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The only OFFICIAL Screeching Weasel Myspace page |
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| Location: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 25, 2008 (544 days back) |
About Me |
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Click To Buy Click To Buy The Insubordination Fest 2007 Myspace page has posted a brand new tune by Ben Weasel from his upcoming album "These Ones Are Bitter"! It is called "Got My Number"-give it a listen and be sure to get the album when is comes out on June 26th at iTunes, Rhapsody, eMusic, and many other digital music providers. It will be a digital only release with a short vinyl run on Edmond Records. Click here for Screeching Weasel merchandise Please note that, while this is the official Myspace page of Screeching Weasel, no members of the band will be able to answer any of your messages here. Please seek alternative methods of contacting the individual members of the band. Screeching Weasel started in 1986, a few weeks after Ben Weasel saw the Ramones play. It's really too bad that more bands today can't boast such proper beginnings, because we could all use a little more "Hey Ho!" and a little less MySpace. Alas Well, according to Ben, "Jughead and I got together and put together the songs I'd been working on for a year. We played to crowds of three and five people inside dingy bars owned by men of questionable reputation." It's far from the glamorous punk scene (I'm talking about "fashion-core" and "nu-emo") that is so prevalent today. But that's how it was done back then: music that was both dangerous and urgent made by kids who were genuine outcasts. Their punk rock smacked of sincerity, desperation, and provocation. Who knows where all these other bands went wrong, but that doesn't matter because we still have Screeching Weasel. And subsequent generations of punks will have them too if Fat Wreck Chords has any say in the matter. Thus is the rationale behind their latest Fat release entitled Weasel Mania (A tip of the cap no doubt to the band that first inspired Ben all those years ago). Whether you grew up with 80's punk like Minor Threat and Dead Kennedys, or got introduced to the scene because the mid-90's second wave punk boom, Screeching Weasel is the underground's equivalent to a household name and one of the very few bands deserving of the title "essential". With the help of the seminal punk label, Lookout Records, the band went on to produce one of the genre's most impressive catalogs; records like Boogadaboogadaboogada, Anthem For A New Tomorrow, and the tremendously influential My Brain Hurts. Because of the huge impression they made on the scene many consider them synonymous with pivotal bands such as Jawbreaker, Fugazi, Operation Ivy, and Green Day. Just as those bands had their distinctions, SW will always be defined by their signature traits: buzzsaw guitars, double-time beats, antagonistic lyrics, and snotty melodies. Such is their legacy. The band went on lotsa tours, went through lotsa bassists (Green Day's Mike Dirnt, among them), drank lotsa beer, had lotsa break-ups, and thankfully, lotsa reunions. After 15 years, the band split for a final time in 2001. The members continue to make music with other bands and projects and both Ben Weasel and Jughead have written and published novels. The band reunited briefly in 2004 to play a short set at a Chicago club but have no plans to reunite again. |
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Music:Member Since: 8/7/2006Band Website: screechingweasel.com Band Members: By year: 1986: Ben Weasel Jughead Steve Cheese Vinnie Bovine(Joined in December) 1987: Ben Weasel Jughead Steve Cheese Warren Fischer(Replaced Vinnie Bovine) 1988: Ben Weasel Jughead Aaron Cometbus(Replaced Steve Cheese for two shows) Brian Vermen(Replaced Aaron Cometbus) Warren Fischer 1989: Ben Weasel Jughead Brian Vermen Danny Vapid(Replaced Warren Fischer) 1991: Ben Weasel Jughead Danny Vapid Dan Panic(replaced Brian Vermen) Dave Naked Johnny Personality 1992: Ben Weasel Jughead Danny Vapid Dan Panic 1994: Ben Weasel Jughead Mike Dirnt(replaced Danny Vapid) Dan Panic 1996: Ben Weasel Jughead Danny Vapid Dan Panic 1997: Ben Weasel Jughead Zac Damon Dan Lumley(replaced Dan Panic) Mass Giorgini(replaced Danny Vapid) 1999: Ben Weasel Jughead Dan Lumley Mass Giorgini 2000: Ben Weasel Jughead Mass Giorgini Dan Lumley Phillip Hill Record Label: Asian Man Records/Fat Wreck Chords Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Punk) |
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This Week’s Weasel Radio Online Now! |
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| We taped this afternoon's show again and talked about reviewing music, the potential Jason Taylor trade to the Packers, and the Brewers. Plus we played the Challenged for Jimmy and Jim Testa brought u... Posted by Screeching Weasel on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:21:00 PST |
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2nd Ben Weasel Show Added - Tickets On Sale Now! |
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| We added a show for Aug. 23rd. Like the one on the 22nd, it's at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago. It'll be the same line-up (Jetty Boys, Chinese telephones, Repellents) and I'll be playing the same set ... Posted by Screeching Weasel on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:03:00 PST |
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Ben Weasel Tickets On Sale Now! |
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| For Aug. 22nd w/ the Jetty Boys, Chinese Telephones (for some reason Ticketweb has them listed as the Chinese Stars) and the Repellents. You can buy tickets HERE. I'll be backed by the same band as la... Posted by Screeching Weasel on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:56:00 PST |
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Screeching Weasel NOT re-forming |
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| I'm playing a show on August 22nd at Reggie's in Chicago. For some reason the promoter listed it on his site and the club's site as Screeching Weasel. Considering my booking agent just two days ago se... Posted by Screeching Weasel on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:42:00 PST |
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Weasel Radio Live Tonight! |
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| Weasel Radio is live tonight at 7 central, more or less. Lately we've been getting pushed back to between 7:08 and 7:15 so please be patient if we're not on right away. And come to think of it, Owen's... Posted by Screeching Weasel on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:25:00 PST |
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6/11/08 Weasel Radio Online Now! |
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| We taped this afternoon's show again and it was a doozy, for me anyway. I didn't get much sleep last night with a bad toothache and then the show started late so everything went ass-backwards. My stom... Posted by Screeching Weasel on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:35:00 PST |
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Today’s Weasel Radio Online Now! |
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| We taped this afternoon's show yet again after a week off for me to nurse myself back to health. Y'see, I caught a cold down in Chicago weekend before last, which, coincidentally, is the subject of pr... Posted by Screeching Weasel on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:02:00 PST |
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Weasel Radio Live Today - Win Tickets To My Show! |
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| This afternoon, Weasel Radio will be broadcasting live from Record Breakers in Chicago from 3-5 p.m. - come on down and hang out! Breakers is at 2109 S. State St. We have tons of guests lined up, plus... Posted by Screeching Weasel on Sat, 24 May 2008 06:11:00 PST |
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BoogadaBoogadaBoogada Vinyl! |
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| Recess Records is re-releasing some of the Screeching Weasel albums on vinyl. First up is BoogadaBoogadaBoogada. It comes with a gatefold sleeve and is pressed on splattered grey vinyl. This is a shar... Posted by Screeching Weasel on Thu, 22 May 2008 02:55:00 PST |
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Weasel Radio |
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| I've been doing this weekly 1 hr. show called Weasel Radio with ESPN 1070's Owen Murphy for about seven months. We're on weekly live at around 7:00 p.m. (sometimes we get started more between 7:08 and... Posted by Screeching Weasel on Wed, 14 May 2008 02:12:00 PST |
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