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Buddha Promo is a Blink-182 promotional cassette to promote their album Buddha.
The promo was released after their album Cheshire Cat to promote the re-release of the Buddha album. It is comprised of mostly a collection of old songs from Short Bus sessions. It did also contain a few early versions of songs that appeared on Cheshire Cat & would later appear on Dude Ranch.
[edit] Track listing
- "Princess Leia" - 3:28
- "The Girl Next Door" - 2:32
- "Strung Out" - 2:39
- "Ben Wah Balls" - 3:51
- "Does My Breath Smell?" - 2:34
- "Voyeur" - 2:06
- "Wasting Time" - 2:35
- "Don't" - 2:23
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Trivia
- Tom & Mark each sang the lead vocals in four songs on the demo.
[edit] Additional notes
- Track 1 "Princess Leia" later appears on Dude Ranch as "A New Hope".
- Track 2 "The Girl Next Door" was a cover of Screeching Weasel's B side to their EP Radio Blast which later featured on Kill the Musicians. Features on Kung Fu Records reissue of Buddha remastered.
- Track 3 "Strung Out" can be found on Dude Ranch as "Enthused".
- Tracks 4 & 5 "Ben Wah Balls" & "Does My Breath Smell" were later re-recorded for the Cheshire Cat album.
- Track 6 "Voyeur" is an entirely different song than the song "Voyeur" from Dude Ranch.
- Track 7 "Wasting Time" was also released on Cheshire Cat prior to the Buddha Promo release with a later recording.
- Track 8 "Don't" features on Kung Fu Records reissue of Buddha remastered.
