Died for Your Sins is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by the Avengers. It was released on February 23, 1999 on Lookout! Records

Lookout! Records

-History:Larry Livermore and David Hayes formed the label in 1987. From the start, Lookout released punk rock records, but over time expanded its scope to include various types of pop rock, reggae fusion, acoustic rock, pop punk, and indie rock...

. The album is composed of four studio recordings from 1978 (two of which were previously released on a 7" single in Sweden in 1995), three studio recordings from 1998 recorded by The Scavengers (a band made up of two original Avengers with two new members) and fourteen live tracks recorded in 1977 and 1978. Two of the songs on the album are covers: "Joker's Wild", originally by The Ventures

The Ventures

The Ventures is an American instrumental rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington. Founded by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, the group in its various incarnations has had an enduring impact on the development of music worldwide. With over 100 million records sold, the group is the best-selling...

, and "Money

Money (That's What I Want)

"Money " is a 1959 hit single by Barrett Strong for the Tamla label, distributed nationally on Anna Records. The song was written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford, and became the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise....

", originally by Barrett Strong

Barrett Strong

Barrett Strong is an American singer and songwriter. Strong was the first artist to record a hit for Motown, although he is best remembered for his work as a songwriter, particularly in association with producer Norman Whitfield.-His career:Strong was among the first artists signed to Berry...

.

Track listing

All songs written by Houston

Penelope Houston

Penelope Houston is an American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band The Avengers. She was raised in Seattle. In the mid-1970s she attended Fairhaven College in Bellingham, Washington...

/Ingraham/O'Brien/Wilsey

James Wilsey

James Calvin Wilsey is an American musician. He played bass with San Francisco punk band The Avengers but become better known as lead guitarist with Stockton crooner Chris Isaak and his band Silvertone, and featured in Isaak's solo albums Silvertone, Chris Isaak, Heart Shaped World, and San...

 except where noted

1. "Teenage Rebel"
2. "Friends of Mine"
3. "White Nigger"
4. "Good the Bad and the Kowalskis"
5. "I Want In"
6. "Crazy Homicide"
7. "The End of the World"
8. "('Fools or Hippies' Spoken Intro)" (live)
9. "The American in Me" (live)
10. "('Get Up!' Spoken Intro)" (live)
11. "Open Your Eyes" (live)
12. "Car Crash" (live)
13. "Tiny Pink Noise" (live)
14. "Fuck You" (live)
15. "Joker's Wild" (live) (Bogle
    Bob Bogle
    Robert Lenard "Bob" Bogle was a founding member of the legendary instrumental combo group The Ventures. He and Don Wilson founded the group in 1958. Bogle was the lead guitarist and later bassist of the group...
    
    /Edwards
    Nokie Edwards
    Nokie Edwards is an American musician and member of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is primarily a guitarist, best known for his work with The Ventures...
    
    /Taylor
    Mel Taylor
    Mel Taylor , was the longtime drummer for The Ventures from 1962-1996. He was the older brother of Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor.-Tenure with The Ventures:...
    
    /Wilson)
16. "Something's Wrong" (live)
17. "('Wrong Town' Spoken Intro)" (live)
18. "Desperation" (live)
19. "I Believe in Me" (live)
20. "Money
    Money (That's What I Want)
    "Money " is a 1959 hit single by Barrett Strong for the Tamla label, distributed nationally on Anna Records. The song was written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford, and became the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise....
    
    " (live) (Gordy
    Berry Gordy
    Berry Gordy, Jr. is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries.-Early years:...
    
    /Bradford
    Janie Bradford
    Janie Bradford is an American songwriter, most known for her tenure with Motown. With Berry Gordy, she co-wrote "Money ", originally recorded by Barrett Strong and used by The Beatles on their second album With The Beatles...
    
    )
21. "We Are the One" (live)

Track origins

• Tracks 1, 2 and 4 were recorded during a rehearsal at the Iguana Studios in 1978.
• Track 3 was recorded as a demo at Wally Heider Studios in 1978.
• Tracks 5-7 were recorded at The Roof Brothers Studio in 1998.
• Tracks 8-12 were recorded live at Mabuhay Gardens in 1978
• Tracks 13 and 14 were recorded live at The Keystone in 1977
• Tracks 15-18 were recorded live in Santa Cruz in 1978
• Track 19 were recorded live at The Keystone in 1977
• Tracks 20 and 21 were recorded live at The Whiskey A-Go-Go in 1978

Personnel

• Penelope Houston
  Penelope Houston
  Penelope Houston is an American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band The Avengers. She was raised in Seattle. In the mid-1970s she attended Fairhaven College in Bellingham, Washington...
  
   – vocals
• Greg Ingraham – guitar
  Guitar
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• Danny Furious – drum
  Drum
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  s on tracks 1-4 and 8-21
• Jimmy Wilsey
  James Wilsey
  James Calvin Wilsey is an American musician. He played bass with San Francisco punk band The Avengers but become better known as lead guitarist with Stockton crooner Chris Isaak and his band Silvertone, and featured in Isaak's solo albums Silvertone, Chris Isaak, Heart Shaped World, and San...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   on tracks 1-4 and 8-21
• Joel Reader – bass on tracks 5-7
• Danny Panic – drums on tracks 5-7