Lutefisk's frontman, Don Burnet, was formerly the frontman of the band Plain Wrap during the 1980s, and led the band 3D Picnic from 1986 to 1992. In 1996, Lutefisk performed at
Lollapalooza on the indie stage. They released their second and final album,
Burn in Hell Fuckers, on the same label in 1997. Its name derives from a phrase the band's frontman wrote on the wall of their recording studio after it was robbed, in hopes it might scare away the burglars if they returned. Lutefisk recorded
Burn in Hell Fuckers on a
four-track, which they wore out during the album's production. It received mixed reviews from critics, particularly pertaining to the band's cover of
Wild Cherry's "
Play That Funky Music". Critics who wrote favorably of the cover included Steven Mirkin, who praised the cover as "near perfect", and Curtis Bonney, who wrote that it "plunges into the radioactive whirlpool and comes out mangled, nearly (and hilariously) unidentifiable." Conversely, Randy Roberts said the band's decision to cover it "makes one question the band's musical judgment from the first note to the last." The album was awarded a three-star rating by Jeff Salamon, who described the album's sound as "a cross between
the Grifters and
Frank Zappa". The August 2009 issue of
SPIN included Lutefisk in their article "SPIN's 100 Greatest Bands You've Probably Never Heard Of". ==Discography==