The Wipeouters

Artist: The Wipeouters

Album: P' Twaaang!!!

First Released: 2001 (Show All)

Tracks: 13

Label: US: Casual Tonalities

Track listing

1. P'Twaang! (2:46)
2. Dangerdog (3:40)
3. Surf's Up On Goon Island (3:38)
4. Twist 'n' Launch (3:28)
5. Bikini Beach (3:17)
6. Ravin' Surf (7:07)
7. Rocket Power Theme (0:46)
8. Wedgie Wipeout (3:29)
9. Wounded Surfer (4:57)
10. Luna Goona Park (3:50)
11. Nubbie Boardsmen (3:54)
12. Rocket-ful Of Power (3:06)
13. Shut Up, Little Man! (2:42)   Performers [Uncredited] – Peter and Raymond

Personnel

• Mark Mothersbaugh - keyboards, organ
• Bob Mothersbaugh - guitar
• Bob Casale - guitar
• Josh Mancell - drums

Additional Personnel

Featuring – David Eccles, Gerald V. Casale, Jim Mothersbaugh, Stacey Justis, Ursula Mothersbaugh, Van Coppock

With - Robert Casale, Sr. - bass guitar

And - Peter J. Haskett and Raymond Huffman (uncredited archival audio recording)

Technical Personnel

Engineer – Robert Casale

Executive-Producer – Gabor Csupo

Artwork – Gabor Csupo

Photography By – Bela Kerek, Gabor Csupo, Timothy Georgarakis

Written-By – Mark Mothersbaugh (tracks: 2 to 4, 7 to 12), Bob Mothersbaugh (tracks: 1, 6, 13), Gerald V. Casale (track: 10), Josh Mancell (track: 5)

Trivia

• Chuck Statler directed the one Wipeouters video.

• Mark did not approve the cover art of the Cleopatra records reissue, he said the Wipeouters band stands on its own and is not a Devo release.

• Mark's music production company did music for many Gabor Csupo and Arlene Klasky productions for Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

• The Wipeouters album, recorded at Mutato Muzika, grew from Mutato completing the "Rocket Power Theme Song" for the Nickelodeon TV show "Rocket Power".

• "The Wipeouters" are Mutato Muzika employees. Additional personnel on some tracks are Mothersbaugh and Casale family members.

Notes and References

  We just had little bands. Bob Casale was in a band called The Wipeouters; [Bob] Mothersbaugh had a band called The Jitters; Gerry Casale was in a band called 15-60-75. I had a band called Flossy Bobbitt, which was a prog-rock, experimental music band. We all played in bands. I was actually in a band with Chrissie Hynde. Her first band that she was ever in was called Sat. Sun. Mat. It stood for Saturday, Sunday Matinee. And we played one time [laughs] – we played one gig and the band broke up. So we learned our instruments playing in bands.

  There was no scene; not a good scene. All those bands that I was telling you about didn’t play original music. You couldn’t get hired playing original music – you had to play top 40 and cover tunes.

- Mark (2011)
  Ayisha Khan. “Mark Mothersbaugh - DEVO: Punk/New Wave/Cult?” Distorted magazine, (2011)

  In 2001, you and your brother along with Mark Mothersbaugh reunited under the name the Wipeouters for a one-off surf release, 'P Twaaang.' If I had a signed copy of this recording and put it up on Ebay, would I at least be able to make a mortgage payment if it sold?!

  "Actually I was not invited to be part of that project. I wrote and sang lyrics for a number of the instrumentals on that CD under the misconception that they were to be songs for a children's TV show. I only found out about the CD after it was released.
  My favorite lyrics I wrote were for a psychedelic surf song I called "Hang Ten" using all Aussie agro surfer slang. Mark never used any of them except the lyrics for "Luna Goona Park" which I wrote and sang to honor my Labrador Retriever, Luna, who was murdered by a pyscho when she was 13 years old."

- Jerry (2006)
  Anne Carlini. “Gerald V. Casale ('Jihad Jerry' / DEVO) 'The De-evolution Is Back On!',” [Russell Trunk’s] Exclusive Magazine, (2006)

Press:

∘ https://chaoscontrol.com/devo-the-wipeouters/

∘ https://www.mixonline.com/recording/mark-mothersbaugh-365255

∘ https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=107199&page=1

∘ https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/devo-members-reunite-as-surf-band-80428/

∘ https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/18/arts/the-pop-life-make-a-myth-whip-it-good.html

∘ https://nypost.com/2001/04/28/are-we-not-men-we-are-wipeouters/

∘ Blair Jackson. “Mark Mothersbaugh: Surfin’ Nerd (And Other Tall Tales)”, Recording Notes, Mix, (2001, August) [ PDF, p186 of 250]

∘ https://web.archive.org/web/20170501090333/https://dangerousminds.net/tag/mutato-muzika

∘ https://www.reddit.com/r/devo/comments/1df27wo/recently_got_to_interview_josh_mancell_who_used/

Reviews:

∘ https://releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orthewipeoutersp.htm

∘ https://revrock.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Wipeouters?m=0 (https://archive.is/PLVIx)

∘ Trouser Press: https://archive.is/ecGwR

∘ http://www.16bit.com/cd-wipeouters-ptwang.asp

∘ https://kittysneezes.com/forgotten-records-the-wipeouters-ptwaaang-720/

∘ https://www.scaruffi.com/vol4/devo.html#wip

Wipeouters: P Twaang: Top 10 Albums of the Year, CMJ - Pat O’ Connor [Boogie Records] (2001)

∘ https://www.instagram.com/ro_stitches/reel/C4szMr8rOkE/?locale=zh_CN

∘ https://www.whosampled.com/The-Wipeouters/

Links

External links:

The Wipeouters ‎– P' Twaaang!!! (master release) -- Discogs

P'Twaaang!!! (release group) -- MusicBrainz

P'Twaaang! (album overview) -- AllMusic

The Wipeouters -- Deezer

The Wipeouters - P' Twaaang (CD) members of DEVO Out Of Print -- Cleopatra Records

Official "Rocket Power" TV show website

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