Punkhouse
| Punkhouse | ||||
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| EP by Screeching Weasel | ||||
| Released |
July 7, 1989 September 1991 November 1993 | |||
| Recorded | April 1989 at Studio One in Chicago | |||
| Genre | Hardcore punk | |||
| Length | 10:03 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Limited Potential, No Budget, Selfless | |||
| Producer | Mike Potential | |||
| Screeching Weasel chronology | ||||
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Punkhouse was the first EP by American punk rock band Screeching Weasel. The EP was originally released on July 7, 1989 through Limited Potential Records. It was the band's only release on Limited Potential Records, as well as the only non-compilation album to feature drummer Brian Vermin and first release to feature Dan Vapid (then known as Sewercap). The songs on Punkhouse are rougher and more hardcore than the more pop-based sound the band later came to be known for. After the original pressing went out of print, Ben Weasel repressed it himself on his own label without any sleeves. The most recent pressing was by Selfless Records in 1993 and is no longer available. Ben Weasel has cited this E.P. as his "least favorite Weasel release". The song "Fathead" was later re-recorded for the group's third studio album My Brain Hurts in 1991.
Recording
The EP was recorded in April 1989 at Studio One in Chicago, Illinois and was produced and engineered by Mike Potential, owner of Limited Potential Records. Punkhouse was recorded entirely without John Jughead's guitar. When he overdubbed his tracks, the band was getting impatient and made him hurry, resulting in no one noticing that his guitar was out of tune with the rest of the guitars on the recording.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Ben Weasel, except where noted.
| Side one | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Punkhouse" (written by Weasel and John Jughead) | 2:18 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Fathead" | 1:17 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Good Morning" | 2:15 | ||||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 4. | "I Need Therapy" | 1:23 | ||||||||
| 5. | "I Think We're Alone Now" (written by Ritchie Cordell; originally performed by Tommy James and the Shondells) | 0:59 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Something Wrong" | 1:51 | ||||||||
Total length: |
10:03 | |||||||||
Personnel
- Ben Weasel - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- John Jughead - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Sewercap - bass, backing vocals
- Brian Vermin - drums
Production
- Mike Potential - producer, engineer
- Ben Weasel; John Jughead - mixing
- Donnie Kraft - mastering
- Martin Sorrondeguy - photography