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fohhoh bohob: the name
Ah, yes, the name. Hmmm. Well, here's the official Fohhoh Bohob "libretto" explanation:

"FOHHOH BOHOB" is a phrase common to many of the various, small tribal languages of Africa; it means, in effect (or roughly translated): "GREETINGS OF THE MOUTH."

Complete and utter hogwash. Total B.S. Lies, all lies. Well, almost all lies. It does, indeed, involve the mouth...

My brother Tom Bergman, the originator of the phrase Fohhoh Bohob, in September, 1967.
My brother Tom Bergman, the originator of the phrase Fohhoh Bohob, in September, 1967.

I'll let my older brother, Tom (alias "The Lurker"), a DKE at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY from 1964-1968, explain:

"Fohhoh Bohob" was the Patron Saints' way of saying "f**king b**wjob." There, now you know! Uplifting, isn't it?! When we all got stoned, we began talking in this Patron Saintian dialect of English that was only comprehensible to members of the Auxiliary [people who hung out with the band]. The source of this bizarre lingo was, strangely enough, the DKE house at Colgate. It was a derivation of my fellow DKEs' imitation of the way greasers talk, taken to the most absurd extreme. I guess you could say I was the pathetic source of this little cult album's "exalted" title, as I perfected it's pronunciation with much practice at my institution of "higher learning." At it's end point, "Auxiliarian" was barely recognizable as human communication. It was little more than the grunts pre-humans must have made to each other to try and make themselves understood. Yeah, the psychedelic era was pretty strange!

And finally, what was the "Ahotz" in Ahotz Enterprises? Just a word (and company) that Jon and I made up. I guess we were all in a bizarre-sounding-word mode at that time.

Fohhoh Bohob LP

So what have we learned here? Well, people have jerked my chain for years about putting out my work independently: "Why are you wasting your time? Who's going to listen? You'll never get famous doing it that way!" But I always had a gut feeling that this was the only way for me/us to go. And guess what? I was right. The next part of the story continues on the Fohhoh Bohob Reissue Page, where you'll find out what happened after all of the Bohobs were distributed...almost thirty years after, to be exact. You can also find out how to get your very own copy of Fohhoh Bohob in LP or CD format...new, improved and, best of all, authentic!

Photo of Tom Bergman in 1967 by Linda Pankuch

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