A Match and Some Gasoline is the fifth album by the Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

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 punk rock

Punk rock

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 band The Suicide Machines

The Suicide Machines

The Suicide Machines were an American punk rock band formed in March 1991 in Detroit, Michigan and disbanded in May 2006. During the course of their career the band released six full-length albums on the labels Hollywood Records and Side One Dummy Records...

, released in 2003 by Side One Dummy Records. It was the band's first album for the Side One Dummy label, after their departure from Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records

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 the previous year. It was also their first album to include bassist Rich Tschirhart, replacing longtime member Royce Nunley

Royce Nunley

Royce Nunley currently sings lead vocals in Blueprint 76. He founded Blueprint 76 in 2002 after eight years in The Suicide Machines. He owns and runs Ringside Recording Studios and Broken Spoke Records in Detroit, Michigan. He has produced several mainstream bands such as The Insyderz, Tooth Fuzz,...

 who had left the group in 2002. The album's musical direction returned the band to the ska punk

Ska punk

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 and hardcore

Hardcore punk

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 styles of their first two albums, almost completely abandoning the pop punk

Pop punk

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 style they had incorporated into their previous two releases.

Track listing

All songs written by The Suicide Machines

The Suicide Machines

The Suicide Machines were an American punk rock band formed in March 1991 in Detroit, Michigan and disbanded in May 2006. During the course of their career the band released six full-length albums on the labels Hollywood Records and Side One Dummy Records...

1. "Burning in the Aftermath" – 1:36
2. "Did You Ever Get a Feeling of Dread?" – 1:40
3. "Keep it a Crime" – 1:04
4. "High Anxiety" – 2:01
5. "Your Silence" – 2:51
6. "The Change" – 1:38
7. "Invisible Government" – 0:52
8. "One More Time" – 2:04
9. "Beat My Head Against the Wall" – 1:18
10. "Seized Up" – 3:38
11. "Split the Time" – 1:58
12. "Kaleidoscope" – 2:05
13. "Politics of Humanity" / "The Floating World" – 8:55

Performers

• Jason Navarro – vocals
• Dan Lukacinsky
  Dan Lukacinsky
  Dan Lukacinsky is a singer and musician who provided vocals and guitar for the Suicide Machines. He now plays guitar and sings in Kick Like Kato. He's also been working as a producer for other bands and has been selling guitars for a living. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan and is currently living...
  
   – guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Rich Tschirhart – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Ryan Vandeberghe – drums
  Drum kit
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• Peter Knudson – additional percussion
  Percussion instrument
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   on "Split the Time" and "Kaleidoscope"

Album information

• Record label: Side One Dummy Records
• Produced by The Suicide Machines with Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore
• All songs written by The Suicide Machines
• Recorded and mixed in March 2003 at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado
  Fort Collins, Colorado
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• Engineered and mixed by Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore
• Mastered by Brian Gardener at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, California
• Artwork by Jime Litwalk
• Layout and design by Eric Leidlein and Jime Litwalk
• Black-and-white photography by Rich Tschirhart
• Live photography by C.J. Benninger