Here Comes Trouble (Scatterbrain album) explained

Here Comes Trouble is the first album by funk metal band Scatterbrain, released in 1990.

The album spent 16 weeks on Billboard's album charts, peaking at #138.^[2]

It contains a cover version of Cheech and Chong's "Earache My Eye". The single "Don't Call Me Dude" makes reference to vaudeville routine "Slowly I Turned", and the intro is a parody of Dion's "Runaround Sue".

The follow-up single "Down With the Ship (Slight Return)" features snippets from a number of classic rock and heavy metal songs, as detailed below.^[3]

Critical reception

The album's initial reception was generally positive, with reviews noting the quality of the band's vocals and humorous approach to heavy metal.^[4] The album proved memorable enough for some music writers that it enjoyed continuing retrospective coverage into the 2000s. Later reviews reflect on the album's quirky and sometimes scattered themes, as well as the quality musicianship.^[5] Others believe the album demonstrates that the band should hold a more important place in the history of the genre, in spite of the fact that later offerings failed to reach the level of success enjoyed by Here Comes Trouble.^[6]

Track listing

1. "Here Comes Trouble" — 3:54
2. "Earache My Eye" — 2:47
3. "That's That" — 3:57
4. "I'm With Stupid" — 5:05
5. "Down With the Ship (Slight Return)" — 2:29
6. "Sonata #3" — 1:54
7. "Mr. Johnson And The Juice Crew" — 1:55
8. "Goodbye Freedom, Hello Mom" — 4:49
9. "Outta Time" — 3:36
10. "Don't Call Me Dude" — 5:14
11. "Drunken Milkman" — 1:19

Personnel

• Tommy Christ – lead vocals
• Glen Cummings – guitars, backing vocals
• Paul Nieder – guitars, backing vocals
• Guy Brogna – bass, backing vocals
• Mike Boyko – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• John Connelly – lead vocals on 8 tracks
• Tom Soares – backing vocals

Song Snippets in "Down With The Ship"

• Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
• Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
• Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
• Seek And Destroy - Metallica
• La Grange (drum fill) - ZZ Top
• Lonely Is the Night - Billy Squier
• The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
• Walk This Way - Aerosmith
• Heartbreaker- Led Zeppelin
• In the Air Tonight (drum fill) - Phil Collins
• Roundabout - Yes
• Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
• Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love - Van Halen
• Where Eagles Dare (drum intro) - Iron Maiden
• The Star-Spangled Banner
• The Woody Woodpecker Song

Charts

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Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	54
US Billboard 200[8]	138

External links

• Here Comes Trouble at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: 10 funk metal bands that time forgot . https://web.archive.org/web/20210629165820/https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-funk-metal-bands-that-time-forgot . Everley . Dave . . . June 29, 2021 . June 29, 2021 . September 23, 2021.
2. Scatterbrain Here Comes Trouble Chart History . https://web.archive.org/web/20200128192647/https://www.billboard.com/music/scatterbrain/chart-history/TLP/song/309367 . dead . January 28, 2020 . Billboard . January 28, 2020.
3. Web site: Scatterbrain's Down With the Ship (Slight Return). Who Sampled.com. July 17, 2015.
4. Book: Considine . J.D. . Musician . 1990 . Amordian Press . 108 . January 28, 2020.
5. Web site: Fuego . Vim . Scatterbrain- Here Comes Trouble . Metal Archives . January 28, 2020 . August 6, 2004.
6. Web site: Phillips . Fred . Forgotten series: Scatterbrain - Here Comes Trouble (1990) . Something Else Reviews . 9 July 2013 . January 28, 2020.
7. 244.
8. Billboard 200: Week of July 28, 1990. Billboard. September 14, 2022.