Frogtoon Music

My Brain Hurts by Screeching Weasel

Artist Biography For Screeching Weasel

Screeching Weasel Is An American Punk Band From Chicago Illinois. They Were Formed In 1986 By Ben Weasel Aka Ben Foster Who Also Used To Be A Columnist For The Punk Fanzine Maximum Rocknroll And John Jughead Aka John Pierson . The Band Gained Prominence In The Early 1990s After Signing To East Bay Punk Label Lookout! Records And Are Cited To Be A Major Influence Over Many Bands Playing That Style Of Punk Music. Through The Years The Band Went Through Many Line-Up Changes With Ben And John Being The Only Constant Members Since The Band's Inception. Screeching Weasel Officially Broke Up For Roughly The Third - And Allegedly Final - Time On July 6 2001.
The Band Did A Few Surprise Shows Between 2001-2009. Ben Weasel Reformed The Group In March 2009 With A New Line-Up And Without John Jughead. Ben Had Released Solo Albums That Were The Same Just In His Name. John Finally Settled For T-Shirt Money For Being An Original Member Of The Band And A Royalties For A Handful Songs He Co-Wrote And Let Ben Play As Screeching Weasel With The Hundreds Of Song Lyrics And Music Has Written. Former Members Include Renowned Punk Rock Record Producer Mass Giorgini On Bass Guitar Dan Panic Born Dan Sullivan On Drums And Danny Vapid Born Dan Schafer On Guitar Or Bass Depending On The Band's Necessity. Dan Is Currently Fronting The Methadones And Formerly Of Sludgeworth Members Of Screeching Weasel Have Gone On To Form Bands Such As The Methadones The Mopes Even In Blackouts And Sweet Black And Blue. Screeching Weasel Has Also Included Members Of Green Day Sludgeworth Common Rider Squirtgun And Teen Idols. During One Of The Band's Many Break-Ups Weasel And Vapid Also Formed The Riverdales. Additionally Ben Weasel Released A Solo Record In 2002 Entitled Fidatevi. In 2004 Ben Weasel Rescinded All Of The Screeching Weasel And Riverdales Masters From Lookout! Records In The Wake Of Long-Running Financial And Personal Conflicts. The Masters Were Subsequently Licensed To And Reissued By Asian Man Records. On December 7 2010 It Was Announced That Screeching Weasel Will Release A New Album On March 15 2011 The Band's First Album In Eleven Years. The Album Will Be Titled First World Manifesto And Will Be Released On Fat Wreck Chords. It Will Contain 14 New Songs And Is Produced By Mike Kennerty Of The All-American Rejects. It Was Announced That The Label Will Also Be Releasing The Back Catalogs Of Screeching Weasel The Riverdales And Ben Weasel. On March 18 2011 During Screeching Weasel's South By Southwest Festival Performance At The Scoot Inn In Austin Texas Foster Reached From The Stage And Slapped A Female Audience Member Who Had Spit On Him Several Times. This Sent Off A Fire Storm Web Frenzy From All Of The Self -Righteous Non Screeching Weasel Fans. Ben Apologized For His Actions But All Of The Perfect People Who Never Loose There Cool Were Not Satisfied. Ben And His Hired Band Had A Falling Out. He Found Out Who His True Friends And Fans Were. After Over A Year Of Spending Time With His Family And Raising A New Baby He Released Carnival Of Schadenfreude EP In 2011 With Huge Interest And Has Resumed His Music Career Again Full Swing.

50 Similar Tracks:

HOME SCREECHING WEASEL
POPULAR TRACKS MIXES ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50

Frogtoon Music -

Frogtoon Music Album Info: My Brain Hurts

My Brain Hurts Is The Third Studio Album By The Chicago-Based Punk Rock Band Screeching Weasel. The Album Was Originally Released On CD Vinyl And Cassette In September 1991 Through Lookout Records. It Was The Group's First Album On Lookout As Well As The Only Release With Bassist Dave Naked And The First With Drummer Dan Panic The Latter Of Which Would Go On To Appear On Several Of The Band's Albums. The Album Marked A Very Distinct Stylistic Shift For The Group Fully Moving Toward A Ramones-Inspired Sound And Completely Abandoning Their Previous Hardcore Punk Influences As A Condition Made By Vocalist Ben Weasel When Reforming The Band After A Brief Break-Up. After The Release Of My Brain Hurts The Band Grew Increasingly Popular Within The Punk Community And Began Drawing Bigger Crowds At Their Shows Which Weasel Later Admitted Put Pressure On Him When Recording The Follow-Up Album Wiggle The Next Year. The Album Is Regarded As One Of The Group's Best Releases By Critics Fans And The Band Members Themselves. It Is One Of The Band's Best-Selling Releases And Is Often Cited As Influential To Many Later Pop Punk Bands. In 2005 The Band Removed Their Catalog From Lookout Due To Unpaid Royalties Alongside Many Other Artists And Re-Released The Album On CD In Remastered Form Though Asian Man Records Later That Year. A Vinyl Edition With Different Cover Art Was Also Issued By Recess Records In 2009.