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The Bloodhound Gang is an American alternative band with a post-punk revival-influenced sound. They are originally from Quakertown, Pennsylvania. The Bloodhound Gang formed in 1992

The Bloodhound Gang first started out as a small alternative band in 1992 called Bang Chamber 8. The Bloodhound Gang consisted of Jimmy Pop and Daddy Long Legs. They released one known tape, which was self titled. Soon they changed their name to the Bloodhound Gang and changed their musical style. Their new name referred to "The Bloodhound Gang", a segment on the 1980s PBS kids' show 3-2-1 Contact which featured three young detectives solving mysteries and fighting crime.

Unable to get booked at any clubs, the Bloodhound Gang first performed in the extra room at Evil Jared Hasselhoff's house, in exchange for Schlitz, Marlboros, and a chance to hand out their first demo tape, entitled Just Another Demo. When the floor caved in one night, they began performing every month at CBGBs in New York City. When asked about the band's tenure at the club, Jimmy Pop was quoted as saying, "I've seen cavemen with better clubs."

In March 1995 the Bloodhound Gang signed a record deal with Columbia Records. The Bloodhound Gang put out their first full-length album, titled Use Your Fingers. The Bloodhound Gang began touring around the United States. At this time Daddy Long Legs and M.S.G., angry with Columbia Records, left the band to form another rap group, Wolfpac. Bass player Evil Jared Hasselhoff and Turntablist Tard-E-Tard joined the group as replacements. When the tour ended, the deal with Columbia Records was dropped and Bloodhound Gang members Skip O'Pot2Mus and Tard-E-Tard left to pursue a career in the customer service industry.

In March 1996, the Bloodhound Gang, complete with a new line-up, recorded their second full-length album, One Fierce Beer Coaster, first released on Cheese Factory Records (now Republic Records), and re-released on Geffen Records in 1998. The Bloodhound Gang embarked on their first "real tour" of the United States and Europe (they are quoted as saying this was "the first tour where nobody's parents had to drive out and pick up the band after the van broke down"). The album boasted the well-known song "Fire Water Burn." The song was featured in the movie Fahrenheit 9/11 as a song that is popular among US troops in Iraq. The Bloodhound Gang reportedly let Michael Moore use the song for free, claiming "Michael Moore kicks ass. He's the master of delivering a compelling point in an entertaining manner. So, when he asked us to use 'Fire Water Burn' in Fahrenheit 9/11, we not only said 'fuck yeah,' but waived our normal fee."
In the summer of 1996 Jimmy Pop Ali had a supporting role in the independent film Kin by director Kurt Fitzpatrick and starring Fitzpatrick, Marie Hans and Ben McVoy. Several Bloodhound Gang songs were used for the soundtrack for the film.

In 1999, the Bloodhound Gang released their third album, Hooray for Boobies. Powered by hit single, "The Bad Touch", the Bloodhound Gang embarked on two more tours of Europe, where the Bloodhound Gang had begun to get quite popular ("The Bad Touch" and Hooray for Boobies reached #1 in Germany, where "Along Comes Mary" was also a Top 10 hit). The Bloodhound Gang returned after selling over five million albums.

In 2003, the Bloodhound Gang released a DVD entitled One Fierce Beer Run, which chronicles their One Fierce Beer Coaster tour of 1997.

The Bloodhound Gang's newest album, Hefty Fine, was released on September 27, 2005. The title came about after Evil Jared was fined during work on MTV's "Viva La Bam" (The Scavenger Hunt episode). Jared was fined $20,000, which Jimmy Pop allegedly had to pay (This is discussed in the "Uncommon-tary" Of the Viva La Bam DVDs). The CD's original title, Heavy Flow, was scrapped when it was noticed that fellow musician Moby had a song with the same name. The first single, "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo," gained heavy rotation on music video channels. Although the track "No Hard Feelings" recently broke into the Modern Rock Top 50, Bloodhound Gang's second single is "Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss" (which is featured in a Blaupunkt ad) has started radio circulation with a music video airing limitedly on a few music channels. Another song from the new album is part of a campaign by the Bloodhound Gang to change the Pennsylvania state anthem into their appropriately titled "Pennsylvania." The Bloodhound Gang's current members can also be found on a few episodes of Viva La Bam including the episode in which Bam Margera divides his friends into teams that go out and do outrageous stunts in order to earn points in a "scavenger hunt" to decide what happens to April Margera's piano that she wishes to get rid of. Bam Margera also makes a guest star appearance on their Hefty Fine album on a hidden track.

Drummer Willie the New Guy was released from his position at the start of 2006, by mutual agreement between him & the Bloodhound Gang. He was replaced by The Yin (whose birth name is Adam Perry) from the band A on their subsequent tour.

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