The Officious Show Business Giants Elbum Discography

Fun SBG Fact:

For their second foray into the recording milieu, the boys were joined by Gulf Island cable TV personality Tom Holliston, and many hungry vagrants. Expectations were high from press and fans alike after Gold Love's stellar chart performance, and pressure from the record company, Incentive, to duplicate the success of that collection's smash single, "Papa's Got Some Brand-New Lederhosen", was felt by the songwriters. A source close to the group described the atmosphere in the studio as "tense." Hendersomething, who was also engineering the sessions, was now smoking fifteen packs of cigarettes a day, while Bailey had visibly lost weight and was occasionally seen to kick the studio mascot, Imru The Dog, when he thought no one was looking...

Fun SBG Fact:

The Benevolent Horn was finally released in 1990 to mixed reviews and disappointing sales. Despite respectable airplay for the single, "Harbinger Of Love", the record was soon forgotten by the public and Bailey quit in disgust, vowing he would never accept money for playing music again. Bassist Marcus Pollard, who had experienced difficulty adjusting to the new drum-laden arrangements, was the next to go...