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Bad Mood Guy
Bad Mood Guy
	The Nettwerk LP/CD edition cover
Studio album by Severed Heads
Released	October 1987
Recorded	May 1987 at CBS Studios
Genre	Industrial, experimental, EDM
Length	42:57
Label	Volition Records, Nettwerk
Producer	Severed Heads
Severed Heads chronology
Singles from Bad Mood Guy
	"Hot With Fleas"; Released: December 1987;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Rolling Stone	Positive^[1]
Rockpool	Positive^[2]

Bad Mood Guy is the seventh studio album by the Australian experimental group Severed Heads, first released in 1987. Upon its initial release, the album met positive reviews with critics, one in particular referring to it as "punishing pop with crunching rhythms".^[3] The album's lead single "Hot With Fleas" did well on independent radio stations, peaking at #4 on Rockpool's dance charts during the week of 31 December 1987.^[4] In 2002, after an attempt at making a version 2 of the album which was aborted due to the master DAT tape being irreparably damaged, Tom Ellard made a new version available on CD-R on his SevCom label, which substituted demo and live versions of some tracks and added extra material. This version (with some album versions of songs restored as bonus tracks) is what Tom made available on the official Severed Heads Bandcamp page.^[5] In 2023, the UK label Futurismo, Inc. released a remastered version of the album on two different pressings of 2LP set (with the first LP on either "Fleabitten Rash" (purple with hot pink inkspot) or "Jetlag Metal" (solid metallic silver) coloured vinyl, and second on standard black) containing a 12-page "Bad Mood Booklet" styled after the zines Ellard would publish and sell via mail order in the mid-late 80s to augment the albums. They also released it on CD in a standard Digipak with a foldout insert reproducing parts of the booklet. All these versions had artwork redone by Ellard.^[6]

Track listing (original 1987 release)

All tracks are written by Tom Ellard

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hot with Fleas"	3:20
2.	"Nation"	5:26
3.	"Unleash Your Sword"	3:31
4.	"Jetlag"	4:49
5.	"Contempt"	5:09

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Bad Mood Guy"	2:42
7.	"Dressed in Air"	4:01
8.	"Rabbi Nardoo Flagoon"	6:48
9.	"Heaven is What Heaven Eats"	2:46
10.	"Mad Dad Mangles Strad"	4:25

Track listing (2002 SevCom reissue)

All tracks are written by Tom Ellard

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hot with Fleas (original)"	3:22
2.	"Canine"	5:07
3.	"Nature 10"	3:13
4.	"Contempt"	3:06
5.	"Jetlag Up (live)"	4:57
6.	"Jetlag Down (live)"	4:00
7.	"Dressed in Air"	4:08
8.	"Bad Mood Guy"	2:44
9.	"Nation (12 inch)"	4:15
10.	"Unleash Your Sword"	3:29
11.	"Rabbi Nardoo Flagoon"	5:22
12.	"Heaven is What Heaven Eats"	2:49
13.	"Mad Dad Mangles Strad"	4:25
14.	"'I've Always Hated Severed Heads' (Live Excerpt)"	4:57
15.	"Bolero with Fleas"	5:59
16.	"Nation (original)"	5:28
17.	"Jetlag (original)"	4:49
18.	"Contempt (Robert's Edit)"	5:08

2: Edited version of the B-side of the "Hot with Fleas" 12" single.
3: From the compilation album Nettwerk Sound Sampler: Food for Thought.
9: Edited version of the B-side of the "Greater Reward" 12" single.
16-18: Added to the Bandcamp release.

Track listing (2023 Futurismo, Inc. reissue)

First LP/CD track 1-10 as per the original 1987 release. 10 credited as "Mad Dad Mangles a Strad."

All tracks are written by Tom Ellard

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Bad Mood Guy (Day 1)"	2:43
12.	"Unleash Your Sword (Day 1)"	3:34
13.	"Canine (Day 1)"	4:34
14.	"Nature 10 (Terse)"	3:14
15.	"Contempt (Day 1)"	2:43
16.	"I've Always Hated Severed Heads (Live)"	3:37
17.	"Hot With Fleas (12" Remix)"	7:20
18.	"Nation (NYC Mix)"	4:15
19.	"Canine (12" Remix)"	6:50

LP side C: Tracks 11-16; Side D: Tracks 17-19.

Personnel

Tom Ellard - vocals, programming, mixing
Robert Racic - editing, mixing
Steven R. Gilmore - artwork, design
Andrew Penhallow - assistant mixing
Nick Mainbridge - assistant mixing

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Release Notes
Australia	1987	Volition Records	LP	VOLT 010	First vinyl pressing
Canada		Nettwerk	LP	NTL30018	Nettwerk vinyl pressing, includes completely different artwork
			CD	NTCD 33	First CD press, includes same art as the Nettwerk vinyl pressing
			CS	NTLC 30018	First cassette press, includes same art as Nettwerk vinyl pressing
Australia	2002	SevCom	CD-R	N/A	Sevcom CD-R reissue that includes entirely different artwork and different/extra content
UK	2023	Futurismo, Inc.	2LP, CD	FTRSMO40; FTRSMO40B; FTRSMO42	Remastered with new artwork and bonus tracks, including previously unreleased versions of songs.

References

^ Zuel, Benard. "Rolling Stone Album Reviews". Sevcom.com. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
^ Corey, Robert. "Rockpool Bad Mood Guy Review". Sevcom.com. Rockpool. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
^ Mordue, Mark. "Bad Mood Guy Review". sevcom.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
^ "Rockpool chart list". Sevcom.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
^ "Bad Mood Guy by Severed Heads". Bandcamp. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
^ "SEVERED HEADS Bad Mood Guy 2xLP Jetlag Metal Vinyl". Futurismo Inc. Retrieved 1 May 2023.