The Wrestling Boot Band

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The Wrestling Boot Band, also known as the Wrestling Boot Traveling Band, was a musical group fronted by Hulk Hogan that included "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart, Hogan's wife (Linda), and John Maguire. They released one album, Hulk Rules, in 1995 under the name "Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band".

Hulk Rules includes songs in the genres of rock, pop, rap and other genres. Two of the most notable songs on the Hulk Rules album are "American Made" and "Hulkster in Heaven". The former was used as the Hulkster's theme song in WCW for a while. The ballad "Hulkster in Heaven" was supposedly written in honor of a young fan whom Hogan had invited to sit in a front-row seat at a show in the UK. The story is that Hulk looked to the seat during the show and saw that it was empty, and was later informed that the child had died. This is the story behind the lyric "Guess there'll be an empty seat when I wrestle at Wembley.". Despite this story, Hogan never actually appeared at a WWF card held at Wembley.

The album is considered by many[1] to be one of the most enjoyable cheesy albums of all time due to its amusing lyrics, derivative songwriting approaches, and excessive use of power chords.

[edit] Hulk Rules Track Listing

1. Hulkster's in the House
2. American Made
3. Hulkster's Back
4. Wrestling Boot Traveling Band
5. Bad to the Bone
6. I Want To Be A Hulkamaniac
7. Beach Patrol
8. Hulk's The One
9. Hulkster in Heaven
10. Hulk Rules

[edit] Notes

Hogan once said that the reason his wife appeared on the CD was because it turned out she was better than the original background singers who were brought in.

An interesting and little-known fact is that Hogan was actually discovered while playing bass at a club before being brought into the world of pro wrestling. Hart, who provides vocals for more than half the band's songs, has also been known to have previous musical experience, and he was heralded by many in the business prior to the album's release for his legitimate musical talent.

Hogan oversees and manages the music career of his daughter, Brooke Hogan.

In addition to co-writing most of the songs on the album, Jimmy Hart also penned Hogan's famous WWF theme song "Real American", although the song is actually performed by Rick Derringer. The song was originally written for the tag team of Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham before WWF execs decided to use it as Hogan's entrance music.

Jimmy Hart was also a founding member of The Gentrys, a 1960's band who produced one major hit before touring with The Beach Boys and Sonny and Cher.