Back from Samoa
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Back from Samoa is the second album
by the American
punk rock
band Angry Samoans
. It was initially released in 1982 on Bad Trip Records
(see 1982 in music
).
Album Design: Ronn Spencer
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Angry Samoans
Angry Samoans
The Angry Samoans are an American punk rock band in the first wave of American punk. Formed in August 1978 in Los Angeles, California by early 1970s rock writer "Metal" Mike Saunders and his sibling lead guitarist bonze blayk, along with co-conspirator Gregg Turner and original recruits bassist...
. It was initially released in 1982 on Bad Trip Records
Bad Trip Records
Bad Trip Records is an American record label responsible for releasing the first album by the L.A. punk rock band the Angry Samoans, Inside My Brain , and their following albums, Back from Samoa and Yesterday Started Tomorrow...
(see 1982 in music
1982 in music
This is a list of notable events in music from 1982. 1982 was a big year in music with Madonna making her debut as well as the year that Michael Jackson released Thriller which became the world's best selling album and it still holds that title today....
).
Track listing
- "Gas Chamber" – 1:02 (Saunders/Turner)
- "The Todd Killings" – 0:38 (Saunders/Turner)
- "Lights Out" – 0:52 (Saunders/Turner)
- "My Old Man's a Fatso" – 1:32 (Saunders)
- "Time Has Come Today" – 2:07 (Joseph Chambers/Willie Chambers)
- "They Saved Hitler's Cock" – 1:40 (Jeff Dahl/Homer/Turner)
- "Homo-Sexual" – 0:52 (J. Falwell)
- "Steak Knife" – 1:00 (Saunders/Turner)
- "Haizman's Brain Is Calling" – 1:56 (Saunders/Turner)
- "Tuna Taco" – 0:38 (Homer)
- "Coffin Case" – 0:39 (Saunders)
- "You Stupid Jerk" – 0:23 (Saunders)
- "Ballad of Jerry Curlan" – 3:08 (Galligan/Turner/Vockeroth)
- "Not of This Earth" – 1:11 (Saunders/Turner)
Album Design: Ronn Spencer
Personnel
- "Metal Mike" SaundersMike SaundersMike Saunders , better known as "Metal Mike" Saunders, is a rock critic and the singer of the Californian punk band Angry Samoans...
- vocals, guitar - Gregg Turner - vocals, guitar
- P.J. Galligan - guitar
- Todd Homer - bass guitar, vocals
- Bill Vockeroth - drums
Notable Covers
- "Lights Out" was covered by German punkGerman punkPunk rock and punk subculture have created a popular scene in Germany since punk music became popular in the 1970s.- The beginning :When bands like the Sex Pistols and The Clash became popular in West Germany, a number of Punk bands were formed, which led to the creation a German punk scene...
band The SpermbirdsSpermbirdsSpermbirds are a German punk band from Kaiserslautern. Formed in 1982, by the members of the melodic punk rock band Die Walter Elf among American G.I. stationed in Germany, they created a fast hardcore punk group that gained popularity inside as well as outside of Germany...
on their 1987 album Nothing Is Easy. - "Lights Out" was covered by the American punk/metal band the AccüsedThe AccüsedThe Accüsed is a crossover thrash band from Seattle, WA, founded in 1981. They are considered to be an important progenitor of the crossover style that bridged the gap between thrashcore and thrash metal, later influencing grindcore and some crust punk bands; as well as an influential band in the...
on their 1988 Album Martha Splatterhead's Maddest Stories Ever ToldMartha Splatterhead's Maddest Stories Ever ToldMartha Splatterhead's Maddest Stories Ever Told is an LP by Oak Harbor, Washington metalcore band The Accüsed. It was released in 1988, then re-released in 1991 on Combat Records.-Track listing:# "Psychomania" # "Bag Lady Song" # "Inherit the Earth"...
on the Combat record label. - "The Todd Killings" was covered by The BriefsThe BriefsThe Briefs are a punk rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2000 and originally consisting of Daniel J. Travanti , Steve E. Nix , Lance Romance and Chris Brief . They play punk rock music, influenced by acts such as Buzzcocks, The Undertones and The Adverts...
on their Joy of Killing 7" and the band regularly performed the song live. It was also covered by Evan DandoEvan DandoEvan Griffith Dando is an American musician, most famous for fronting the alternative rock band The Lemonheads. He is the only original member left in the current Lemonheads line-up, having served as lead singer since the band's original formation in 1986...
on his It Looks Like You 7" single. - "You Stupid Jerk" was covered by The MuffsThe MuffsThe Muffs are a rock band based in Southern California, formed in 1991 and led by Kim Shattuck.-History:The Muffs' leader is singer-songwriter Kim Shattuck...
on their first album, 1994 (Warner/Reprise). - "Lights Out" was covered by The Mighty Mighty BosstonesThe Mighty Mighty BosstonesThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones are an American ska punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1983. Since the band's inception, lead vocalist Dicky Barrett, bassist Joe Gittleman, tenor saxophonist Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton and dancer Ben Carr have remained constant members...
on the EP Ska-Core, the Devil, and MoreSka-Core, the Devil, and MoreSka-Core, the Devil, and More is an EP by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was first released in 1993 by Mercury Records. This EP includes one ska and three hardcore covers.-Track listing:#"Someday I Suppose" – 3:26#"Think Again" – 1:56...
, released in 1993. - "Gas Chamber" was recorded by Dave GrohlDave GrohlDavid Eric "Dave" Grohl is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for Foo Fighters; the former drummer for Nirvana and Scream; and the current drummer for Them Crooked Vultures...
during the sessions for the first Foo Fighters albumFoo Fighters (album)Foo Fighters is the debut album by the Foo Fighters. At the time, the only official member of the Foo Fighters was Dave Grohl, who wrote and recorded the entire album himself at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle, Washington in 1994, prior to organizing the band...
but was not included on the final release. Instead, a live-BBC performance of the song was used as one of the songs ("B-sides") coupled onto the various formats/issues of the fifth Foo Fighters single, Big MeBig Me"Big Me" is the fourth major single, released in 1996, by the Foo Fighters from their self-titled debut album Foo Fighters. Although it never charted on the Billboard Hot 100, the song became a crossover hit for the band on pop radio during the spring of 1996, when it reached #13 on the Billboard...
." The original studio cover version turned up later on the Rock Against Bush Vol. 2 compilation, released by Fat Wreck Chords in 2004. - "Homo-Sexual" was covered by The Soft Pink TruthThe Soft Pink TruthThe Soft Pink Truth is an experimental house music side-project from Drew Daniel, one-half of experimental electronica duo Matmos. Daniel started the project on a dare from Matthew Herbert that he couldn't produce a house record...
on the album Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth?Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth?Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth? is the second album by The Soft Pink Truth, a side-project of Drew Daniel of the electronic music duo Matmos....
in 2004. - "Homo-Sexual" was covered by Chaos 88 on the album Welcome To Atlantic City
- "My Old Man's A Fatso" was covered by The QueersThe QueersThe Queers are a punk band formed in 1981 by Portsmouth, New Hampshire native Joe King . The band originally broke up in 1984, but reformed with Joe Queer and a new line-up in 1986. In 1990, the band signed with Shakin' Street Records and released their first album Grow Up...
as a bonus track for the Asian Man RecordsAsian Man RecordsAsian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...
reissue of their album Beat OffBeat OffBeat Off is the third full length album by pop punk band The Queers.-Track listing:All tracks written by Joe King except as noted.# "Steak Bomb"# "Drop The Attitude Fucker"# "You Make Me Wanna Puke"...
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