Beat Is on the Brat

Beat Is On The Brat

Compilation album by Screeching Weasel

Released

1998

Recorded

1992, 1996

Genre

Punk rock, pop punk

Length

38:03

Label

Lookout!, Panic Button

Producer

Mass Giorgini, Ben Weasel

Screeching Weasel chronology

Television City Dream
(1998)

Beat Is on the Brat
(1998)

Major Label Debut
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Beat is on the Brat is a CD compilation of out of print and vinyl-only material from Screeching Weasel. The majority of the CD contains their cover of the first album by The Ramones in its entirety. The band was approached to cover the album at a party for the completion of their fourth album, Wiggle. Having just lost bassist Johnny Personality, the band was unsure of its future, and they claim that the recording of these covers helped revitalize them. The band mixed the album just like the Ramones record, with the guitar panned hard to one side and the bass to the other. Very little was changed in terms of the songs themselves, though all were slightly faster than the originals. The album was recorded in approximately fifteen hours and released on vinyl on Selfless Records in a limited run of 1700 copies, 300 of which were on white vinyl. Selfless re-pressed 300 copies of the album in 1993 with silkscreened covers. The remaining tracks (15-18) are from the vinyl-only EP Formula 27. These songs were outtakes from the recording of the 1996 album, Bark Like a Dog.

Track listing

Tracks 1-11, 13-14 by The Ramones. Track 12 by Jim Lee. Tracks 15-18 by Ben Weasel.

"Blitzkrieg Bop" – 2:12
"Beat On The Brat" – 2:30
"Judy Is A Punk" – 1:30
"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" – 2:24
"Chainsaw" – 1:55
"Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" – 1:34
"I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement" – 2:35
"Loudmouth" – 2:14
"Havana Affair" – 2:00
"Listen To My Heart" – 1:56
"53rd & 3rd" – 2:19
"Let's Dance" – 1:51
"I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You" – 1:43
"Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World" – 2:09
"(Nothing's Gonna) Turn Me Off (Of You)" – 1:39
"Pretty Girls Don't Talk To Me" – 3:02
"I Don't Care Anymore" – 2:42
"Why'd You Have To Leave?" – 1:23

Credits

Ben Weasel - lead vocals on tracks 1-11 and 13-18, guitar on tracks 15-18
Jughead - guitar
Danny Vapid - bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on track 12
Dan Panic - drums

References

↑ Allmusic review

Screeching Weasel

Ben Weasel Zac Damon Mike Hunchback Pierre Marche Zach "Poutine" Brandner John Jughead Vinnie Bovine Steve Cheese Warren Fish Brian Vermin Danny Vapid Douglas Ward Dave Naked Scott "Gub" Conway Danny Panic Johnny Personality Mike Dirnt Mass Giorgini Dan Lumley Zac Damon Phillip Hill Dave Klein

Studio albums	Screeching Weasel (1987) Boogadaboogadaboogada! (1988) My Brain Hurts (1991) Ramones (1992) Wiggle (1993) Anthem for a New Tomorrow (1993) How to Make Enemies and Irritate People (1994) Bark Like a Dog (1996) Television City Dream (1998) Emo (1999) Teen Punks in Heat (2000) First World Manifesto (2011)

EPs	Punkhouse (1989) Pervo Devo (1991) Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions (1992) Happy, Horny, Gay and Sassy (1992) Screeching Weasel / Pink Lincolns (1993) Radio Blast (1993) You Broke My Fucking Heart (1993) Screeching Weasel / Born Against (1993) Suzanne Is Getting Married (1994) Formula 27 (1996) Major Label Debut (1998) Jesus Hates You (1999) Carnival of Schadenfreude (2011)

Compilations	Kill the Musicians (1995) Beat Is on the Brat (1998) Thank You Very Little (2000) Weasel Mania (2005)

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