| Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Toasters |
| Cover: | Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down (The Toasters album - cover art).jpg |
| Released: | 1997 |
| Genre: | Ska |
| Length: | 57:58 |
| Label: | Moon Ska Records |
| Producer: | Robert "Bucket" Hingley |
| Prev Title: | Hard Band for Dead |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Enemy of the System |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down is the seventh studio album by The Toasters. It has a much more mature sound than their previous albums and wasn't as solely focused on one genre (2-Tone) as their other albums before it had been. The album's cover includes the supposed-Latin motto, "Illegitimis non carborundum", which is supposed to mean "one must not be ground down by the bastards", although it is largely faux-Latin, with "carborundum" (intended to look like a Latin gerundive) actually referring to silicon carbide, a type of abrasive.