Bloodhound Gang
The Bloodhound Gang are a post-grunge rock and roll band, originally from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, a suburb of . The group formed in 1994 (see 1994 in music) and currently consists of Jimmy Pop Ali (born James Franks), Q-Ball, Evil Jared Hasselhoff, Lüpüs Thünder, and Spanky G. Known for humorous and often blatantly offensive and obscene, making jokes about taboo subjects from race to child abductions and incest in bizarre, stream-of-consciousness hip hop influenced lyrics, as in the group's best known hit, "Fire Water Burn" with its memorable chorus of "The roof/The roof/The roof is on fire/We don't need no water/Let the motherfucker burn/Burn motherfucker burn", which then launches into a series of verses making fun of a character who is white but has adopted many elements of black culture.The band formed in 1994 and released the Dingleberry Haze EP, then signed to Columbia Records for the full length debut, Use Your Fingers. The album was a flop and the group lost their record contract but then signed to Geffen and released 1996's One Fierce Beer Coaster. "Fire Water Burn" became a major hit and enabled the band to record a successful follow-up, Hooray for Boobies in 2000. Hooray for Boobies included the hit single "Bad Touch" which featured the chorus "You and me baby aint nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel". The album also featured a song about porn star Chasey Lain.
The Bloodhound Gang was a popular segment from the PBS television program 3-2-1 Contact about a three young people who solved crimes.
The Bloodhound Gang consisted of "Vikki Allen" (played by Nan-Lyn Nelson), "Ricardo" (Marcelino Sánchez), and "Skip" (Seth Greenspan). The Bloodhound Gang segments were short, and each adventure lasted multiple episodes. In line with 3-2-1 Contact's focus on educational content, the gang often used their knowledge of science to solve crimes.
The segment began with theme song sung by Damaris Carbaugh:
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"Whenever there's trouble,
we're there on the double...
we're the Bloodhound Gang.
If you've got the crime,
we've got the time...
we're the Bloodhound Gang."
