Cheeseburger – Cool Tomato – 7 Inch Vinyl Record

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Cheeseburger – Cool Tomato – 7 Inch Vinyl Record

Cheeseburger – “Cool Tomato” is a gloriously unhinged, fuzzed-out punk rock gem from Cheeseburger’s 2007 self-titled debut album (Cheeseburger). If you know anything about Cheeseburger, you know they’re not here for introspection or subtlety—they’re here to throw a party, spill some drinks, break some amps, and make the dumbest, most fun rock ‘n’ roll imaginable. And “Cool Tomato” is exactly that: a bratty, garage-punk anthem dripping with swagger, humor, and reckless abandon.

Cool Tomato sounds like what would happen if The Stooges and The Ramones got blackout drunk together, then wrote a song about absolutely nothing just because it sounded cool. The band’s whole philosophy was built around deliberate stupidity as a form of art, and “Cool Tomato” is a perfect example—it’s loud, dumb, and impossible to resist.

If you’re looking for deep meaning, you’re in the wrong place. “Cool Tomato” is less of a song with a message and more of a bizarre inside joke set to riff-heavy punk rock. Cheeseburger’s charm lies in the fact that they understood something important: sometimes rock doesn’t need to mean anything. Sometimes, it just needs to sound awesome, feel fun, and make you want to yell the words with a beer in your hand.

Cheeseburger were part of a mid-2000s wave of bands who brought back dumb fun garage rock, at a time when indie rock was getting a little too serious. They championed rock as a vehicle for chaos and comedy, blending punk energy with absurdist humor and total disregard for pretension.

“Cool Tomato” might not be the hit single, but it’s a fan-favorite deep cut for anyone who fell in love with Cheeseburger’s beer-soaked, middle-finger energy. Their wild reputation only grew thanks to their connection to Adult Swim’s Superjail!, for which they provided the theme song “Come On”—a song that perfectly encapsulates their whole ethos in 60 seconds of noise and swagger.

If you’ve never heard “Cool Tomato”, just picture a band of semi-drunk dudes in cut-off shorts, screaming about vegetables for no reason, while their amps smoke and the drum kit falls apart—and somehow, it’s perfect. If you’re tired of overthinking music, Cheeseburger (and “Cool Tomato”) is the sonic reset button you need.

Dionysus Records

Brand new and never played

Track Listing
Cool Tomato
Pants
First Date