Ramones (Screeching Weasel album)

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Ramones

Studio album by Screeching Weasel
Released	1992
Recorded	1992
Genre	punk rock, pop punk
Label	Selfless Records
Producer(s)	Mass Giorgini
Wiggle (1992)	Ramones (1992)	Anthem For A New Tomorrow (1993)

This album is Screeching Weasel covering 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. For future Screeching Weasel songs, Ben would play second guitar and Danny Vapid moved back to bass, but, for this recording, Ben just sang since the Ramones only had one guitarist. 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 repressed 300 copies of the album in 1993 with silkscreened covers. Further Ramones cover albums include Leave Home by The Vindictives, Road to Ruin by The Mr. T Experience, and Rocket to Russia by The Queers (which Ben Weasel produced). This album was later repressed on CD, along with the four songs from 1997's Formula 27 EP, on a collection entitled Beat is on the Brat.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by The Ramones, except * by Jim Lee

"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

[edit] Personnel

Ben Weasel - lead vocals
Jughead - guitar
Danny Vapid - bass
Dan Panic - drums

Ramones
Joey Ramone • Johnny Ramone • Dee Dee Ramone • Tommy Ramone • Marky Ramone • Richie Ramone • Elvis Ramone • C. J. Ramone
Discography
Studio albums: Ramones (1976) • Leave Home (1977) • Rocket to Russia (1977) • Road to Ruin (1978) • End of the Century (1980) • Pleasant Dreams (1981) • Subterranean Jungle (1983) • Too Tough to Die (1984) • Animal Boy (1986) • Halfway to Sanity (1987) • Brain Drain (1989) • Mondo Bizarro (1992) • Acid Eaters (1993) • ¡Adios Amigos! (1995)
Live albums: It's Alive (1979) • Loco Live (1991) • Greatest Hits Live (1996) • We're Outta Here (1997) • You Don't Come Close (2001) • NYC 1978 (2003)
Compilations: Ramones Mania (1988) • All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 1 (1990) • All The Stuff (And More!) Volume 2 (1990) • Hey Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology (1999) • Ramones Mania Vol. 2 (2000) • Masters of Rock: Ramones (2001) • Best of the Chrysalis Years (2002) • Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits (2002) • The Chrysalis Years (2002) • The Best of The Ramones (2004) • Weird Tales of the Ramones (2005) • Greatest Hits (2006)
Tribute Albums: Ramones (1992) • We're a Happy Family (2003)
Films: Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) • Lifestyles of the Ramones (1990) • Ramones - Around the World (1993) • We're Outta Here (1997) • Ramones: Raw (2004) • End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003)
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