Happy Heroes

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Happy Heroes
EP by Negativland
Released	March 1998
Genre	Sound Collage
Length	26:23
Label	Seeland Records[1]
Producer	Negativland
Negativland chronology
Dispepsi (1997) Happy Heroes (1998) The ABCs of Anarchism (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Happy Heroes is an EP by sound collage and experimental musical group Negativland, released in 1998.^[3][4]

Critical reception[]

The Memphis Flyer wrote that the EP "delivers more bang for the buck – particularly if you have a wicked sense of humor and high threshold for aural pain."^[5] The Rough Guide to Rock called it "more expert sampler anarchy."^[6]

Track listings[]

1. "Mertz #1" - 1:43
2. "Jolly Green Giant" - 7:23
3. "Mertz #2" - 1:14
4. "Chicken Diction" - 3:49
5. "The Black Hole Tube" - 3:48
6. "O.J. And His Personal Trainer Kill Ron and Nicole" - 3:12
7. "Happy Hero: The Remedia Megamix" - 5:02
8. "Mertz End" - 0:13

Personnel[]

• Mark Hosler - tapes, electronics, rhythms, Booper, clarinet, organ, viola, loops, guitar, etc.
• Richard Lyons - tapes, electronics, rhythms, Booper, clarinet, organ, viola, loops, guitar, etc.
• David Wills - synthesizer, voice, tape
• Peter Dayton - guitars, viola
• W. M. Kennedy - guitar
• Ernst Long - Trumpet
• Phil Friehofner - Organ

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