White Trash "White Trash (USA, Elektra Records, 9 61053-2)"

White Trash is a funk/hard rock/soul band from Queens, New York, billed as "Four college dropouts with an attitude ... and a horn section". They separate themselves from other bands in their genre with their horn section, called the Badass Brass, which gives them a very funky musical sound. They enjoyed some success in the early 90s before disbanding. They later reformed and released several more albums and toured the U.S. White Trash was heavily influenced by Mötley Crüe and The Blues Brothers.

Friends Dave Alvin (vocals) and brothers Ethan (guitar) and Aaron Collins (bass) formed the band in 1985 and first played together at Aaron's bar mitzvah, performing covers of Judas Priest's "Breaking The Law" and "Living After Midnight". They used several different drummers until three years later, when Aaron's high school buddy Mike Caldarella joined. In 1990 they were discovered and subsequently signed to EMI Music Publishing. They signed to Elektra Records in 1991 and released their self-titled debut album that same year, which was produced by George Drakoulias and engineered by Brendan O'Brien.

The album was fairly successful, featuring cover artwork by Jack Davis of MAD Magazine and fueled by the video for "Apple Pie", which was in heavy rotation on MTV's Buzz Bin. The song reached No. 39 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, while the album charted at No. 122 on the Billboard 200. Despite this, they decided to split up because the Collins brothers and Caldarella were not happy with the musical direction the band was headed. While the band was on hiatus, the other single from their album, "The Crawl", was used as the theme song for MTV's The Jon Stewart Show in 1993.

Tracklist:

1. Apple Pie
2. Judge-Me-Do
3. Take My Soul
4. Po' White Trash
5. Backstage Pass
6. Lil' Nancy
7. Buzz!
8. The Crawl
9. Baby
10. S.D.A.S.E.
11. Party Line
12. Good God
13. Prayer B4 Pizza

This edition was pressed at Specialty Records Corporation.

Recording information:

Recorded At – Rumbo Recorders

Recorded At – Hollywood Sound Recorders

Recorded At – RPM Studios

Mixed At – Electric Lady Studios

Mixed At – Bearsville Studios