Screeching Weasel - Screeching Weasel

Original Release Date

1987

Release Information

US LP 1987 (Underdog - UNDERDOG 3)
UK LP 1987 (What Goes On - GOES ON 18)

Side Screech
A1 Say No! To Authority 0:55
A2 Wanna Die 1:03
A3 Society 1:22
A4 California Sucks 0:44
A5 Murder In The Brady House 2:18
A6 I Can't Stand Myself 0:43
A7 My Song 1:51
A8 High Ambitions 0:57
A9 March Of The Lawnmowers 0:58
A10 Leave Me Alone 1:36
A11 Don't Touch My Car 0:53
A12 7-11 1:15
A13 Cows 1:11
Side Moo
B1 Work 1:27
B2 Wavin Gerbs 1:08
B3 Liar 0:56
B4 O. M. W. 0:48
B5 Clean-Cut Ass-hole 1:17
B6 Raining Needles 0:25
B7 BPD 1:26
B8 Experience The Ozzfish 1:45
B9 Jockpunk 1:37
B10 K-Mart Blues 0:56
B11 Bates Motel 1:12
B12 Hardcore Hippie 0:40
B13 What Is Right 2:30
B14 Yeah Baby! 2:07

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US CD 1999 (Liberation/VML - L-37813 / VML-072)

1 Say No! To Authority 0:55
2 Wanna Die 1:03
3 Society 1:22
4 California Sucks 0:44
5 Murder In The Brady House 2:18
6 I Can't Stand Myself 0:43
7 My Song 1:51
8 High Ambitions 0:57
9 March Of The Lawnmowers 0:58
10 Leave Me Alone 1:36
11 Don't Touch My Car 0:53
12 38179 1:15
13 Cows 1:11
14 Work 1:27
15 Wavin Gerbs 1:08
16 Liar 0:56
17 O. M. W. 0:48
18 Clean-Cut Asshole 1:17
19 Raining Needles 0:25
20 BPD 1:26
21 Experience The Ozzfish 1:45
22 Jockpunk 1:37
23 K-Mart Blues 0:56
24 Bates Motel 1:12
25 Hardcore Hippie 0:40
26 What Is Right 2:30
27 Yeah Baby! 2:07
28 In The Hospital 1:49
29 I Feel Like Shit 1:20
30 I Hate Led Zeppelin (Demo Version) 1:19
31 American Suicide (Demo Version) 1:11
32 A Political Song For Screeching Weasel To Sing 2:07
33 Twinkie Warfare 2:10
34 Stoned And Stupid 1:43
35 Life Sucks (And So Do You) 1:33
36 I Wanna Be Naked! (Demo Version) 1:50
37 My Right (Demo Version) 3:08
38 Hey Suburbia (Demo Version) 1:56
39 Ashtray (Demo Version) 2:18

Chart Placings

None

Credits

UNDERDOG 3 / GOES ON 18:

Ben Weasel - voice
Johnny Jughead - guitar
Vinnie Bovine - bass
Steve Cheese - drums

Recorded at Solid Sound, Hoffman Estates, IL June 13 1987
Engineered with loving care by Phil Bonnet
Produced by Screeching Weasel and Phil Bonnet
Mixed by Screeching Weasel and Russ Forster
All songs ©1987 Screeching Weasel except for one blatant ripoff
Jacket art by Paul Russel
Album layout by Ben, Vinnie & John!

*WARNING*This record contains extremely offensive material so FUCK OFF!

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Liberation/VML - L-37813 / VML-072:

Ben Weasel - vocals, guitar on tracks 36-39
Jughead - guitar
Steve Cheese - drums, lead vocals on tracks 17 & 23
Vinnie Bovine - bass on tracks 1-34
Fish - bass on tracks 35-29

Tracks 1-27 comprise the first Screeching Weasel album in its entirety. Recorded on June 13, 1987. This is the first authorized release since 1987.

Recorded by Phil Bonnet at Solid Sound, Hoffman Estates, IL at various period throughout 1986-1988
Produced by Bonnet, Ben Weasel and Jughead
Edited by Mass Giorgini at Sonic Iguana, Lafayette, IN AUgust 1997
All transfers and digital cleanups were done by Mass Giorgini
Design and layout by Billy Blastoff
All original artwork by Paul Russel

Additional Credits

None yet

Reviews & Opinions

BEN WEASEL, REISSUE LINER NOTES: In 1993, when Lookout Records insisted we call ourselves Screeching Weasel if we wanted them to release our record, we caved in, even though the band had died in 1989; the band that recorded My Brain Hurts had little in common with the "original" Screeching Weasel except for a couple of the same members. That Screeching Weasel lasted for three years, and while there are tunes (on Boogada x 3) (and really, much of what we recorded in 1989) from that period that provide clues as to where we were headed, SW circa 1986-1989 was completely different from SW circa 1991-present. In fact, the bands were different enough that they literally only share a name due solely to circumstances that were as close to being out of our control as you can get without actually being there. Having said that I don't want to distance myself from the album, I'm just attempting to clarify things. Well, and maybe distance myself just a little bit. The album is amateurish, but not in a charming way. It's just annoying. The bands we were listening to at the time - Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Angry Samoans, A.O.D., M.D.C., Minor Threat and D.O.A. for instance - were not so much our influence as they were blueprints from which we learned how to be a punk band. Since only two of us had been in bands prior to Screeching Weasel (Vinnie - in a heavy metal basement band and Steve in some Wisconsin band whose name slips my mind at the moment), we did what bands were supposed to do - we wrote fuck you song, sorta-politcal songs, and filled in the blanks with a bunch of know-it-all social commentary. The end result was about what you would expect from a just-turned-19 year-old lyricist in 1987. It doesn't stand the test of time for shit.

Additional Notes

Images for vinyl pressings from Fatwreckwiki

Images

US LP 1987 (Underdog - UNDERDOG 3). Click here for more

UK LP 1987 (What Goes On - GOES ON 18). Click here for more

US CD 1999 (Liberation/VML - L-37813 / VML-072). Click here for more