Originally released on the independent label Republic,
the Bloodhound Gang's second album,
One Fierce Beer Coaster, was picked up by DGC about two months after its release, allegedly because it had great word of mouth. And listening to the single "Fire Water Burn," it's possible to hear why -- the group's smarmy, smirky alternative funk metal, complete with junk culture references and "ironic" musical allusions, fits into the cycle that dominated modern rock during the mid-'90s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine