The Velvet Cockroach Legacy

Tastiera can trace its roots back to the mid 1980's, when a ridiculous band called Velvet Cockroach was screaming into the vacuum. Velvet Cockroach perpetrated fourteen albums over a period of less than five years before succumbing to a massive overdose of whipped cream propellant. On this page, you can witness the carnage of their work, and in some cases you can even navigate to the music itself. Why you would do such a thing, we have no idea.

Album Cover - A Velvet Cockroach Christmas

Album Cover - A Velvet Cockroach Christmas

A Velvet Cockroach Christmas (1988)
O Little Town of Broomfield
We Wish You a Merry Cockroach
Mistletoe Maniac
Randolph the Blue Nosed Cockroach
The Little Drummer Boy's Psycho Cousin
Slay Me Another Candy Cane
Yule Tide Blues
The Damned Tree Fell Over
Frotsky the Snowman
Jingle Schmingle
Deck the Stalls
Auld Lang Syne Part Deux

Is Anyone Listening (1988)
Echo of the Rockies
Here's to Music
Who'll Cry for Us
Eat the Roses
Helium
So Many Seconds
Ice Cube
Frozen Dreams

Album Cover - Land of the Paper Emeralds

Land of the Paper Emeralds (1988)
Tremors
Disillusioned
So Tell Me
Ooo Baby
Invisible Heartbeats
Land of the Paper Emeralds
Blondie
The Child
Laserbeam High
Down the Road

Never Stop the Music (1987)
Out of Control
Future Princess
Main Street
Still Got Time
Chernobyl and the Challenger (remix)
Whips and Chains
Don't Break My Spleen (remix)
Kiss of Death
XYZ (remix)
Just One Day
Class of '87 (remix)
Never Stop the Music

Room 101 (1987)
Rainbow Lost in the Clouds
Weird and Wired
Excuse You
None of the Above
Whiz Alert
You Could Learn
Scream
Y-O-Y
They'll Close Fantasyland
Safety Glasses
Lyric Busters
Room 101

Broke Again (1986)
Broke Again
Class of '87 (remix)
No Artichokes, Please
Shut Up, Martha
Hi, I'm a Mute
I'll Take the USA
Birds Don't Miss
I'm Too Cool
Save the Buildings
Honk if You're Horny
Simon Says
Teardrops Can't Last Forever

Album Cover - There's a Zero in My Denominator

There's a Zero in My Denominator (1986)
Into the Red
A Dead Giraffe Still Smells
Eat My Shorts
Fast Forward Blues
Chernobyl and the Challenger
There's a Zero in My Denominator
Long Long Summer
XYZ
Light Years Over Par
Class of '87

Pizza Ala Mode on Rye (1986)
Pizza Ala Mode on Rye
Bye Bye Libya
Doth the Wind Shooteth Thru Thine Ears
Invasion of the Gnats
Singing a Different Song
Noise
Burn the Black Flag
Let's Do
Insanitarium Earth
Whether Report
Not Another Dream

Psyched (1986)
Psyched
I Hate Japanese Cars
Gonna Die Rich
Murphy Was Right
High Gear
Don't Know What to Say
The Velvet Cockroach
Livin' in Colorado
Tension Headache
The Greenish Blues
Not Again
Oboe Jam
Never in a Zillion Years

Don't Break My Spleen (1985)
What I Hate
All in Fun
All Kinds of Fools
Whatcha Gonna Do
Sometimes I Wonder
Drivin' Thru Hell
There I Go Again
The Kenny Waddle
Take Me Out of the Ballgame
Don't Break My Spleen

Clear the Sidewalks (1985)
Clear the Sidewalks
I've Had Enough
Meltdown
Shut Your Mouth
Porcelain Disco
Aftersmell
You're a Loser

End of the Line (1984)
Do You Think
Lunchtime
You're So Stupid
Lost
Total Lobotomy
Hey Dirtball
Not My Day
They Took Away My License
Stress
End of the Line

Total Lobotomy (1984)
Duh
Sweat Till You Drown
You're a Nation
Strap
Life as a Euglena
Her Name Is Mari Juana
Rip
Flake Dance
I Ate Plutonium
World Tour
The End

Duh (1984)
You Remind Me
One Step Waltz
Sambady Do Da Samba
When I First Saw You
I Gotta
You're in My Way
It's Getting Smelly in Here
He Eats
Let's Watch Nova While We Do the Bossanova
The Sarcasm Song