Here Comes Trouble

Scatterbrain | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Relativity
• ASIN: B000008KG6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,939 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #34 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Comedic Music > Comedy Rock

Track Listings

1. Here Comes Trouble

2. Earache My Eye

3. That's That

4. I'm with Stupid

5. Down with the Ship (Slight Return)

6. Mozart's Sonata #3

7. Mr. Johnson and the Juice Crew

8. Goodbye Freedom, Hello Mom

9. Outta Time

10. Don't Call Me Dude

11. Drunken Milkman

Editorial Reviews

This CD is an out of print collectible! It is the original 1990 In-Effect release. Catalog 88561-3012-2. There is a punch hole through the top right corner of the booklet.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a classic!, April 11, 2004

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steve (Jefferson, Ga USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Here Comes Trouble (Audio CD)

Scatterbrain was one of those bands that deserved more attention than they got. Especially with this, their debut, "here comes trouble", which also happens to be their best. There's plenty of excellent guitar work. 3 of the band members came from the punk/thrash band Ludichrist. (singer, 2 guitarists) Musically, the cd is happy sounding metal/thrash/funk with plenty of catchy guitar riffs. A few covers, including Earache My Eye by Cheech & Chong, Mozart's 3rd Sonata, and a Ludichrist cover called Down With The Ship, in which they play parts of many different songs. Sort of a "name that tune" type of thing. On that track, they play pieces of Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendricks, Yes, Doors, Metallica, Van Halen, Aerosmith and one or two others. Not too many people remember this band, but when this album first came out, I was an immediate fan since I was already a fan of Ludichrist. They played in Atlanta twice on this tour and they were great both times. This is a great cd for metal fans to listen to when they're in a good mood. Just an all-around happy, comedic cd.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The One Band that everyone Forgets!, May 19, 2004

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Roy Frazier (In the 82nd ABN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Here Comes Trouble (Audio CD)

I have to say that I am aging myself on this, but looking at all the reviews, I am glad that I ain't the only one that remebers this band. I remeber watching the OLD Headbangers' Ball" on MTV and seeing 'Don't call me Dude'. Judt the way that they did the song made me a believer. Then when I heard the album, I thought it was awesome. I must have worn out three of them in as many months. I highly recomend it!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I'm not going down..., August 27, 2003

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Patrick Stott (Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Here Comes Trouble (Audio CD)

Hands up if you remember Scatterbrain. OK, there are a few hands there. Hands up if you remember any Scatterbrain songs other than "Don't Call Me Dude". OK, very few.

Yep, poor old Scatterbrain, cursed by that hoary old affliction, the novelty single. "Don't Call Me Dude" is a tale of psychosis induced by the Californian predilection for calling people "dude". Basically, some dude (oops!) steals lead singer Tommy Christ's girlfriend, and every time he hears the word after that he flies into a homicidal rage. Still with me? Listen to the song and it all becomes clearer, Doo-wop intro and outro included.

"Don't Call Me Dude" received huge attention and was also well promoted on the back of a hilarious video. There was a bit more to Scatterbrian than just one song though.

Basically, the whole of 'Here Comes Trouble' is a novelty from start to finish. Scatterbrain was well named, because some of the ideas on the album are... well... random. "Earache My Eye", the comically camp Cheech and Chong number, receives Scatterbrain's odd treatment. "I'm With Stupid" is a song about growing a second head, which happens to be brain damaged. "Down With The Ship" is kind of an oddity, borrowing and sampling from other songs. Not just a few songs, a LOT! It's fun to play "spot the riff" while listening to the song. You'll hear Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, and quite a few others I can't identify. There's also a whirl through Mozart's "Sonata #3". So much for side one.

Side two is much the same - a tribute to Tommy Christ's willy, a poke at censorship, the infamous single, and finally a tragi-comic beatnik take on why milkmen shouldn't drive drunk.

So what's the music like? Imagine Faith No More on happy pills and you won't be far off the mark. Far from the heaviest thing you'll ever hear, Scatterbrain skirts a fine line between thrash and funk metal. The guitar pairing of Glen Cummings and Paul Nieder are highly versatile, bassist Guy Brogna could slap it with the best of them, and drummer Mike Boyko seemed to enjoy his double kick drums.

Unfortunately, Scatterbrain sank from view, not through lack of good ideas, but seemingly through poor timing. If 'Here Comes Trouble' had been released a couple of years earlier and they may not have been drowned in the plaid clad grunge tide.