Hulk Hogan and The Wrestling Boot Band - Hulk Rules (Full Album)

RIP Hulk Hogan

[@ShowoutBlowout]

I paid $1.00 for this tape in a Las Vegas dollar store. It changed my life forever.

[@jackadogoff8677]

I paid 50 cents and still thought that it was outrageously overpriced.

[@asurlybarber3620]

I got robbed at gunpoint and the thief handed me this CD.

[@donpage4181]

This is beyond terrible its somewhat good. Anyone know how this sold when it came out

[@thespfreely]

Changed my life too, it made me appreciate everything else as good music.

[@EstradaDuran-sg6co]

@@asurlybarber3620 did he rappe you as well? 😳💀

[@JohnDoe-ym5ly]

Yes!!! The genius of the lyrics, from the harsh reality of the Hulkster being in the house, to the heartfelt emotion of a Hulkster being in heaven leaving me in tears. Terry Bollea's bass, which I now understand why Metallica asked him to replace Cliff Burton or Jason Newsted -- the man was a virtuoso on bass. The creativity of the drumming. The fresh and unique keyboard sounds. The bone crushing guitar tones, and the array of astounding vocalists who convey the concept of the album artfully, that the Hulkster rules, is in the house, is back, is the one. 10/10

[@baldarmstrong6532]

Drew Letasse You Ain’t Kiddin, Bruther!

[@americantremens8554]

This comment should have 3 million likes. 😂

[@pinnacleproductions6275]

Lol best review ever!

[@PrisonCityMusic]

😅🤣😂🙈

[@antimurphy8212]

Metallica never asked Hogan anything. You're on fucking drugs

[@TheMarkWilson]

In the words of the great Dutch Mantel, “His album went Plywood. If it sold another dozen copies, it would have gone sheetrock.”

[@crescendo5594]

This is the best comment, and no love. You get no respect.

[@anotherhunkydory]

Shutz up! You watched to much of the Flinstones!......lol.....lolly...

[@Ian-nl9yd]

0:00 Hulkster's in the House 2:27 American Made 6:04 Hulkster's Back 8:23 Wrestling Boot Traveling Band 11:19 Bad to the Bone 13:55 I Want to be a Hulkamaniac 16:50 Beach Patrol 19:03 Hulk's the One 22:02 Hulkster in Heaven 26:43 Hulk Rules

[@stevenl.balljr.1221]

Thank you sir

[@prolife1918]

Thank you for the thought, but I only listen to this album in full.

[@TheMarkWilson]

@@prolife1918 It’s meant to be digested in one sitting. You really miss the essence of the whole album otherwise. Each track from the beginning slowly builds up to the last track, Hulk Rules. Pretty sure the only reason there was no hit single off this album was because each track was so brilliant that there wasn’t really anything that stood out above the rest.

[@tom.lox.ralphs]

@@TheMarkWilson 👌

[@YourBoyEobard]

Reminds me of a Pink Floyd or Tool in the sense of the album having a natural flow that compelled me to let it play begining to the end.

[@darrylwoodbury]

It's almost criminal that this masterpiece isn't on music streaming services in Dolby Atmos. The world needs to hear it in HiFi.

[@brutaldomcom]

September 24th, 1991-Nirvana releases their monumental album “Nevermind,” the album most credited with introducing grunge to the mainstream and signaling the end of many 80s cliches in rock. July 11th, 1995-Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band release their instant classic “Hulk Rules,” which immediately ends grunge music. But Hulk remains troubled that some Hulkamaniacs cannot afford the CD, and begins working on a method of distributing his music for free. A few years later, Hogan debuts his creation, dubbed “Napster”

[@occultperspective]

one of the albums of all time

[@billybobobenner]

Haha

[@clintonleonard5187]

I bought this CD at some random gift shop at the beach when I was like 11. Strange memory.

[@Funnyfish66]

I'm sorry that happened to you.

[@PrisonCityMusic]

@@Funnyfish66 😂🤣😅🙈

[@vincentgiordano7510]

@@PrisonCityMusic i got this at a dollar store

[@goldinho]

@@Funnyfish66I’m crying 😂😂😂

[@onionheadguy7094]

I won this album in a white elephant class in 2003 and my hardcore punk band would cover Hulksters in the house during practice sometimes before getting into the set list.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Record that please

[@onionheadguy7094]

@@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 sorry that was also in 2003 😭

[@crescendo5594]

@@onionheadguy7094Screw that. You get the band back together again, so you can record that cover. It’s what the people want, Onion. The people! If the D can do it, so can you.

[@bobbodaskank]

I had a dream last night where I was trying to convince people that not only did Hulk Hogan have an album out, but there were at least 3 decent songs on it. Upon waking, I looked it up and discovered that my dream was half right.

[@bashfurt]

Buddy this record is full of hits smh

[@brutaldomcom]

You mean you were half right because this album is in fact all great songs, right?

[@jimmybuckets5863]

This is actually a pretty compelling blend of metal, blues rock, rap, new jack swing, dance, and childrens’ music. A tour de force of 80s sounds only the Hulkster himself could pull off.

[@Puschit1]

It somehow felt like a compilation album of coversongs of all essential bands of that time, just with lyrics replaced. I heard some Accept, some Ozzy Osborne, some Simple Minds etc. But is Hogan himself anywhere on this album?

[@JohnDoe-dg7vo]

​@@Puschit1 he's inside all of our hearts that's for sure

[@Puschit1]

@@JohnDoe-dg7vo No, I never liked him

[@JohnDoe-dg7vo]

@@Puschit1 I was kidding

[@Poopmannn]

Compelling?

[@djaceofpentacles]

This is the sound Wyld Stallyns needed to unite the world.

[@JayCo-1978]

17:04 The Hulkster must've had Biggie ghost write for him, because those lyrics, rhyme flow, and wordplay are absolutely incredible! If Hulk wrote those lyrics himself, then he has to be put in the argument as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Skillz .

[@acason4]

😂

[@therealmarkzuckerberg]

Fool, HE ghostwrote for Biggie Smalls

[@Gameking92888]

This album sounds like it was released in 80s biggie wasn't even around. This sound like will Smith flow, How dare you even compare this trash to biggie.

[@thehonorablereverendaddiso1943]

@@Gameking92888 How dare YOU insult this excellent record

[@DarkriftGaming]

Biggie ain’t got shit on this flow Nigga

[@joegausch]

The new death penalty- locked in a room with this playing on endless loop...

[@thisisbrandor1614]

The greatest piece audio art ever recorded . It truly changed the way we hear music today. Mind blowing to try to even imagine what influenced this masterpiece but great art is subjective.

[@WR1NetWork]

This is the album that inspired me to grow up and get the WWE logo tattooed on my face and I did just that don’t let anybody tell you dreams don’t come true!!

[@bobanmilisavljevic7857]

WWF logo is way sweeter but that's still badass

[@WR1NetWork]

@@bobanmilisavljevic7857 thank you

[@WR1NetWork]

@whatknife Nope because we all recognized hulk hogan with WWE

[@parkerknowsbest1]

To be fair 'American Made' is a banger!

[@dinksunker]

RIP Hogan🌷 we'll never forget your big boots and interesting skin

[@Foolster41]

But he's not dead

[@heartbust4624]

Foolster41 lmfao what even is this comment

[@Foolster41]

@@heartbust4624 ?? Did you think Hulk Hogan died?

[@gouravchakraborty9801]

@@Foolster41 Dude his gimmick died

[@JimSVoit]

Gourav Chakraborty - Hulkamania will live forever!!

[@shangclockmania6168]

Hidden Fact: After releasing their legendary magnum opus in 1975, a sequel was planned. But since Brian preferred composing more hard rock sounding tunes on their latter albums again, the album title was switched from "A Night at The Opera - Part II" to "Hulk Rules", inspired by Hogans breathtaking duet with Montserrat Caballé at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

[@newwaveknight1]

If this was Hogan's idea of being a babyface in 1995, thank you to everyone who convinced him to go heel in 1996. 😂

[@weworldwide1348]

Wrestling Boot Traveling Band is lowkey a hit.

[@reckless1ify]

28:18 "Classy Sax Solo!" Thanks Uncle Brian

[@MiXVoy]

Mike's World "FUCK YEAH SAX SOLO"

[@Funnyfish66]

I thought that was a guy yelling when i clicked on the time stamp

[@EyeForKnowledge.]

Hulkster in Heaven always gets me in the feels. Richard Marx ain’t got shit on this.

[@andman433]

Had this video playing for the past 3 days. So bad it’s good. Hulkamania for Life!!

[@theimpressionist]

This showed up in my recommendations. I assumed it came out in the late 80s. Imagine my shock when i found it came out in 1995!.

[@jimmybuckets5863]

Yeah same lol. And some people forget how much pop culture had shifted from the mid 80s to the mid 90s; this would have sounded pretty dated and lame in 1995 to anyone over the age of 8. (Of course, now in 2023, it sounds amazing!)

[@IsmailofeRegime]

@@jimmybuckets5863 In fairness, I'd assume this album was marketed toward kids, preteens at most.

[@PatrickLewOfficial]

The Hulkster records his own Sgt. Pepper! 💪 And he hits the leg drop on The Partridge Family on the Billboard charts 1, 2, 3 with a bullet! 🔥

[@jimbothompson6540]

Hulkster in heaven is a sad story truly, but the song is hilarious

[@The_Return_of_JoyBoy]

The story of what that song is about is bullshit. Like many other tales told about the Hulk from the Hulk lol

[@ifureaddisugay]

I actually think the song is unironically good. It fits the album sonically, it's taking the overly stupid character and reworking it into something genuine and heartfelt. It might be done terribly but it sounds like he was really trying to memorialize someone and it works. I genuinely think the Line "the world just lost another hulkamaniac" is good. I cannot explain why this song Is good, it had everything I'd hate in a song. It just works.

[@kevinschoenfeld6294]

Dark side of the moon is tame compared to this masterpiece. This should've won alot of grammys brother!!!! 💪💪💪💪💪

[@crescendo5594]

This album saved my life. My unalive ideation actually increased drastically due to this music, but it also decreased my cognitive ability, so I forgot how.

[@anotherhunkydory]

It saved my hamster's life! I thought he was dead now he's alive and kicking inside his cage....and on the wheel like a albino gigolo watching Ewoks adventures.

[@Lacrimorta]

The world just lost another Hulkamaniac. That was the lyric.

[@TheProAer]

I like close to Hulk and have met him a few times. He's a cool dude in person.

[@RobotScott1]

For Hulk & the WBB this was a rapid departure from the sound their fans expected, much like Radiohead’s Kid A & Amnesiac. Experimental wrestle-rock that tested the very limits of the genre, and nearly destroyed the band as critics failed to grasp the album’s ambition.

[@joliver81]

….coming in at # 3 this week on the Casey Kasem top 40 countdown it’s…….

[@popmonika]

Also I think this album is deeper than people give it credit for.. You might listen to this album and think it was made in 1995 but somehow would be considered dated even back in 95 because it's production sounds like it was made in 1985... Then you remember the year of the first WrestleMania... Deep people... Deep!! 😅😅

[@nealthompson404]

This is all clearly the work of Jimmy Hart. All of the guitar rock stuff sounds like Jimmy Hart's '80s "Wrestling Album" stuff and all of the synthesizer stuff sounds exactly like a lot of the WWF wrestler entrance themes or general WWF TV program music from the late '80s and early '90s.

[@Hotlog69]

@@nealthompson404 Jimmy Hart is a lazy genius. He can change a song to legally rip it off but, every song he writes is derivative of itself.

[@Malkmusianful]

waiting for the vinyl release of this

[@TheLarryburns84]

I'm tempted to save up and do my own unofficial LP pressing of this now. 🤣🤣

[@Leviticus_Prime]

Hulk Hogan claimed that he wrote the song hulkster in heaven after meeting A terminally ill cancer patient through make a wish in england, while there to take part in that year's summerslam event, which was in England . He claims that he got the kid tickets to To a summer slam to watch him wrestle in the main event. Not only was hulk hogan Not part of the summer slam card, he was not even in england at the time.

[@zenvultra]

That hulkamaniacs last experience was getting scammed by his hero 😭

[@prowrestlingnostalgic2001]

13:56 Owen Hart's High Energy

[@poitaots5054]

Hulksters in heaven is almost a kanye song

[@anotherhunkydory]

Danny Kaye was on one lp.

[@jhelch1]

Better than new Metallica

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

This is better than all the big 4.

[@Hotlog69]

"Whoop there it! Check it out, check it in! You'll be six feet deep if you touch my girlfriend. You know this homeboy, could lose control. You just don't mess with the beach patrol." Dope.

[@gregstephens4028]

That 3rd song Jimmy Hart sang.. The Wrestling Boot Traveling Band song isn't too bad haha

[@joliver81]

Imagine, Hulk had so much money when releasing this, no one wanted to tell him how bad of an idea it was.

[@darlenepedersen2960]

Check out the pythons, baby. Take your vitamins, brother.

[@briankady1456]

Orals or injectables?

[@briankady1456]

@Darlene Pedersen Wouldn't surprise me.

[@baldarmstrong6532]

Who bought this CD at a dollar store in the 90s like I did?

[@briankady1456]

I did. Man, I was such a mark. Actually, I think I got mine in a cutout bin at a Payless Drug store way back in the day. Some years later I found Macho Man's rap album in a cutout bin at Hastings.

[@randybarnett2308]

I got mine at The 99 cent store !😃😃💪💪💪💪💪Brother !💪🤡

[@TheLarryburns84]

@@briankady1456 Macho Man's album is actually somewhat rare now.

[@skippythealien9627]

it's better that you got this at the Dollar Store than getting ripped off and buying it at like Sam Goody for 10-20 bucks or something lol

[@popmonika]

Anyone know when the deluxe special extended edition with seven bonus tracks is coming out??

[@alanjohnsonbmw]

What a roller coaster of emotions. I wanna be a Hulkamaniac, Beach Patrol and Hulkster in Heaven is a complete hulk hogan acid trip.

[@Bigterry69]

God shut heavens gates for The hulkster when he turned his back on the hulkamaniacs and went black and white in 1996

[@clintweeks2000]

Im playing this on loop till the day I die!! Such a great masterpiece!!

[@nycholaus]

This is art

[@hazardousacid7643]

i need to buy the actual album! this album is so good. its gonna be the best thing i ever spent my money on

[@Gameking92888]

😂

[@user-ll5ki3ur1e]

There's a part where his ex wife pipes in and asks if he's a Hollywood producer.... The answer is clear... Obviously!!! Listen to all these groundbreaking 90's sounds from the 80s!

[@concernedliberal4453]

The New England Conservatory of Music brought me here!!!

[@BulkBogan1920]

This is better than anything ever made

[@weworldwide1348]

unpopular opinion: If Lex Luger had the American Made song as his theme, he would've been more over with the fans and Vince would have let him beat Yoko at SS93

[@CarlMarxPunk]

Nah. Luger was too bland.

[@weworldwide1348]

Velveteen Dream But a horrible mic skills having Canadian wasn't too bland!?!? LOL

[@CarlMarxPunk]

Hart could wrestle. Luger couldn't talk or wrestle. So yeah pretty much.

[@User-kq7uw]

@@weworldwide1348 Bret was a great wrestler

[@Spikeelsucko]

@@User-kq7uw he's not wrong about his mic work though, you can count exciting bret promos on one hand

[@calvin3464]

19:03 Hulk's the One is my favorite song on this album.

[@jimbothompson6540]

😅

[@bigkrutherford]

Its pretty damn good

[@sexykidmason]

Andy Kaufman brought me here. I stayed for the whole ride.

[@johnsuits6885]

I can't stop listening to this.

[@KnineKills]

I have this cd I had no idea who hulk hogan was . I was like child can’t remeber my age but every song.i can familiarize the song

[@robardell584]

8:29 mark song sounds like the automatic song that came with your Casio keyboard

[@999apeman]

The Hulkster's in the ROOM! "OH HAI TERRY"

[@Hotlog69]

🤣🤣

[@paulfox521]

I got this on caset tape at the 99 cent store

[@DevilFish69]

You overpaid by 98 cents.

[@RyunWould]

This album gave the skin of a hot dog and the silken hair like that of an old chinese man.

[@80srocknroller]

2:27 My second favorite Hulk Hogan entrance theme song after Rick Derringer's Real American which was used in the WWE

[@benjamincoats5208]

Slipped into the dollar bin at the record store that the owner overlooked.

[@goldinho]

Imagine that your car only has a CD player... Me: Ordered this album off of ebay yesterday.

[@brianjohnson4955]

thanks for posting

[@syeaziz]

I want a refund of my time. How can someone listen to this and say “this is a good song”

[@jjayala]

I don't care what I was promised in life I would never be able to go through with this

[@HalEmmerichGabriel]

I LOST MY WAY AGAAAAIN

[@jrichard88]

3:09I would like to know exactly what government agency was responsible for this inspection…

[@kevinbbadd]

Jimmy Hart went deep on Wrestling Boot Traveling Band: "I met a girl on the beach yesterday and she looked a lot like you, so I strangled her with a lace from Hulkster's Wrestling Shoe"

[@tleon858]

Lol, I've been so preoccupied listening to the greatness of "Hulkster in Heaven" that I completely overlooked this song. It's actually a legit song, if played at a Tiki bar. 🍻🌴🛖

[@DevilFish69]

6:18 What the Hell does "Wa-Na-Na" mean?

[@caseyenns1641]

Why does it say "RIP Hulk Hogan"? The Hulkster is alive and kicking!

[@Maximus4587]

It should say "RIP Hulk Hogan's Career".

[@CarlMarxPunk]

Terry Bollea is alive. Hulk Hogan is dead.

[@ronanthesuperginger]

Maximus4587 not anymore

[@stephencatchdudeknight4623]

Career dead and stays today

[@jacobwhitehurst5367]

Jimmy hart should get a Grammy for the tune he sang on lol

[@smoothieguy3915]

Brother, Happy 4th of July Hulkster…. All you Hulkamaniacs out there be safe with the Roman candles & sparklers or the hulkster is coming for ya!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@paradise619619]

Wetmovie1 Brought me here. ✌🏻👌

[@lastofmygeneration]

GTFOH that's random AF.

[@therealmarkzuckerberg]

Thank you Brad, very cool!

[@joshpaulhawkins7125]

Kind of creepy that on Hulk's the one Jimmy sang but augmented his voice to sound feminine.

[@Hotlog69]

Pretty sure that was Hulk's Ex, Linda.

[@joshpaulhawkins7125]

Haha, you can totally tell Jimmy wrote it though. It's in the same key as some of the 3 Count music.

[@matthewsingleton8802]

No RIP hulkamania never dies

[@billy11113]

My dream concert - Hulk Hogan & his band - The Freebirds - Conans band and maybe The Beatles .

[@brutaldomcom]

Bad to the Bone hits hard.

[@asurlybarber3620]

This album helped capture Osama bin Laden. It was played in an Al Queda lieutenant's cell and he gave up Osama's location halfway in to "I Want To Be A Hulkamaniac."

[@zenvultra]

Hulk is a true amerimaniac

[@charleskuss8428]

BE A MAN, HOGAN -- Savage

[@santiagogonzalez8179]

Did Hulkster play any instrument on this?

[@tonyjurkas3874]

7:43 WUTS UP DAWG

[@Mike-ks6qu]

When the dealer's trying to push on you just tell em what yer gonna do. "I wanna be a hulkamaniac, have fun with my family in friends." Surely saying these words will entice the drug dealer to give you lots of free drugs as he will inevitably pity you.

[@chrispyhtila5902]

Regarding your description: The Hulkster is still alive brother

[@RichieAppel]

Album of the millennium.

[@zuspan83]

I love Dynamic Banter

[@stingernitro]

Bought the cassette tape for $1 at a value village store, when I was a kid

[@rubymontez991]

this shit fuck up pulling the charger

[@dananderson9212]

83 Weeks brought me here and I heard Hulk and Jimmy did a German recording deal.

[@SadeTryce]

This album is actually better than Randy Savage's album

[@lastofmygeneration]

Damn, American Made hits hard!

[@macabrerealityshorts]

...when the going get tough, the tough get rough...hey hey ohoh come on lets fucking go!!!!!!!!!

[@Dim4323]

Hulkster in the room, QUICK HIDE YOUR TROPHY WIFES!

[@skippythealien9627]

ah yes a fellow Wrestling with Wregret fan here. I see you have good taste

[@greghoglund4358]

Government inflicted. We are the bees patrol!

[@tomiwaaina5499]

Any dynamic banter fans here?

[@jimbothompson6540]

This comment section is epic, as expected

[@Dim4323]

13:55 that begining beat, dose that sound familar?

[@poisongodmachine3]

The singer on the last track kinda sounds like Eric Martin from Mr Big