Discography

This list attempts to pull together the most complete discography of the Dead Milkmen’s releases. Arranged cronologically, both promotional and commercial releases are included. If you find something we missed, let us know. You can click on the images for a larger view of each cover.

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Funky Farm

FUNKY FARM
Self released cassette (Jerrock, 1983)

  1. Beach Song
  2. Labor Day
  3. Don’t Abort That Baby
  4. I’m Going To Purgatory
  5. Watching Scotty Die
  6. I Don’t Wanna
  7. Taking Retards To The Zoo
  8. Dance With Me
  9. Girl Hunt
  10. Stupid Mary Anne
  11. Fillet Of Sole
  12. Depression Day Dinner
  13. Rastabilly

Death Rides A Pale Cow Cassette

DEATH RIDES A PALE COW
Self released cassette (Jerrock, 1984)

  1. Labor Day
  2. I Don’t Wanna, I Don’t Wanna
  3. Veterans Of A Fucked Up World
  4. Bitchin’ Camaro
  5. Plumb Dumb
  6. Laundromat Song
  7. Land Of The Shakers
  8. Dance With Me
  9. Rastabilly
  10. I Hate Myself
  11. Ich Bin Ein Junkie, Was?
  12. Beach Party Vietnam
  13. Milkmen Stomp

THE DEAD MILKMEN TAKE THE AIRWAVES
Self released cassette (Jerrock, 1984)

  1. Beach Song
  2. Dance With Me
  3. Labor Day
  4. Bitchin’ Camaro
  5. Plum Dumb
  6. Swordfish
  7. VCW (Veterans of a Censored World)
  8. Spit Sink
  9. Laundromat Song
  10. Fillet Of Sole
  11. I Hate Myself
  12. I’m A Junkie, So What?
  13. Right Wing Pigeons
  14. Radio Blast
  15. Dean’s Dream
  16. Rastabilly
  17. Takin’ Retards To The Zoo
  18. Violent School
  19. Bonus Trax! – assorted snipets include:
    an endless jam on the Surfin’ Cow riff, parts of the first DM show at the Harleysville Youth Center, comments from the band before leaving for that show, more radio blast/tuning, etc.

Somebody Shot Sunshine Cassette

SOMEONE SHOT SUNSHINE
Self released cassette (Jerrock, 1984)

  1. Serrated Edge
  2. Swordfish
  3. Dean’s Dream
  4. Takin’ Retards To The Zoo
  5. Surfin’ Cow
  6. Gorrilla Girl
  7. Nutrition
  8. Spit Sink
  9. Whities Gonna Pay
  10. Christmas Party
  11. Go Tell It On The Mountain

Big Lizard In My Back Yard

BIG LIZARD IN MY BACKYARD
Album (Restless, 1985) (click here to order from Amazon)

  1. Tiny Town
  2. Beach Song
  3. Plum Dumb
  4. Swordfish
  5. V.F.W.
  6. Rastabilly
  7. Serrated Edge
  8. Lucky
  9. Big Lizard
  10. Gorilla Girl
  11. Bitchin’ Camaro
  12. Filet of Sole
  13. Spit Sink
  14. Violent School
  15. Takin’ Retards to the Zoo
  16. Junkie
  17. Right Wing Pigeons
  18. Dean’s Dream
  19. Laundromat Song
  20. Nutrition
  21. Tugena

RESTLESS VARIATIONS
Compilation (Restless, 1985)

  1. Bitchin’ Camaro

Eat Your Paisley

EAT YOUR PAISLEY
Album (Restless, 1986) (click here to order from Amazon)

  1. Where the Tarantula Lives
  2. Air Crash Museum
  3. KKSuck2
  4. Fifty Things
  5. Happy Is
  6. Beach Party Vietnam
  7. I Hear Your Name
  8. Two Feet Off the Ground
  9. The Thing that Only Eats Hippies
  10. Six Days
  11. Swampland of Desire
  12. Take Me Apart
  13. Earwig
  14. Moron
  15. The Fez
  16. Vince Lombardi Service Center (CD bonus track)

New Music Seminar 1986 Cassette

NEW MUSIC SEMINAR 1986
Promotional only cassette (Enigma, 1986)

  1. The Thing That Only Eats Hippies


The Thing That Only Eats Hippies

THE THING THAT ONLY EATS HIPPIES
Australian only single (Liberation, 1987)

  1. The Thing That Only Eats Hippies
  2. Beach Party Vietnam


The Enigma Variations 2

THE ENIGMA VARIATIONS 2
Compilation (Enigma, 1987)

  1. The Thing That Only Eats Hippies
  2. Stupid Maryann


Bucky Fellini

BUCKY FELLINI
Album (Enigma, 1987) (click here to order from Amazon)

  1. The Pit
  2. Take Me to the Specialist
  3. I am the Walrus
  4. Watching Scotty Die
  5. Going to Graceland
  6. Big Time Operator
  7. Instant Club Hit (You’ll Dance to Anything)
  8. The Badger Song
  9. Tacoland
  10. City of Mud
  11. Rocketship
  12. Nitro Burning Funny Cars
  13. Surfin’ Cow
  14. (Theme from) Blood Orgy of the Atomic Fern
  15. Jellyfish Heaven

Instant Club Hit

INSTANT CLUB HIT
EP (Restless, 1987)

  1. Instant Club Hit (You’ll Dance to Anything) (Hung Like a Horse Mix)
  2. Instant Club Hit (You’ll Dance to Anything) (Radio Edit)
  3. Boner Beats
  4. Ask Me to Dance
  5. Tugena
  6. Vince Lombardi Service Center

Hits Enigma Style Cassette

HITS ENIGMA STYLE
Canadian only promotional cassette (Enigma Canada, 1987)

  1. Instant Club Hit (You’ll Dance to Anything)


Beelzebubba

BEELZEBUBBA
Album (Enigma, 1988) (click here to order from Amazon)

  1. Brat in the Frat
  2. RC’s Mom
  3. Stuart
  4. I Walk the Thinnest Line
  5. Sri Lanka Sex Hotel
  6. Bad Party
  7. Punk Rock Girl
  8. Bleach Boys
  9. My Many Smells
  10. Smokin’ Banana Peels
  11. The Guitar Song
  12. Born to Love Volcanos
  13. Everybody’s Got Nice Stuff But Me
  14. I Against Osbourne
  15. Howard Beware…
  16. Ringo Buys a Rifle
  17. Life is Shit

Punk Rock Girl

PUNK ROCK GIRL
7 inch single (Enigma, 1988,1989)

  1. Punk Rock Girl
  2. Dizzy In The Daylight

US Cassingle had: Punk Rock Girl, Ringo Buys A Rifle, and Dizzy In The Daylight. English 12 inch single had Punk Rock Girl b/w Ringo Buys A Rifle and Life is Shit.

SMOKIN’ BANANA PEELS
Promotional only vinyl 12 inch single (Fever Records, 1989)

  1. Smokin’ Banana Peels (Radio Edit – Both sides)

Smokin' Banana Peels

SMOKIN’ BANANA PEELS
EP (Enigma, 1988,1989)

  1. Smokin’ Banana Peels (Bill Cullen Trail Mix)
  2. Smokin’ Banana Peels (It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Dead Milkmen Sing Mix)
  3. Smokin’ Banana Peels (Album Mix)
  4. Smokin’ Banana Peels (Bill Cullen Trail Mix 7-inch Edit)
  5. Smokin’ Banana Peels (Mr. T for Two Mix)
  6. Depression Day Dinner
  7. The Puking Song
  8. I Hate Myself
  9. Girl Hunt
  10. Death’s Alright with Me

Metaphysical Graffiti

METAPHYSICAL GRAFFITI
Album (Enigma, 1990) (click here to order from Amazon)

  1. Beige Sunshine
  2. Do the Brown Nose
  3. Methodist Coloring Book
  4. Part 3
  5. I Tripped Over the Ottoman
  6. The Big Sleazy
  7. If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire
  8. Dollar Signs in Her Eyes
  9. In Praise of Sha Na Na
  10. Epic Tales of Adventure
  11. I Hate You, I Love You
  12. Now Everybody’s Me
  13. Little Man in My Head
  14. Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes and How!

Methodist Coloring Book Promo Single

METHODIST COLORING BOOK
Promotional only CD single (Enigma, 1990)

  1. Methodist Coloring Book


Dollar Signs In Her Eyes Promo Single

DOLLAR SIGNS IN HER EYES
Promotional only CD single (Enigma, 1990)

  1. Dollar Signs In Her Eyes


Tune Master CD Viewer

TUNE MASTER C-D VIEWER
Promotional only compilation CD (Enigma, 1990)

  1. Rock ‘N’ Roll Queen


Soul Rotation

SOUL ROTATION
Album (Hollywood Records, 1992)

  1. At the Moment
  2. The Secret of Life
  3. Big Scary Place
  4. Belafonte’s Inferno
  5. The Conspiracy Song
  6. How It’s Gonna Be
  7. All Around the World
  8. Silly Dreams
  9. Wonderfully Colored Plastic War Toys
  10. God’s Kid Brother
  11. If I Had a Gun
  12. Here Comes Mr. X
  13. Shaft in Greenland

The Secret Of Life Promo Single

THE SECRET OF LIFE
Promotional only CD single (Hollywood Records, 1992)

  1. The Secret Of Life


The Conspiracy Song Promo Single

THE CONSPIRACY SONG
Promotional only CD single (Hollywood Records, 1992)

  1. The Conspiracy Song
  2. South Bound Saurez


If I Had A Gun

IF I HAD A GUN
EP (Hollywood Records, 1992)

  1. If I Had a Gun
  2. Bitchin’ Camaro (The Best Thanksgiving Ever) (Live)
  3. Silly Dreams (Live)
  4. The Conspiracy Song (Live)
  5. Dolce

Restless Catalog Sampler 1992

RESTLESS CATALOG SAMPLER CD
Promotional compilation CD (Restless, 1992)

  1. Punk Rock Girl


Now We Are Ten

NOW WE ARE TEN
Album (Self Released, 1993)

  1. Beach Song
  2. Labor Day
  3. Don’t Abort that Baby
  4. Girl Hunt

    (1 through 4 from "Funky Barn" live tape. Recorded live at Stephanie Rowley’s barn dance in Bedminster, PA October 22,1983)

  5. Land of the Shakers
  6. I Don’t Wanna
  7. Milkmen Stomp
    (5, 6, and 7 from "Death Rides a Pale Cow" tape. Recorded January ’84 in Dean’s Basement studio)
  8. Beach Song
  9. Dance With Me
  10. Labor Day
  11. Bitchin’ Camaro
  12. Plum Dumb
  13. Swordfish
  14. VFW
  15. Spit Sink
  16. Introduction
  17. Laundromat Song
  18. Filet of Sole
  19. I Hate Myself
  20. Junkie
  21. Right Wing Pigeons
  22. Dean’s Dream
  23. Rastabilly
  24. Takin’ Retards to the Zoo
  25. Violent School

    (8 through 25 from "Dead Milkmen Take the Airwaves" live tape. Broadcast on WXPN-FM May 6, 1984)

  26. Stupid Mary Anne
    (from a live broadcast on WXPN-FM February 27, 1987)
  27. Surfin’ Cow
    (recorded live at the Trocadero in Philadelphia on June 19, 1992)
  28. Shapes of Things
    (recorded in Joe’s Cold Damp Basement studio in March 1993)

Not Richard, But Dick

NOT RICHARD, BUT DICK
Album (Hollywood Records, 1993)

  1. Leggo My Ego
  2. I Dream of Jesus
  3. Jason’s Head
  4. Not Crazy
  5. Let’s Get the Baby High
  6. Little Volcano
  7. Nobody Falls Like
  8. I Started to Hate You
  9. The Infant of Prague Customized My Van
  10. The Woman Who Was Also a Mongoose


Phi Beta Restless

PHI BETA RESTLESS
Promotional compilation CD (Restless, 1993)

  1. Bitchin’ Camaro


Chaos Rules - Live At The Trocadero

CHAOS RULES – LIVE AT THE TROCADERO
Album (Restless, 1994) (click here to order from Amazon)

  1. Tiny Town
  2. I Walk the Thinnest Line
  3. Smokin’ Banana Peels
  4. Surfin’ Cow
  5. Bitchin’ Camaro
  6. Where the Tarantula Lives
  7. Nutrition
  8. Big Lizard
  9. The Thing That Only Eats Hippies
  10. I Hate You, I Love You
  11. Lucky
  12. VFW
  13. Punk Rock Girl
  14. Rastabilly
  15. Stuart
  16. Right Wing Pigeons
  17. Tacoland
  18. Laundromat Song
  19. Swordfish

    (unlisted) If I Had a Gun

CUPID’S REVENGE: THE WORLD’S MOST ROMANTIC PUNK SONGS
Compilation (Continuum Records, 1994)

  1. If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire

Go Cat Go!

GO CAT GO!
Promotional compilation CD (Restless, 1995)

  1. Punk Rock Girl


Stoney's Extra Stout (Pig)

STONEY’S EXTRA STOUT (PIG)
Album (Restless, 1995) (click here to order from Amazon)

  1. Peter Bazooka
  2. Train I Ride
  3. The Girl with the Strong Arm
  4. I’m Flying Away
  5. Helicopter Interiors
  6. The Blues Song
  7. The Man Who Rides the Bus
  8. Don’t Deny Your Inner Child
  9. When I Get to Heaven
  10. I Can’t Stay Awake
  11. Crystalline
  12. Chaos Theory
  13. Khrissy
  14. Like to be Alone
  15. Big Deal

Restless Catalog Sampler 1997

RESTLESS CATALOG SAMPLER CD
Promotional compilation CD (Restless, 1997)

  1. Punk Rock Girl


Death Rides A Pale Cow CD

DEATH RIDES A PALE COW – The Ultimate Collection
Album (Restless, 1997) (click here to order from Amazon)

  1. Milkmen Stomp (previously unreleased)
  2. Tiny Town
  3. Big Lizard
  4. Bitchin’ Camero
  5. Nutrition
  6. Dean’s Dream
  7. Beach Party
  8. The Thing That Only Eats Hippies
  9. Big Time Operator
  10. Instant Club Hit
  11. Surfin’ Cow
  12. Labor Day (previously unreleased)
  13. I Walk The Thinnest Line
  14. Stuart
  15. Punk Rock Girl
  16. Smokin’ Banana Peels
  17. Life Is Shit
  18. Do The Brown Nose
  19. If You Love Someone, Set Them On Fire
  20. Peter Bazooka
  21. The Girl With The Strong Arm
  22. Big Deal
  23. The Blues Song



Cream Of The Crop CD

CREAM OF THE CROP – The Best of the Dead Milkmen
Album (BMG Special Products, 1998) (click here to order from Amazon)

  1. Bitchin’ Camaro
  2. Punk Rock Girl
  3. The Thing That Only Eats Hippies
  4. Surfin’ Cow
  5. Instant Club Hit (You’ll Dance to Anything)
  6. Smokin’ Banana Peels
  7. Stuart
  8. Beach Song
  9. Dean’s Dream
  10. Laundromat Song