Something Good Is Going to Happen

Baboon (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Orchard
• ASIN: B00007FOGL
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #725,647 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Baboon Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX

Noisy punka-a-rocka, in the vein of At The Drive In, and Fugazi.

Baboon was born in Denton, Texas in 1991. At that time Baboon was Andrew Huffstetler (vocals and trombone), Mike Rudnicki (guitar), Bart Rogers (bass) and Will Johnson (drums). Will used to be in Funland(link) and now fronts centro-matic(link). Baboon was one of the original members of Benton’s "Fraternity of Noise" which included Brutal Juice, the Toadies and Caulk.

"It’s feel good music for those of us who probably shouldn’t be allowed to walk the streets." Hits Steve Barnett (drums and room evacuator) joined baboon after Will’s departure in 93. Shortly after that, Baboon released their first single, "Save Me," on Dallas’ Direct Hit. Also in 93, Baboon released the "Tool" seven inch on San Diego’s Silver Girl Records(link). In early ‘94, baboon began recording their first full length. Brutal juice’s Sam McCall engineered the cd which wound up being released on New York’s Grass Records. Grass also released cds from Slowpoke and the Toadies.

Baboon began their first attempts at nationwide touring heading first to the west coast where they played with Unwound and recorded with K Record’s(link) founder and Beat Happening’s(link) Calvin Johnson. Baboon followed that up with a West Coast tour and a 1994 CMJ Showcase performance in NYC.

Bart left Baboon in late ‘94. He was replaced for a short time by Bryan Schmitz. Bryan recorded on the band’s next album Secret Robot Control. Mark Hughes then joined and remains Baboon’s current bassist. In ‘95 Baboon spent time on a tour with Brutal Juice and The Toadies. In ‘96, Baboon made a guest appearance on Walker, Texas Ranger. To capitalize on the national exposure of Walker, Grass released The Numb Ep from Baboon.

It would still be another year before the full length, Secret robot Control would be released. In the meantime, Baboon embarked on an east coast tour with rubberullet. Secret Robot Control was finally released in April of ‘97. In support of S.R.C. Baboon played the ROAR tour along with Iggy Pop, Reverend Horton Heat and Bloodhound Gang. Baboon also joined friends, the Toadies for a month long tour.

After the release of S.R.C., Grass Records became Wind-Up, which led to a new staff and a new direction. Wind-up scored a hit with the release of Creed’s "My Own Prison." They label was hungry for more generic hits. Baboon soon parted ways with Wind-Up. We sing and play Baboon’s most current work was released in 1999. Having had enough of labels, Baboon recorded and released the record themselves. The amazing John Congelton of pAperchAse (link thepaperchaseband.com - I think) engineered and co-produced We sing and Play.

Baboon's most recent release is a live cd , A Bum Note and A Bead Of Sweat, a studio record will follow in 2001.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something Good already happened to me!!!!, February 9, 2005

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grrlbassist "grrlbassist" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Something Good Is Going to Happen (Audio CD)

Baboon is one of the reasons I ever picked up a guitar and started playing music myself...so for that thank you, guys. And I just want to add a note about the review submitted by "cynthiablalock". I just didn't realize that reviewing this Baboon record had ANYTHING at all to do with Steve's personal opinions, albeit your description of him is completely unfounded...that is unless you actually know the guy...which I am convinced from what you wrote about him that you do not. My point is just that if you don't like the record-fine. There are a multitude of folks who do...but this is certainly not the medium to use for bashing him on your "perception" of who he is as a person. You seem very, very confused.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In the interest of balance..., December 16, 2004

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Michael J. Rudnicki "mjr" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Something Good Is Going to Happen (Audio CD)

Please disregard Ms. Blalock's vengeful diatribe as I seriously doubt she's even heard this record. I also doubt she's seen us live, because "mediocre" isn't an oft-levied criticism. Maybe "it sucked" or "it was awesome," but nothing so lukewarm as "mediocre." We're all very proud of this record and it has received generally glowing reviews by those who've heard it (whose numbers, unfortunately, haven't been legion). While I don't agree with some of Steve's politics, he's definitely not hateful, pseudo-intellectual, or misogynistic. I'm not sure what relevance Steve's Amazon reviews have to the sound of "Something Good is Going to Happen to You" but, believe it or not, there are varying political perspectives within our group. This is America, baby! Being the son of a '70s Judy-Chicago-print-owning NOW and ERA member, I implore Ms. Blalock to save her cliched, politically correct demonizing for "Anti-Patriarchy 101." I'm sure she'll get an "A" in it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well Alright, June 24, 2005

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Nathaniel C. Moffat "Nat" (Bethesda, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Something Good Is Going to Happen (Audio CD)

If you had a dime for every time some fool said a band "sounds like Green Day," you'd be so rich you could hire Green Day to play at a party -- just for you and your dumb friends. And pay them with 55-gallon drums full of dimes.

Some recordings, however, really do sound like Green Day, including this one, at least partly. My listening notes indicate "70% Green Day circa Dookie, 30% New Day Rising [by Husker Du]"

That's not a bad thing in my book, but it is a notable departure for a hard-touring North Texas outfit typecast as a "noise" band (Drummer Steven Barnett has been known to terrorize band members and dumbfounded audiences alike with an instrument of his devisal called the Room Evacuator).

This disc will not cause an evacuation of any sort, and it will not make your ears bleed at sane volume levels, but its aggressive, infectiously anthemic pop-punk may have you jumping around on the furniture like you've got no sense. Oh, and a couple of the songs will stick in your head (Alright is the worst offender, but Leave Me Be and Secret Room get hooks into gray matter, too). About that let there be no doubt. You can't get them out - they are a resistant strain of earworm.

The recording is intentionally noisy, processed, and altogether brilliant, using distortion to great musical effect. There is persistent recorded-in-a-stairwell reverb (reminiscent of Radio Free Europe by R.E.M.) that combines with oversaturated shouting to make the "singing" into an instrument itself - think Richard Butler of Psychedelic Furs singing in a hurricane.

Speaking of instruments, there is outlandish stuff down in the mix - xylophones, bells, tambourines (not sure about that one), and who knows what all. You can take the band out of the noise, but you can't take the noise out of the band.

This record should have been a breakout for Baboon, but one must defer to Mencken on that score. If you are a good and decent person, correct this injustice at once. Buy this disc. Well alright. That is all.