Butt Trumpet is a Los Angeles-based

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band founded and maintained by Thom Bone. It is known for its crass lyrics and deliberately offensive style. The group features two bassists among its members. They became famous in 1994 when their

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debut, '' Primitive Enema'', was the subject of a debated sale ban in a Massachusetts town after one mother heard her 12-year-old daughter listening to it, which she called "audio porn." Dan Druff played in the group briefly in 1995. The "Enema" lineup splintered soon after ''Primitive Enema'' was released, but three of the members regrouped in 1998 as Betty Blowtorch. The founder of the project, Thom Bone, continues to release and tour with various deliberately unstable band lineups to this day.

Discography

*(1992): ''Butt Trumpet Jr.'' 5-song EP (Self-released, cassette only) *(1992): "DICKtatorship" 7-inch (Hell Yeah Records) *(1993): "The Grindcore Song" 7-inch (Signal Sound Records) *(1993): "I Left My Flannel In Seattle" b/w "Pink Gun" 7-inch (Hell Yeah Records) *(1994): '' Primitive Enema'' Album (

) *(1994): "Primitive Enema" b/w "Yesterday II, The Sequel 7-inch (

) *(1996): ''Quadruple Headache'' compilation (Last Resort Records) *(1996): ''Board Stiff'' Album (INTERNET ONLY release) *(1997): ''Show & Tell: A Stormy Remembrance of TV Theme Songs'' compilation (Gammon Records) *(2000): ''Wrestling Slams and Jams'' compilation (

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) *(2005): ''Butt Trumpet/Dive Bar Junkies Split EP'' 10-inch (Felony Records) *(2006): ''Butt Trumpet/Potbelly split 7-inch'' (PB Records) *(2009): ''Censurado Trompeto Anal'' 8-song EP (Rumble Records) Spain *(2010): ''Punk Rock Repo'' compilation Germany *(2011): ''Cheap Ass Music Volume One'' compilation (Cheap Ass Records) *(2013): ''Butt Trumpet/Youth Gone Mad'' Split LP

References

External links

Official homepage
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Myspace

Interview with a band member
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