Screeching Weasel (album)

Screeching Weasel
Studio album by Screeching Weasel
Released	1987
Recorded	1986
Genre	Hardcore punk, Punk rock
Length	34:12 56:42 (reissue)
Label	Underdog
Producer	Ben Weasel, John Jughead
Screeching Weasel chronology
Screeching Weasel (1987) Boogadaboogadaboogada! (1988)

Screeching Weasel was the eponymous debut album by the American punk rock band Screeching Weasel. It was originally released with 27 tracks in 1987 through Underdog Records and licensed to What Goes On Records for release in the United Kingdom. It was reissued on CD by VML Records in 1997 after remaining out of print for a decade. According to Ben Weasel's liner notes in the CD reissue, Underdog's pressing of 1,000 copies sold out in 3 months, but the label was not interested in re-pressing the album. In the liner notes to 1994's How To Make Enemies And Irritate People, Ben Weasel stated that the album was staying out of print for two reasons: "1. The original bass player wants too much money, and 2. It stinks something awful". However, the band finally authorized CD reissue in order to combat bootlegging (tracks 28-39 were added for the reissue). The song "Murder in the Brady House" was covered by The Queers on their My Old Man's a Fatso EP and was later featured on their compilation album Later Days and Better Lays. This is the only album to feature lyrics and lead vocals by guitar Jughead (on "Don't Touch My Car"). Two of the songs ("Wavin Gerbs" and "Raining Needles") have lyrics written by the person who introduced bassist Vinnie Bovine to the band.

Track listing

All songs by Ben Weasel except where noted.

1. "Say No! to Authority" - 0:55
2. "Wanna Die" (Screeching Weasel) - 1:03
3. "Society" - 1:22
4. "California Sucks" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead) - 0:44
5. "Murder in the Brady House" - 2:18
6. "I Can't Stand Myself" - 0:42
7. "My Song" - 1:51
8. "High Ambitions" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead/Vinnie Bovine)- 0:57
9. "March of the Lawmowers" - 0:58
10. "Leave Me Alone" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead) - 1:36
11. "Don't Touch My Car" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead) - 0:53
12. "7-11" - 1:15
13. "Cows" - 1:11
14. "Work" - 1:27
15. "Wavin Gerbs" (Dave Robinson/Vinnie Bovine) - 1:08
16. "Liar" - 0:56
17. "O.M.W." (traditional, this is the Oscar Meyer theme song; arranged by Screeching Weasel) - 0:48
18. "Clean-Cut Asshole" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead) - 1:18
19. "Raining Needles" (Dave Robinson/Ben Weasel) - 0:26
20. "BPD" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead) - 1:26
21. "Experience the Ozzfish" - 1:45
22. "Jockpunk" - 1:37
23. "K-Mart Blues" (Steve Cheese/Ben Weasel) - 0:56
24. "Bates Hotel" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead) - 1:12
25. "Hardcore Hippie" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead) - 0:40
26. "What Is Right" - 2:30
27. "Yeah Baby!" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead) - 2:07
28. "In the Hospital" - 1:49
29. "I Feel Like Shit" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead) - 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" - 2:08
33. "Twinkie Warfare" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead) - 2:10
34. "Stoned and Stupid" (Ben Weasel/Vinnie Bovine) - 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)" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead) - 1:56
39. "Ashtray (Demo Version)" - 2:18

Personnel

• Ben Weasel - lead vocals
• John Jughead - guitar, lead vocals on "Don't Touch My Car"
• Vinnie Bovine - bass
• Steve Cheese - drums, lead vocals on "K-Mart Blues" and "O.M.W."
• Warren Fish - bass on tracks 30-31, 36-39