Step on a Bug

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Step on a Bug
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Studio album by
Released1988 (1988)
Genre
Label Black Label Records
Producer John Nelson, The U-Men
The U-Men chronology
Stop Spinning (EP)
(1985)
Step on a Bug
(1988)
Solid Action
(1999)

Step on a Bug is the sole studio album by Seattle-based grunge pioneers The U-Men. [1] [2] It was released in 1988 on Black Label Records. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Whistlin' Pete"
  2. "2 X 4"
  3. "A Three Year Old Could Do That"
  4. "Juice Party"
  5. "Flea Circus"
  6. "Too Good to Be Food"
  7. "Willie Dong Hurts Dogs"
  8. "Papa Doesn't Love His Children Anymore"
  9. "Pay the Bubba"
  10. "Solid Action" (bonus track on 1990 UK CD version)
  11. "Dig It a Hole" (bonus track on 1990 UK CD version)

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