Band Name: Screeching Weasel
Music Album: Beat Is On The Brat
Album Release Date: December 1998
Music Genre: Punk Rock
Record Label: Lookout! Records
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 18 Tracks CD
Punk rock band formed in 1986 in Prospect Hts, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
The band was initially founded as a trio featuring vocalist Ben Weasel (also playing bass at the time), guitarist Jughead, and drummer Steve Cheese. The group first called itself All-Night Garage Sale, but changed their name to Screeching Weasel after bassist Vinnie Bovine joined in December 1986. Bovine would be fired in January 1988. It would be the first of a number of line up changes that would affect the group's rhythm section throughout its lifespan. Bassist Danny Vapid joined the group in 1989 (he was called Sewercap at the time). The band split at the end of that year but reformed in 1991, at which time drummer Dan Panic joined the group.
Although the group's line-up continued to fluctuate (upon the 1991 reformation, Vapid would move to 2nd guitar and remain there until moving back to bass in 1993; three bassists passed through the band during that time), the line up of Weasel/Jughead/Vapid/Panic is considered "classic" by most Screeching Weasel fans. The band split again in 1994 but reformed in 1996. Vapid and Panic left the group for good the following year. The bass position was filled by the band's longtime friend and Squirtgun member Mass Giorgini, who had also recorded and produced a number of the group's releases. Dan Lumley (also of Squirtgun) took over on drums and Zac (...)
| 1 | Blitzkrieg Bop | 1:54 |
| 2 | Beat On The Brat | 2:08 |
| 3 | Judy Is A Punk | 1:21 |
| 4 | I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend | 2:20 |
| 5 | Chainsaw | 1:54 |
| 6 | Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue | 1:22 |
| 7 | I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement | 2:14 |
| 8 | Loudmouth | 1:51 |
| 9 | Havana Affair | 1:37 |
| 10 | Listen To My Heart | 1:39 |
| 11 | 53rd & 3rd | 2:10 |
| 12 | Let's Dance | 1:37 |
| 13 | I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You | 1:27 |
| 14 | Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World | 1:52 |
| 15 | (Nothing's Gonna) Turn Me Off (Of You) | 1:40 |
| 16 | Pretty Girls Don't Talk To Me | 3:02 |
| 17 | I Don't Care Anymore | 2:42 |
| 18 | Why'd You Have To Leave | 1:23 |
Tracks 1-14 original released as "Ramones" LP in 1993. Recorded at Sonic Iguana, Lafayette, Indiana from 12:00pm Oct. 17 to 2:00am Oct. 18, 1992
Tracks 15 to 18 originally released as "Formula 27" 7" EP in 1996. Recorded June, 1996 at the Uberstudio, Chicago.
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