Pumpkinhead

Paul Boris, a DJ at Z-Rock and a coordinator of Pumpkinhead explained the origin behind the contest.

Pumpkinhead, which is an endurance contest to see who can stand on a milk crate the longest, is an event that started as a silly idea and ended up being a major fall tradition for the Chico community.

The album featured the US and UK hit tunes "Dear Madam Barnum" and " The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead ", the latter bringing the band perhaps its greatest success after the early 1980s.