Bob Bert – Beach Bongo Bloodbath: NEW RELEASE!

Bob Bert – Beach Bongo Bloodbath released June 12, 2026 on Bar/None Records which features Julie Cafritz on Pussy Galore cover ‘Fuck You, Man‘.

“Bob Bert proves he’s the coolest thing to come out of New Jersey since the vibrating bed, as he takes over the controls and spews his groovy magic all over his latest joint BEACH BONGO BLOODBATH. Playing nearly every instrument, spouting the occasional beatnik banter and covering Love Comes In Spurts makes this psychedelic hullabaloo the perfect party album.” – Lydia Lunch

Most music gourmandizers know the name Bob Bert as the drummer for Sonic Youth in their formative years. He also beat car gas tanks for Pussy Galore. Bob has also recorded albums and toured the world with Bewitched, Action Swingers, Chrome Cranks, Knoxville Girls, Five Dollar Priest, and in more recent times Lydia Lunch Retrovirus and then coming full circle playing metal percussion again with Jon Spencer & the HITmakers.

With BEACH BONGO BLOODBATH Bob Bert is finally stepping out under his own name for his first true solo album. For this outing he has seriously re-worked a number of cover songs into a veritable audio soundtrack for the movie of his life. Surprisingly for a guy who has slammed away for some very noisy guitar outfits, this is an album with NO guitars or bass. (once you hear his drum-centric take on Mountain’s “Mississippi Queen” you will never hear that song the same way again).

Bob utilizes a variety of drums and percussion sounds as well as piano, synths, theremin, Farfisa, Rhodes, etc creating a new world of sound. There are six originals and eight covers that play to his love of campy teenage horror flicks, art damaged punk fuk-u-ness and Warholian underground groover vibes In fact, lets cue up some tracks from BEACH BONGO BLOODBATH to help tell the Bob Bert story.”

Link: https://therealbobbert.bandcamp.com/album/beach-bongo-bloodbath