The band was formed by singer/guitarist Gordon Gibson and drummer Ben Burt, who added classical/jazz-trained guitarist Ted Wood, and later Sam McCall (bass guitar, who had recorded the band's early demos prior to joining the group) after their first three bassists had come and gone, this lineup recording the
How Tasty Was My Little Timmy? tape before Craig Welch joined, initially as a dancer, but soon becoming co-vocalist. They took the name Brutal Juice, which according to some sources was taken from a
Hertz commercial featuring O. J. Simpson and
Arnold Palmer, The band's first studio album proper,
Mutilation Makes Identification Difficult, was released in 1995 after the band had signed to
Interscope Records. Mark Jenkins, for
The Washington Post, described the songs as "cannily structured and sometimes even catchy". They were dropped by Interscope, Their most recent album, the
David Icke-inspired
Welcome to the Panopticon, was self-released in late 2016, described by Welch as "an acid-fueled excuse to turn amps to 11 and play with feedback loops",
Wesley Willis wrote a song about Brutal Juice after seeing them perform in
New York City. It appears on his 1996 album
Fabian Road Warrior. ==Band members==