Prince of the Rodeo

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"Prince of the Rodeo"
Turbonegro-PrinceOfTheRodeo.jpg
Single by Turbonegro
from the album Apocalypse Dudes
Released1996
Length3:37
LabelHit Me! Records
Songwriter(s)Knut Schreiner, Thomas Seltzer
Turbonegro singles chronology
"I Got Erection"
(1995)
"Prince of the Rodeo"
(1996)
"Suffragette City"
(1997)

"Prince of the Rodeo" is a single by Norwegian band Turbonegro from their 1998 album Apocalypse Dudes, released on 7" vinyl in 1996 by Hit Me! Records, which was run by longtime Turbo-photographer Morten Anderson. This was guitarist Euroboy's recording debut. The A-side features a rougher take of the title song with a special fanfares & horses intro, a different version can be found on the Apocalypse Dudes album. The remastered versions of "Prince of the rodeo" and "Toodlepip, Fuck" also occurred on the Turbo-vinyl collection volume 2 in 2005.

First edition: 500 on black vinyl and live photo insert. Second edition: 500 on black wax. 200 copies came out on transparent blue vinyl with a live photo insert and Hit Me! Records 'upcoming' release sheet. The back of the sleeve shows a photo of Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway, and his longtime friend and advisor Happy-Tom, King of Bass-guitar chatting it up at an Oslo hot spot.

The track was covered by post-hardcore band Hot Water Music and released in 2008 as part of their B-sides and rarities compilation Till the Wheels Fall Off.

Track listing[]

  1. "Prince of the Rodeo"
  2. "Toodlepip, Fuck"


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