{{Use American English|date=December 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Short description|American punk band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Butt Trumpet | image = | alias = | origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | genre = Punk rock | years_active = 1991–1994 | label = Chrysalis, Hell Yeah Records, Signal Sound Records | website = {{URL|buttwrenching.com}} | current_members = | past_members = Thom Bone<br />Bianca Butthole<br />Floor-Tom Morgan<br />Ian Outt<br />Zebra Feedback<br />Sharon Needles<br />Jerry Geronimo<br />Johnny Hostage<br />Christian Satan<br />Jenny Crabb<br />Janna Pirahna<br />Toni Tuna<br />Joan Jahs<br />Marcus Erectus<br />Fortune Nookie<br />Slade Bellum<br />Klark Kunt<br />Casey Anus<br />Skinnee Asscrack<br />Kerri Diseases<br />Blare N. Bitch<br />Athena Lee<br /> }}

'''Butt Trumpet''' was an American, Los Angeles based punk band, that was known more for its crass lyrics and deliberately offensive style, rather than its music. The group featured two bassists among its members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=butt_trumpet&tr=y |title=Butt Trumpet |publisher=TrouserPress.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref>

In 1994, their Chrysalis Records debut, ''Primitive Enema'', was nearly banned from sale in a Massachusetts town after a mother heard her 12-year-old daughter playing it; she referred to the record as "audio porn."<ref>{{cite web|author=John Bush |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/butt-trumpet-mn0000626426 |title=Butt Trumpet &#124; Biography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref> The group broke up soon after ''Primitive Enema'' was released, but three of the members regrouped in 1998 as Betty Blowtorch.<ref>{{cite web|author=Katherine Turman |url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2001-08-09/music/sleaze-queens/ |title=Sleaze Queens |publisher=Phoenix New Times |date=2001-08-09 |accessdate=2014-05-14}}</ref>

== Discography == *(1992): ''Butt Trumpet Jr.'' 5-song EP (Self-released, cassette only) *(1992): "DICKtatorship" 7-inch (Hell Yeah Records) *(1993): "The Grindcore Song" 7-inch (Signal Sound Records) *(1993): "I Left My Flannel In Seattle" b/w "Pink Gun" 7-inch (Hell Yeah Records) *(1994): ''Primitive Enema'' Album (Chrysalis Records) *(1994): "Primitive Enema" b/w "Yesterday II, The Sequel 7-inch (Chrysalis Records) *(1996): ''Quadruple Headache'' compilation (Last Resort Records) *(1996): ''Board Stiff'' Album (INTERNET ONLY release) *(1997): ''Show & Tell: A Stormy Remembrance of TV Theme Songs'' compilation (Gammon Records) *(2000): ''Wrestling Slams and Jams'' compilation (EMI Records) *(2005): ''Butt Trumpet/Dive Bar Junkies Split EP'' 10-inch (Felony Records) *(2006): ''Butt Trumpet/Potbelly split 7-inch'' (PB Records) *(2009): ''Censurado Trompeto Anal'' 8-song EP (Rumble Records) Spain *(2010): ''Punk Rock Repo'' compilation Germany *(2011): ''Cheap Ass Music Volume One'' compilation (Cheap Ass Records) *(2013): ''Butt Trumpet/Youth Gone Mad'' Split LP

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== External links == * [http://www.buttwrenching.com/ Official homepage] * [http://thecelebritycafe.com/2000/11/butt-trumpet/ Interview with a band member]

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Category:1991 establishments in California Category:Musical groups established in 1991 Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles Category:Punk rock groups from California

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