Torch This Place Explained

Torch This Place
Type:	studio
Artist:	the Atomic Fireballs
Cover:	Atomic Fireballs-torch-this-place.jpg
Released:	18 May 1999
Recorded:	October–December 1998
Studio:	Armoury Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre:	Swing
Length:	47:28
Label:	Lava / Atlantic
Producer:	Bruce Fairbairn
Prev Title:	Birth of the Swerve
Prev Year:	1998

Torch This Place is an album made in 1999 by the Atomic Fireballs. It is the band's only full-length studio release.

Track listing

All songs by John Bunkley, except where indicated.

1. "Man with the Hex" – 3:01
2. "Mata Hari" – 3:44
3. "Swing Sweet Pussycat" – 3:11
4. "Caviar & Chitlins" – 2:46
5. "Lover Lies" (Randall Sly) – 3:19
6. "Spanish Fly" – 3:28
7. "Pango Pango" – 3:37
8. "Hit by a Brick" – 4:09
9. "Calypso King" (Bunkley, Sly) – 2:45
10. "Drink Drank Drunk" – 2:56
11. "Flowers in the Sand" (Shawn Scaggs) – 2:44
12. "Starve a Fever" (James Bostek, Bunkley) – 3:45

Personnel

Band members

• James Bostek – trumpet
• Tony Buccilli – trombone
• John Bunkley – vocals
• Geoff Kinde – drums
• Duke Kingins – guitar
• Shawn Scaggs – double bass
• Eric Schabo – tenor saxophone
• Randy Sly – piano
• Tony James – electric guitar
• Vivian Bayubay – violin
• Andrea Rosario – cymbals

Additional musicians

• Luis Conte – percussion

Technical

• Bruce Fairbairn – producer
• Mike Plotnikoff – engineer, mixing
• George Marino – mastering

In pop culture

"Man with the Hex" was used in multiple entries in the Scooby-Doo franchise, appearing in both "Big Scare in the Big Easy", the fourth episode of the first season of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, as well as the 2002 feature-length film Scooby-Doo and its accompanying soundtrack album.

It was also featured on the soundtrack albums for movies including American Pie and The Haunted Mansion.

It was used in several TV shows, most notably Dawson's Creek, and was featured on both Dancing With the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance as a quickstep.