Hulk Rules

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Hulk Rules / American Made
Studio album by Hulk Hogan & The Wrestling Boot Band

Publication
(s)

1994

Label (s) Select Records / Intercord

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Rock , pop

Title (number)

10

running time

29:34

occupation The Wrestling Bootband:
bass , vocals :
Hulk Hogan
vocals, percussion :
Linda Bollea
vocals, percussion:
Jimmy Hart
guitar , bass, keyboards, vocals, drums:
JJ Maguire

Studio (s)

Morrisound Recording Studios ( Tampa , Florida )

Hulk Rules or American Made is the first and so far only music album by the wrestler Hulk Hogan .

History of origin

As part of his commitment to the Make-A-Wish Foundation , Hulk Hogan met a boy who was suffering from cancer in England in 1992. The boy was supposed to be sitting near the ring at the evening show at Wembley Stadium . But when the seat was empty, Hogan asked what had happened. The officials informed him that the child had died before the match started. They sat down with Jimmy Hart , who used to be with The Gentrys, and wrote the song Hulk-A-Maniacs in Heaven . In total there were about ten to eleven songs.

The recordings were then made in the Morrisound Recording Studios in Tampa , Florida . Besides Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Hart and JJ Maguire were involved in the recordings. Hogan's wife Linda Bollea took part in the backing vocals and also had some solo passages. The recordings were initially made with a drum computer . Hulk Hogan himself sang and played the bass in a few places. Jimmy Hart and JJ Maguire, who is also responsible for the other instruments, also sang alongside him.

The album was released for the US market by hip-hop label Select Records in 1995 under the title Hulk Rules . The European version was named American Made and was released in 1994. In the European version, some songs were renamed and put in a different order. The album also had a different cover.

According to Hulk Hogan, all proceeds from the album went to the family of the boy for whom he wrote the song Hulk-A-Maniacs in Heaven , as his family could not pay the hospital bills.

Cover

Both versions have a picture of Hulk Hogan on the front. In the US version, he stands on the US flag and looks up threateningly. The European version shows him smiling with a Hulk-Hogan bass.

Track list

Hulk Rules American Made
  1. Hulkster's in the House - 2:29
  2. American Made - 3:37
  3. Hulkster's Back - 2:19
  4. Wrestling Boot Traveling Band - 2:56
  5. Bad to the Bone - 2:40
  6. I Want to Be a Hulkamaniac - 2:56
  7. Beach Patrol - 2:12
  8. Hulk's the One - 2:58
  9. Hulkster in Heaven - 4:40
  10. Hulk Rules - 2:34
  1. I Want to Be a Hulk-A-Maniac - 2:56
  2. American Made - 3:37
  3. Wrestling Boot Band - 2:56
  4. Hulk-A-Maniacs in Heaven - 4:40
  5. Hulkster's in the House - 2:29
  6. Beach Patrol - 2:12
  7. Hulksters Back - 2:19
  8. Hulk's the One - 2:58
  9. Hulk Rules - 2:34
  10. Bad to the Bone - 2:40

Song info

American Made would later be used by Hogan as enema music for his WCW days. It was also re-released on the 1999 WCW Mayhem: The Music compilation .

In 1993 the single Leader of the Gang (a cover version by Gary Glitter ) was released, which Hulk Hogan had recorded with Green Jellÿ . Hulkster in Heaven or Hulk-A-Maniacs in Heaven is included as a bonus track under the name Hulkomaniac .

Music style and lyrics

The album makes use of some modern currents in music. It contains numerous elements from hip-hop , for example Hogan's chant and parts of the underlying beats, funk , rock , gospel and pop , without the album as a whole being able to be assigned to a specific genre. Most of the lyrics on the album are very self-centered and based on the catchphrases that Hogan used in his wrestling appearances, such as "You gotta train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins too" in the song I Want to Be a Hulkamaniac .

reception

Hulk Rules was basically not called a good album. Much more, it draws a certain entertainment value from the fact that the album can hardly be taken seriously. The album is aimed more at a young audience and tries to capitalize on the popularity of Hulk Hogan. The anti-drug statements and the instructions that Hogan tries to give the children are too bold. Nevertheless, the album made it to # 12 on the "Top Kid Audio" Billboard charts in 1995 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Hulk Hogan with Michael Jan Friedman: Hollywood Hulk Hogan . Pocket Books / World Wrestling Entertainment , New York 2002, pp. 255-256 .
  2. ^ Hulk Rules. Discogs , accessed January 13, 2011 .
  3. ↑ American Made. Discogs , accessed January 13, 2011 .
  4. ^ Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Trash Can Band with Green Jellÿ : Leader of the Gang , Maxi-CD, Arista Records / BMG , 1993
  5. ↑ a b Review. Sputnik Music, accessed January 13, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Hulk Rules at Allmusic (English). Retrieved January 13, 2011.