Gas Huffer was an American garage rock band from Washington state. They were known for their formal and comical lyrics and their antic stage presence.
Gas Huffer classified themselves loosely in the Garage punk genre. The band created comic books with each album (drawn by all four members of the band, including Joe Newton, now deputy art director for Rolling Stone magazine), that contain the lyrics to the songs. This was done for every album up to (and including) "Just Beautiful Music".
Gas Huffer played its final show - dubbed "The Last Huffer" - at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe on January 14, 2006. Opening the show were Girl Trouble from Tacoma, Washington, and Canned Hamm from Vancouver, British Columbia. At the conclusion of Girl Trouble's set, K.P. Kendall called Gas Huffer's Tom Price (who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease) to the stage and presented to him a "Certificate of Achievement".
Prior to Gas Huffer, Tom Price played with The U-Men.
Tom Price and Don Blackstone currently play in the Tom Price Desert Classic. Matt Wright was also briefly a member in the band, having appeared in its debut 7". The Tom Price Desert Classic LP "HELL" was released in September 2014.
A picnic on a sunny afternoon.
I'm feeling lighter than a red balloon, well it's
Hard to believe it, but I can perceive that
Love is winding up, and it'll hit me soon.
We take the trail down to the rocky beach.
Sewage plant is well within our nasal reach, well,
We just ignore it. We've got no time for it.
The sun is really looking like a big old peach.
I see the future come, and I don't wanna be
One of the ones that ends up without
Somebody good, somebody good like you.
Like you.
We find a spot and put the blanket down.
Rocks are kinda bumpy, but we sure don't frown.
It feels just like velvet, and I can just tell that
A whole new way of seeing is a-comin' round.
Unpack the fixin's and we start to eat.
Sunlight is a-playin' with our sandy feet, well
We're making small patter, but none of that matters,
'Cause now we're just transmitting an unspoken truth.
I see the future come, and I don't wanna be
One of the ones that ends up without
Somebody good, somebody good like you.
Like you.
We find a spot and put the blanket down.
The rocks are kinda bumpy, but we sure don't frown.
It feels just like velvet, and I can just tell that
A whole new way of seeing is a-comin' round.
Unpack the fixin's and we start to eat.
Sunlight is a-playin' with our sandy feet, well
We're making small patter, but none of that matters,
'Cause now we're just transmitting an unspoken truth.
I see the future come, and I don't wanna be
One of the ones that ends up without
Somebody good, somebody good like you.
Like you.