Bushpig

The band formed up in '89, as a collaboration between the Thrown Ups and the King Snake Roost guys. With this early line-up the band released a 7" on Amphetamine Reptile. They reformed in 1990 with an enlarged 9-pieces formation which also featured Martin Bland and Guy Maddison (from the australian band Bloodloss that Mark Arm would join later that year, after having worked with Bland in the Monkeywrench); the new Bushpig recorded an entire LP on the aussie PGK label. Both releases are now very rare to find since they're both long out of print.

Guy, of course, would go on to become Mudhoney's bassist over ten years later, but that's another story...

Thanks to Cosmicchoccolate, Gman, Petter and Pete Hill for all the infos. Pete, what's your email again?

Bushpig in 1989

Line-up
Ed Fotheringham (Thrown Ups) - vocals, guitar
Pete Hill (King Snake Roost) - guitar, vocals, trumpet
Charlie Tolnay (King Snake Roost) - guitar
David Quinn (King Snake Roost) - bass
Tom Sturm (Feedtime - mispelt on the cover as Sturn) - dums, tuba
Adrian Sax (lots of bands) - sax

"Bushpig" 7"

The record
"Bushpig" 7" (1989)
USA: Amphetamine Reptile, SCALE 20.

Side A

1. Felching the cat
2. Grunt

Side B

3. Rorting about
4. Bushpig

NOTES: A limited edition of 1500 or 2000 copies.

Bushpig in 1990

Line-up
Mark Arm: vocals, guitar, drums
Martin Bland: drums, suitcase synth
Peter Hill: vocals, megaphone, guitar
Paul Kitten: guitar, screwdriver bass
Guy Maddison: bass, ivories
Bones Martin: production, guitar, vocals
John Murphy: suitcase synth, drums
Charlie Tolnay: guitar, vocals, bass
Steve Turner: guitar, soulful harp bass, production

"Bushpig" LP full cover art

The record
"Bushpig" LP (1990)
Australia: PGK, PGK 001 (PGK is Peter Hill's label).

Side A

1. Rock'n'dues
2. Dump the chump
3. Dandy loin
4. The ballad of the lonesome cowboy dilemma
5. Big shiny harem

Side B

6. Speedy's splitting skin
7. Ernest ripple
8. Yum yum yum
9. Smelly's nose
10. Slinky pinky

NOTES: Copies were pressed on pink vinyl, clear yellow vinyl and clear green vinyl. The record comes in a two-sided fold-out sleeve. The front cover photo is known to be one of the "strangest" art in the history of rock'n'roll: it shows a naked guy wearing a skinned pig (or warthog)'s head and holding the guts of the head over his groin (yuck!).

Oh, and that guy on the cover is Peter Hill...

Two sentences scratched in the run-out grooves:
A: "the pigs' bum is where the bacon's from"
B: "get some pork in your fork"

Green vinyl