Cereal Killer Soundtrack is the debut studio album by American comedy rock band Green Jellÿ. It was originally released on March 16, 1993, through Zoo Entertainment. The album is the soundtrack to the band's video album Cereal Killer (1992) and contains the song "Three Little Pigs", which became their most successful single. It is their last album released under the name Green Jellö, as subsequent legal action over the Jell-O trademark led to the band being rebranded as Green Jellÿ, resulting in later pressings of the album being reprinted with the new band name.
Music and lyrics The lyrics to the song "Obey the Cowgod" make a reference to Beefcake the Mighty, bass player for the band Gwar, who taught Green Jellÿ how to make their latex costumes.
Release Along with the popular "Three Little Pigs", the tracks "Electric Harley House (of Love)" and "Anarchy in the U.K." (a parody cover of the song by the Sex Pistols) were also released as singles from Cereal Killer Soundtrack throughout 1993.
Legal issues and re-release Cereal Killer Soundtrack was initially released under the band name of Green Jellö. However, as their fame grew with the release of "Three Little Pigs", Kraft Foods Inc., owner of the Jell-O trademark, claimed that Green Jellÿ were in violation of the trademark, forcing a change of the band's name. As a result, an updated version of Cereal Killer Soundtrack was released bearing the Green Jellÿ name (also changing the name of the last track from "Green Jellö Theme Song" to "Green Jellÿ Theme Song") later in the same year.
In 1993, Green Jellÿ was sued by the management of Metallica for partial use of their song "Enter Sandman" in the song "Electric Harley House (of Love)". The bass and rhythm guitars in the solo section of the song play a riff close to that of "Enter Sandman", and even though the band mentions it in lyric immediately after the riff, the band was forced to remove the part from the later CD versions of Cereal Killer and pull the music video from MTV.
Track listing
Personnel Bill Manspeaker (as Moronic Dicktator & Marshall Staxx) – vocals Joe Cannizzaro (as Dunderhed) – vocals Gary Helsinger (as Hotsy Menshot) – vocals Greg Reynard (as Reason Clean) – vocals Steven Shenar (as Sven Seven) – guitars Michael Bloomquist (as Rootin') – bass Joe Russo (as Mother Eucker) – bass Danny Carey (as Danny Longlegs) – drums Maynard James Keenan – guest voice of Three Little Pigs Kymmee O'Donnell (as Sadistica) – art direction, art producer, vocals on "House Me Teenage Rave" Caroline Jester (as Jella Tin) – vocals on "House Me Teenage Rave" C.J. Buscaglia – guitars, producer Lee Hammond – creative director Sylvia Massy – producer, engineer, mixing
Charts Chart (1993) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) 77 USA The Billboard 200 23
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References
External links Green Jelly Cereal Killer Soundtrack