Ham Fisted is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Local H.[7][8] It was released through Island Records in January 1995.

[9] Two songs, "Cynic" and "Mayonnaise and Malaise", were released as airplay singles in 1994, though the album failed to chart.

[10] Trouser Press wrote that Ham Fisted "offers an entertaining haymaker of cranked- up, stripped-down '95 noise.

[4] Newsday called it "a spell-binding display of neurotic rock and roll at its finest.

"[12] The Morning Call listed the album among the best of 1995, labeling it "a metallic punk-grunge KO.