Kill the Musicians explained

Kill the Musicians
Type:compilation
Artist:Screeching Weasel
Cover:Killthemusicians.jpg
Released:1995, 2005
Recorded:1989–1994
Genre:Punk rock, pop punk, skate punk
Label:Lookout!, Asian Man
Producer:Mass Giorgini, Ben Weasel, Screeching Weasel, Mike Potential, Steve Albini, Andy Ernst
Prev Title:How to Make Enemies and Irritate People
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Bark Like a Dog
Next Year:1996

Kill the Musicians is a compilation album released in 1995 which was meant to serve as a "cleaning up" of loose ends after Screeching Weasel's breakup in 1994. The compilation collects demos, B-sides, vinyl-only EPs, and other various odds and ends the band had accumulated in their career from 1989 to 1994. It came on the heels of 1994's How to Make Enemies and Irritate People, which itself was a collection of the final songs the band had written prior to splitting up. The band would soon reform in 1996 and remain together again until 2000, when they disbanded again. This collection was out of print for a short period until it was remastered and re-released by Asian Man Records in 2005. The original album contained an in-depth essay written by Ben Weasel covering the history of the band. This was later omitted from the re-issue. In 2010, Recess Records had intentions to release a double LP vinyl reissue, however production was aborted and only a small amount of test pressings exist.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Kamala's Too Nice" (Weasel, Vapid) – 1:26
  2. "Punkhouse" (Weasel, Jughead) – 2:14
  3. "Fathead" (Weasel, Vapid, Jughead) – 1:16
  4. "Good Morning" (Weasel) – 2:16
  5. "I Need Therapy" (Weasel) – 1:21
  6. "I Think We're Alone Now" (Ritchie Cordell) – 0:57
  7. "Something Wrong" (Screeching Weasel) – 1:50
  8. "This Bud's for Me" (Screeching Weasel) – 2:08
  9. "I Wanna Be a Homosexual" (Weasel, Jughead, Vapid) – 3:04
  10. "She's Giving Me the Creeps" (Weasel, Vapid) – 2:23
  11. "I Fall to Pieces" (Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard) – 2:11
  12. "Celena" (Weasel) – 3:49
  13. "Radio Blast" (Weasel, Vapid) – 3:58
  14. "The Girl Next Door" (Weasel) – 3:12
  15. "Achtung" (Authorities) – 2:19
  16. "Judy Is a Punk" (Douglas Colvin, John Cummings, Thomas Erdelyi, Jeffrey Hyman) – 1:21
  17. "Chainsaw" (Colvin, Cummings, Erdelyi, Hyman) – 1:55
  18. "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" (Colvin, Cummings, Erdelyi, Hyman) – 1:21
  19. "Havana Affair" (Colvin, Cummings, Erdelyi, Hyman) – 1:38
  20. "Soap Opera" (Weasel) – 2:37
  21. "Stab Stab Stab" (Weasel) – 3:00
  22. "Six A. M." (Weasel) – 2:16
  23. "Hey Suburbia" (Weasel, Jughead) – 2:46
  24. "The American Dream" (Weasel) – 0:39
  25. "Mary Was an Anarchist" (Weasel) – 3:15
  26. "Around on You" (Weasel, Vapid) – 2:50
  27. "Goodbye to You" (Weasel, Vapid) – 1:44
  28. "Veronica Hates Me" (live) (Weasel) – 3:02
  29. "I Can See Clearly" (live) (Johnny Nash) – 2:19
  30. "Supermarket Fantasy" (live) (Weasel) – 1:30
  31. "The Science of Myth" (live) (Weasel) – 2:14

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Screeching Weasel - Kill the Musicians [reissue] Punknews.org].