Happy Heroes Explained

Happy Heroes
Type:	ep
Artist:	Negativland
Cover:	Happy Heroes EP Cover.jpg
Released:	March 1998
Genre:	Sound Collage
Length:	26:23
Label:	Seeland Records^[1]
Producer:	Negativland
Prev Title:	Dispepsi
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	The ABCs of Anarchism
Next Year:	1999

Happy Heroes is an EP by sound collage and experimental musical group Negativland, released in 1998.^{[2] [3]}

Critical reception

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."^[4] The Rough Guide to Rock called it "more expert sampler anarchy."^[5]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gehr . Richard . Robbins . Ira . Negativland . Trouser Press . 2020-07-24.
2. Web site: 1998-07-15 . Review - Happy Heroes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001105703/https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/1998/07/15/review-happy-heroes-2312378 . 2015-10-01 . 2023-07-19 . Orlando Weekly.
3. Web site: Baker . Brian . 2000-05-03 . Dead Set on Deconstruction On what may or may not be its farewell tour, Negativland makes the most of an age of uncertainty . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200724031208/https://www.sfweekly.com/music/dead-set-on-deconstruction/ . 2020-07-24 . 2023-07-19 . SF Weekly.
4. Web site: Duncan . David D. . 1998-05-21 . Grimstead . Stephen . Memphis Flyer: Music Reviews - May 21, 1998 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19991001075410/https://www.memphisflyer.com/backissues/issue483/musrv483.htm . 1999-10-01 . 2023-07-19 . . Contemporary Media, Inc..
5. Book: The Rough Guide to Rock . July 24, 2003 . . 2003 . 9781858284576 . Buckley . Peter . 1st . 713 . en . Google Books.