classic rock. Drummer Heifetz spread his time between Dieselhed and the genre-bending experimentalists Mr....

 and The New Cars

The New Cars

The New Cars was a band formed in 2005 with two of the original members of the 1970s/1980s new wave band The Cars. The band was composed of Todd Rundgren, drummer Prairie Prince, Kasim Sulton, and original Cars members Greg Hawkes and Elliot Easton...

, Rachel Haden

Rachel Haden

Rachel Haden is the current bass guitarist for Todd Rundgren on his "Arena Rock" tour, and one of the triplet daughters of jazz bassist Charlie Haden....

 from that dog.

That dog.

That Dog is a Los Angeles-based rock band that formed in 1991 and dissolved in 1997, reuniting in 2011. The band consists of Anna Waronker on lead vocals and guitar, Rachel Haden on bass guitar and vocals, her sister Petra Haden on violin and vocals, and Tony Maxwell on drums...

He also recorded a record

Gramophone record

A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

 doing guest lead vocals with Australian band The Hard-Ons while in Sydney in January, 2008.

In August 2010, Hamburger appeared on the Alternative Stage at the Reading Music Festival

Reading and Leeds Festivals

The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, sharing the same bill. The Reading Festival is held at Little John's Farm...

 in the UK, where his entire set was booed and derided by the capacity crowd, with chants of "You're shit and you know you are!". As the set progressed bottles and other projectiles were hurled at Hamburger, before he completed his set. The stage's host, Andrew O'Neill

Andrew O'Neill

Andrew O'Neill is a stand-up comedian, musician and writer. He lives in London.-Background:Born in Portsmouth in 1979, O'Neill grew up in the suburban town of Wallington. He did his first comedy performance at the age of ten . He started doing stand-up on 16 January 2002, at the Laughing Horse,...

 came on after the set, simply asking "Didn't you all enjoy hating that?"

In December 2010, Special Entertainment

Special Entertainment

Special Entertainment is a film production company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established in 2003 by Bobby Ciraldo and Andrew Swant, the company currently has two feature films in production: William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet , and Hamlet A.D.D. .Special Entertainment is also co-producing...

 released an iPhone

IPhone

The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

 App called Shaky Advice from Neil Hamburger that functions much like a Magic 8 Ball, with 30 video clips of Hamburger giving comical advice.

The Neil Hamburger character plays the role of Osric in the 2012 film, Hamlet A.D.D.

Hamlet A.D.D.

Hamlet A.D.D., directed by Bobby Ciraldo & Andrew Swant and produced by Special Entertainment, is an upcoming independent feature film and web series which re-imagines Shakespeare’s play as a bizarre and comical tour through the ages....

, a live action and animated version of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...

's Hamlet

Hamlet

The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...

.

Opening Act

Neil Hamburger has performed as the opening act for the following artists.

• A Perfect Circle
  A Perfect Circle
  A Perfect Circle is an American rock supergroup formed in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan. The original incarnation of the band also included Paz Lenchantin on bass, Troy Van Leeuwen on guitar, and Tim Alexander on drums...
  
  
• Bad Religion
  Bad Religion
  Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. Their current line-up consists of Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz , Jay Bentley , Greg Hetson , Brian Baker and Brooks Wackerman . Gurewitz is also the founder of the label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of the...
  
  
• Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
• Danielson
• Faith No More
  Faith No More
  Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed originally as Faith No Man in 1981 by bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist Wade Worthington, vocalist Michael Morris and drummer Mike Bordin. A year later when Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and Mike...
  
  
• Fantômas
  Fantômas (band)
  Fantômas is an avant-garde metal supergroup formed in 1998 in California, United States. The band is named after Fantômas, a supervillain featured in a series of crime novels popular in France before World War I and in film, most notably in the 60s French movie series.-History:Fantômas began just...
  
  
• Flipper
  Flipper (band)
  Flipper is a punk band formed in San Francisco, California in 1979, continuing in often erratic fashion until the mid-1990s, then reuniting in 2005. The band influenced a number of grunge,, punk rock and noise rock bands...
  
  
• Frenzal Rhomb
  Frenzal Rhomb
  Frenzal Rhomb are an Australian punk rock band which formed in 1992 with mainstay Jason Whalley on lead vocals and rhythm guitar. In 1996, Lindsay McDougall joined the line-up on lead guitar and backing vocals. Two of the group's albums have peaked into the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart, A...
  
  
• Georgie James
  Georgie James
  Georgie James was an indie pop/rock group from Washington D.C. composed of John Davis and Laura Burhenn.When Q and Not U called it quits in 2005 after releasing three albums, the band split into three different projects: Ris Paul Ric, a folk/electronic solo effort from Chris Richards; Harris Klahr...
  
  
• Guided by Voices
  Guided by Voices
  Guided by Voices is an American indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Beginning with the band's formation in 1983, it made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard...
  
  
• Hard-Ons
  Hard-Ons
  The Hard-Ons are a punk rock band from Sydney, Australia that originally formed in 1981. They have been called Australia's most commercially successful independent band, with over 250,000 total record sales. -1980s: Early days:...
  
  
• Iron and Wine
• Legendary Stardust Cowboy
• Melvins
• M. Ward
  M. Ward
  Matthew Stephen Ward, known by his stage name M. Ward, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who rose to prominence in the Portland, Oregon music scene. In addition to his solo work he is known as a member of She & Him and Monsters of Folk.-Career:...
  
  
• Mr. Bungle
  Mr. Bungle
  Mr. Bungle was an experimental band from Northern California. The band was formed in 1985 while the members were still in high school and was named after a children's educational film. Mr. Bungle released four demo tapes in the mid to late 1980s before being signed to Warner Bros. Records and...
  
  
• Mutants
• NOFX
  NOFX
  NOFX is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California .The band was formed in 1983 by vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin. Drummer Erik Sandin joined NOFX shortly after. In 1991 El Hefe joined to play lead guitar and trumpet, rounding out the current line-up...
  
  
• Optiganally Yours
  Optiganally Yours
  Optiganally Yours is a band formed around the Optigan, a toy organ produced by Mattel in the 1970s that plays the sounds of instruments that have been recorded onto celluloid disks...
  
  
• Pinback
  Pinback
  Pinback is an indie rock band from San Diego, California, currently signed to Temporary Residence Ltd. The band was formed in 1998 by singers, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Armistead Burwell Smith IV and Rob Crow. Tom Zinser, Chris Prescott, and Mario Rubalcaba have all contributed drums...
  
  
• Puscifer
  Puscifer
  Puscifer is a side project of Maynard James Keenan from the bands Tool and A Perfect Circle. As Keenan is the only permanent member and he considers the project to be his "creative subconscious", Puscifer could also be considered a pseudonym for his solo work....
  
  
• Smog
• Trans Am
  Trans Am (band)
  Trans Am is a three-piece band which originated in Bethesda, Maryland that was one of the originators of "post-rock" in the mid 90s. Their work centers on a cerebrally robotic, usually instrumental, semi-danceable, minimalistic format, with influences including Krautrock, heavy metal, hardcore...
  
  
• Tenacious D
  Tenacious D
  Tenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass, the band has released two albums – Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny...
  
  
• Tim and Eric
• Tomahawk
  Tomahawk (band)
  Tomahawk is an experimental alternative metal/alternative rock supergroup from the United States. They formed in 2000 when Fantômas, ex-Mr. Bungle and Faith No More singer/keyboardist Mike Patton and ex-The Jesus Lizard guitar player Duane Denison started swapping tapes with the intention of...
  
  

Albums

• Great Phone Calls featuring Neil Hamburger
  Great Phone Calls featuring Neil Hamburger
  Great Phone Calls featuring Neil Hamburger is the name of a 1992 album by alternative comedian Neil Hamburger. It was originally released by Amarillo Records in 1992 and then re-issued on Ipecac Recordings in 2000 with 7 extra tracks.-Tracklisting:...
  
    (1992)
• America's Funnyman
  America's Funnyman
  America's Funnyman is the name of a 1996 album by alternative comedian Neil Hamburger. It was released by Drag City on September 2, 1996.-Track listing:All tracks by Neil Hamburger#"America's Funnyman" – 0:54#"The Diagnosis" – 0:48...
  
  (1996)
• Raw Hamburger
  Raw Hamburger
  Raw Hamburger is the name of a 1999 album by alternative comedian Neil Hamburger. It was released by Drag City on February 2nd, 1999.-Tracklisting:#"Introduction" #"Stewardesses" #"Freebasing" #"Snoop Doggy Dogg"...
  
  (1998)
• Left for Dead in Malaysia
  Left for Dead in Malaysia
  Left for Dead in Malaysia is the name of a 1999 album by alternative comedian Neil Hamburger. It was released by Drag City on January 25, 1999.-Tracklisting:#"Introduction" #"Selamat Malam" #"Spice Girls"...
  
  (1999)
• 50 States, 50 Laughs
  50 States, 50 Laughs
  50 States, 50 Laughs is the name of a 2000 album by alternative comedian Neil Hamburger. It was a limited release by Million Dollar Performances and was sold exclusively during Neil Hamburger's 2000 tour.-Track listing:#"Alabama" #"Alaska"...
  
  (2000)
• Laugh Out Lord
  Laugh Out Lord
  Laugh Out Lord is the name of a 2002 album by alternative comedian Neil Hamburger. It was released jointly by Drag City and Glory Home Records on November 5, 2002....
  
  (2002)
• Hot February Night
  Hot February Night
  Hot February Night is the name of a 2007 album by alternative comedian Neil Hamburger. It was originally released by Off-Price Value Center in 2007 and then re-issued on LP by Drag City in 2010.-Tracklisting:#"Christmas/Godfather"...
  
  (2007)
• Neil Hamburger Sings Country Winners
  Neil Hamburger Sings Country Winners
  Neil Hamburger Sings Country Winners is the name of a 2008 album by alternative comedian Neil Hamburger. It was released by Drag City on April 21st, 2008.-Tracklisting:#"Three Piece Chicken Dinner" #"The Recycle Bin"...
  
  (2008)

EPs

• Looking for Laughs EP - Amarillo Records
  Amarillo Records
  Amarillo Records is a defunct independent record label that operated out of San Francisco from 1992 to 2001. It was owned by Gregg Turkington. The label specialized in releasing experimental post-punk avant-garde rock...
  
   (1994)
• Bartender, the Laugh's on Me!!!! EP - Planet Pimp Records
  Planet Pimp Records
  Planet Pimp Records was a San Francisco based record label that featured bands from the local garage band scene. It was owned and represented by Sven-Erik Geddes. The label was dissolved later. Some of the bands on the roster were, The Mummies, The Dukes of Hamburg, The Trashwomen, The Phantom...
  
   (1995)
• Open Ended Interview with Neil Hamburger (promotional 7") - Drag City
  Drag City (record label)
  Drag City is a Chicago-based independent record label. It was established with a Royal Trux release in 1990 in Chicago, Illinois by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn.Drag City specializes in experimental indie rock acts...
  
   (1997)
• Neil Hamburger Pays Tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales
  Neil Hamburger Pays Tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales
  Neil Hamburger Pays Tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales is the name of a 1997 EP by alternative comedian Neil Hamburger. It released by Planet Pimp Records in 1997....
  
  EP - Planet Pimp Records
  Planet Pimp Records
  Planet Pimp Records was a San Francisco based record label that featured bands from the local garage band scene. It was owned and represented by Sven-Erik Geddes. The label was dissolved later. Some of the bands on the roster were, The Mummies, The Dukes of Hamburg, The Trashwomen, The Phantom...
  
   (1998)
• Inside Neil Hamburger
  Inside Neil Hamburger
  Inside Neil hamburger is the name of a 2000 EP by alternative comedian Neil Hamburger. It released by Drag City on June 26th, 2000.-Tracklisting:#"Interview Snippet" #"International Funnyman" #"Inspirational Speaker"...
  
  EP - Drag City
  Drag City (record label)
  Drag City is a Chicago-based independent record label. It was established with a Royal Trux release in 1990 in Chicago, Illinois by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn.Drag City specializes in experimental indie rock acts...
  
   (2000)
• Hamburger Remembers Nixon 7" - I Don't Feel a Thing Records (2002)
• Souvenir Record (tour split 7" with Pleaseeasaur
  Pleaseeasaur
  Pleaseeasaur is a comedic musical act made of JP Hasson . The music is high energy camp style humor. The live performance usually includes JP Hasson in many costumes, each of which coincides with the song, along with multi-media animations of related images on a large screen...
  
  ) (2008)
• American Exports 7" (with the Hard-Ons
  Hard-Ons
  The Hard-Ons are a punk rock band from Sydney, Australia that originally formed in 1981. They have been called Australia's most commercially successful independent band, with over 250,000 total record sales. -1980s: Early days:...
  
  ) - Red Lounge Records (2009)

Appearances

• RRRecords
  RRRecords
  RRRecords is a used and new record shop. RRRecords is distinguished as being the first American record label to specifically publish underground noise music in the early 1980s, and published the first American vinyl by Merzbow, Masonna, The Hanatarash, Violent Onsen Geisha, and many more artists...
  
   - America the Beautiful (compilation) (on "That's My Life") (1994)
• Planet Pimp Records
  Planet Pimp Records
  Planet Pimp Records was a San Francisco based record label that featured bands from the local garage band scene. It was owned and represented by Sven-Erik Geddes. The label was dissolved later. Some of the bands on the roster were, The Mummies, The Dukes of Hamburg, The Trashwomen, The Phantom...
  
   - Good Tyme Jhambhoree (compilation) (on "Promo Spot #1" and "Promo Spot #2") (1995)
• Amarillo Records
  Amarillo Records
  Amarillo Records is a defunct independent record label that operated out of San Francisco from 1992 to 2001. It was owned by Gregg Turkington. The label specialized in releasing experimental post-punk avant-garde rock...
  
   - You Gan't Boar Like an Eabla When you Work with Turkrys (on "Looking for Laughs" and "Great Phone Calls") (1996)
• Giardia - Muckraker #8 (compilation) (on "Ten Minutes after Checking into the Motel 6") (1997)
• Tedium House - My Baby Does Good Sculptures (compilation) (on "Comedy Fated from the Stars") (1997)
• The Phantom Surfers
  The Phantom Surfers
  -Current :*"Swell" Mel Bergman: guitar*Mike "Mouth" Lucas: bass*Maz "Spazz" Kattuah: guitar*Russell "Junky Johnny" Quan: drums-Previous:*Johnny "Big Hand" Bartlett: guitar*Mel "Frostbite" Bergman: guitar*Michael "Daddy Love" Lucas: bass...
  
   - XXX Party (on "Special Guest Guffaws") (2000)
• Mark Prindle - Only the Good Die Young: An All-Star Tribute to Mark Prindle (1973-2058) (on "Special Celebrity Endorsement") (2001)
• Joe Beats
  Joe Beats
  Joe Beats is an American hip hop producer from Rhode Island. He is best known as the co-producer for the duo Non-Prophets.DelCarpini was born in Warwick, Rhode Island.-Non-Prophets:...
  
   - Indie Rock Blues
  Indie Rock Blues
  Described as danceable melancholia for the depressed, Indie Rock Blues is an uninterrupted mix of songs from various rock groups remixed by Joe Beats. The album was originally released on Arbied in 2005. In 2006, 24-7 Records released a vinyl version of it.-Track listing:-External links:**...
  
  (on "It's Expected I'm Gone / Open Ended Interview") (2005)
• Comedy Central
  Comedy Central
  Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
  
   - Comedy Death-Ray
  Comedy Death-Ray (album)
  Comedy Death-Ray is a two disc CD collection of highlights from the weekly comedy showcase Comedy Death-Ray , released on September 11, 2007 on Comedy Central Records. Disc one was recorded January 15, 2007, at Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco...
  
  (compilation) (on "Neil Hamburger") (2008)

DVDs

• The Show Must Go Off!: Neil Hamburger Live at the Phoenix Greyhound Park (2003)
• The World's Funnyman (2006)
• Western Music and Variety (2009)

Movie Appearances

• Circuit 8: Volume 8 (as himself) (2001)
• The Amazing Adventures of Pleaseeasaur (as himself) (2006)
• Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (as himself) (2006)
• Coco Lipshitz: Behind the Laughter (as himself) (2009)
• The Comedy (2012)
• Hamlet A.D.D.
  Hamlet A.D.D.
  Hamlet A.D.D., directed by Bobby Ciraldo & Andrew Swant and produced by Special Entertainment, is an upcoming independent feature film and web series which re-imagines Shakespeare’s play as a bizarre and comical tour through the ages....
  
  (as Osric) (2012)

TV Show Appearances

• Behind the Music
  Behind the Music
  Behind the Music is a television series on VH1. It originally ran from 1997 to 2006, before it was stopped and only aired new episodes sporadically. The series places its generality on documentation of musical artists or groups who are interviewed and profiled, and discuss how their careers became...
  
  (VH1
  VH1
  VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
  
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• Free Radio
  Free Radio
  Free Radio is a television show, created by Lance Krall and Rory Rosegarten. The show originated on VH1, but has also played on Comedy Central, and Super Channel . It stars Lance Krall, prominent for his role on The Joe Schmo Show, and Anna Vocino, who also starred with Krall on The Lance Krall...
  
  (VH1
  VH1
  VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
  
  )
• Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.The nightly hour-long show made its debut on January 26, 2003, following Super Bowl XXXVII. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is produced by Jackhole Productions in association with ABC Studios...
  
  (ABC
  American Broadcasting Company
  The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
  
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• Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld (Fox News)
• Tom Green Live! (ManiaTV!
  ManiaTV!
  ManiaTV is a digital television network that produces, packages and distributes premium live celebrity TV shows for the 13-34 youth/young adult market. According to comScore, ManiaTV reaches over 10 million viewers each month. It was founded by Drew Massey....
  
  )
• Tom Green's House Tonight (The Comedy Network
  The Comedy Network
  The Comedy Network a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media specializing in comedy programming.The channel operates two time shifted feeds, East and West ....
  
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• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
  Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
  Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is an American sketch comedy television series, created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, which premiered February 11, 2007 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim comedy block and ran until May 2010...
  
  (Adult Swim
  Adult Swim
  Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...
  
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• Tim and Eric Nite Live!
  Tim and Eric Nite Live!
  Tim and Eric Nite Live! was an American television series, which premiered November 8, 2007 on SuperDeluxe. The talk show stars Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, creators of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and consists of a variety of strange segments often featuring...
  
  (Super Deluxe
  Super Deluxe
  Super Deluxe was a comedy video website provided by TBS Networks. It was launched on January 17, 2007, folded into AdultSwim.com on May 7, 2008, and taken offline on December 17, 2008.-Description:...
  
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• The Comedy Can Television Series (The Comedy Network
  The Comedy Network
  The Comedy Network a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media specializing in comedy programming.The channel operates two time shifted feeds, East and West ....
  
  )
• The Movie Show
  The Movie Show
  The Movie Show is an Australian film review program that airs on SBS TV. Its history falls into three parts.-Original format:The original format, which ran from 30 October 1986 to 12 May 2004, had two presenters, David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz. Stratton and Pomeranz left for the ABC in early...
  
  (SBS One)
• Recovery
  Recovery (TV series)
  Recovery was a music and youth interests television series broadcast by ABC TV in Australia. It was aired each Saturday morning from 9:00am to 12:00pm following Rage. It aired from 20 April 1996 to its last show on 29 April 2000...
  
  (ABC Television
  ABC Television
  ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
  
  )
• Special Sauce (Starz)

External links

• Neil Hamburger's "Unofficial" Site
• Neil Hamburger at MySpace
  MySpace
  Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
  
  
• Guardian UK article
• Audio interview with The Sound of Young America
  The Sound of Young America
  The Sound of Young America is a public radio program and podcast based in Los Angeles, California and distributed by Public Radio International...
  
  
• Poolside Chats with Neil Hamburger
• Mundane Sounds' Neil Hamburger Interview
• November 2006 Interview About Madison Square Garden Performance
• Ten Questions With Neil Hamburger, 2007 at Rigid Morality
• 2007 Interview with One Trick Pony
• April 2008 Interview with L.A. Record
  L.A. Record
  L.A. Record is an independent music magazine originally published weekly as a broadsheet poster. The poster usually depicts a local Los Angeles musicians and according to the magazine editors is meant to recreate an iconic album cover. In March 2008, it began publishing as a monthly magazine with a...
  
  
• April 2007 Interview with Jon Niccum
• October 2007 Q&A with StarPulse
• August 2008 interview with The Hartford Advocate
• Audio tribute and interview by Slander Bob that was broadcast on May 3, 2009 on KAOS Radio Austin
• Review of performance at Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, N.Y. November 11, 2009