Produced by Jimmy Pop, it was the band's first release on Geffen Records, and the first to feature "Evil" Jared Hasselhoff on bass guitar, and DJ Q-Ball on the turntables.

[2] The band took its name from "The Bloodhound Gang", a segment on the 1980s PBS kids' show 3-2-1 Contact that featured three young detectives solving mysteries and fighting crime.

[3] The Bloodhound Gang entered Dome Sound/Ultra Psyche Studios with engineer Rich Gavalis in March 1996 to record One Fierce Beer Coaster.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the Bloodhound Gang's sound as, "smarmy, smirky alternative funk-metal, complete with junk culture references and "ironic" musical allusions.

"[1] Former Bloodhound Gang guitarist Lupus Thunder credits Weezer as an inspiration for "Fire Water Burn" and Lemonade and Brownies-era Sugar Ray for "Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny.

is built around a re-recorded sample of "Spooky", by Mike Sharpe as performed by Classics IV[6] and also features a small lift from the Bill Cosby track "Greasy Kid Stuff.

"[12] The album's best-known single, "[Fire Water Burn", is a diatribe against a white boy who attempts, and fails, to act like a black thug.

[6] It consisted of an audio collage featuring Howard Stern talking about peanut butter, a televangelist, a news broadcast on the disease lupus (a reference to Lüpüs Thünder), a phone call from a drunk friend of Jimmy's, and other assorted oddities.

[16] "Fire Water Burn" played a major role in the slow build of interest that ultimately led to the band's mainstream breakthrough.

[13] Because the band could not afford financially solvent national tours, they promoted themselves by sending their music to alternative rock-based radio stations across the country.

Launch that his band's music and lyrics were simply meant to be humorous: I think on the first record there's stuff that [offended people]… Really we're not trying to shock anybody, we're just saying things that we laugh at," he explained.

[17]In 2000, the song was the subject of further controversy when students at the University of Maryland, including members of the ECAASU and the LGBT Alliance, demanded the band be removed from a concert lineup.

During August 1997, they performed at that year's edition of the BIzarre-Festival in Germany, which also featured artists such as Beck, Bush, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Marilyn Manson, Rammstein, Rollins Band, Silverchair, and Veruca Salt.

It took place at the Blockbuster Pavilion in Charlotte, North Carolina, and also featured Cowboy Mouth, Faith No More, K's Choice, Our Lady Peace, Seven Mary Three, and The Nixons.

[23] Other artists that the Bloodhound Gang shared bills with in 1997 include Goldfinger, Guano Apes, Iggy Pop, Linda Perry, Nerf Herder, the Reverend Horton Heat, Sevendust, Slipknot, Sugar Ray and Weezer.

[31] In a three-out-of-five star review, AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that, "One Fierce Beer Coaster was picked up by DGC about two months after its release [...] And, listening to the single, "Fire Water Burn," it's possible to hear why.

[33] On October 16, 1998, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), meaning that it had shipped 500,000 copies in the United States.