Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood

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Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood
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Released1989 (re-released 1997)
Genre Punk rock, pop punk
Label Rough Trade, Lookout!
The Mr. T Experience chronology
Night Shift at the Thrill Factory
(1988)
Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood
(1989)
Making Things with Light
(1990)
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Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood is an EP by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1989 by Rough Trade Records. Lookout! Records re-released the EP as a CD in 1997 with numerous bonus tracks.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dr. Frank except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Supersonic" 
2."Up and Down" (Jeffrey A. Moss; cover of song from Sesame Street ) 
3."On the Team" 
4."At Gilman Street" 
5."Dictionary Girl" 
6."The End of the Ramones" (Jon Von Zelowitz) 
7."A Song About a Girl Who Went Shopping" 
Bonus tracks on 1997 CD re-release
No.TitleFromLength
8."Flying Jelly Attack" (Naoko Yamano; originally performed by Shonen Knife)Every Band Has a Shonen Knife Who Loves Them 
9."So Long, Sucker""So Long, Sucker" 
10."Zero" (Zelowitz)"So Long, Sucker" 
11."Psycho Girl"Make the Collector Nerd Sweat 
12."Fill in the Blank"The Big One 
13."How I Made a Million in a Punk Rock Band" (Zelowitz) b-side from Making Things With Light  
14."Look Back and Crack"b-side from Making Things With Light 
15."Sex Offender" (Gary Joseph Lachman, Debbie Harry; cover of Blondie's "X-Offender")"Sex Offender" 
16."Last Time I Listened to You""Sex Offender" 
17."Love American Style""Love American Style" 
18."Somebody Wants to Love You" (Wes Farrell, Jim Cretecos, Mike Appel; originally performed by The Partridge Family)"Love American Style" 
19."Spider-Man" (Paul Francis Webster, J. Robert Harris)"Love American Style" 
20."Can't Get There from Here" (Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe; originally performed by R.E.M.) Surprise Your Pig: A Tribute to R.E.M.  
21."God Bless America"Blame and Burn 
22."Let's Be Together Tonight" Strum ünd Bang, Live!?  
23."Merry Fucking Christmas" (Zelowitz)Strum ünd Bang, Live!? 
24."Speed Racer" (Nobuyoshi Koshibe, Yoshida Yoshiyuki; cover of Speed Racer theme)Strum ünd Bang, Live!? 
25."T-Shirt Commercial" (Zelowitz)Can of Pork 
26."Vive la France"Can of Pork 
27."More Than Toast" Gun Crazy  
28."Swallow Everything"Gun Crazy 
29."God Bless Lawrence Livermore"previously unreleased 
30."Don't Go Away Go Go Girl" (Radcliffe, Buddy Scott; originally performed by The Banana Splits)Banana Pad Riot 
31."Hello Kitty Menendez"Soda Punx 

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