Fumble is the fifth and final studio album

Studio album

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 by American hardcore

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band Scream

Scream (band)

Scream is a hardcore punk band from Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia active from 1981 to 1990. As of 2009, the band has reunited to play several shows.-Biography:...

, recorded December 1989 at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia, and released in July 1993 through Dischord

Dischord Records

Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in the independent punk music of the D.C.-area music scene. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release Minor Disturbance by The Teen Idles...

. It is notable for showcasing the band's expansion in style, towards a more post-hardcore

Post-hardcore

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 sound with a Bad Brains

Bad Brains

Bad Brains is an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1977. They are widely regarded as among the pioneers of hardcore punk, though the band's members objected to this term to describe their music. They are also an adept reggae band, while later recordings featured elements of...

 influence, and also for having some of the first compositions of Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl

David 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...

.

Track listing

All songs written by Scream

Scream (band)

Scream is a hardcore punk band from Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia active from 1981 to 1990. As of 2009, the band has reunited to play several shows.-Biography:...

.

1. "Caffeine Dream" - 3:14
2. "Sunmaker" - 4:48
3. "Mardi Gras" - 3:51
4. "Land Torn Down" - 3:59
5. "Gods Look Down" - 4:18
6. "Crackman"
7. "Gas" - 4:37
8. "Dying Days" - 5:22
9. "Poppa Says" - 4:12
10. "Rain" - 4:37

("Crackman" does not appear on the CD version.)

Personnel

• Scream
  Scream (band)
  Scream is a hardcore punk band from Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia active from 1981 to 1990. As of 2009, the band has reunited to play several shows.-Biography:...
  
  
  • Peter Stahl
    Peter Stahl
    Peter Marc Stahl is an American vocalist known for fronting the seminal Washington, D.C. punk/hardcore band Scream with brother Franz Stahl. At one stage, Scream also featured Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl on drums....
    
     - lead vocals, mixing
  • Franz Stahl
    Franz Stahl
    Franz Stahl was the guitarist of the Washington, DC hardcore punk band Scream. Stahl is the brother of Scream lead singer Peter Stahl. Stahl was also briefly a member of Foo Fighters from 1997 to 1999, replacing the band's original guitarist Pat Smear...
    
     - guitar
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    s, vocals, mixing
  • Skeeter Thompson
    Skeeter Thompson
    Skeeter Thompson is best known for being the bassist of the DC hardcore band Scream.After their break up, Thompson ended up in Little Rock, Arkansas and played in several of the local bands there including local old school punk band Springgun....
    
     - bass
    Bass guitar
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    , vocals
  • David Grohl
    Dave Grohl
    David 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...
    
     - drum
    Drum
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    s, lead vocals on "Gods Look Down"
• Eli Janney - producer
  Record producer
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  , mixing
• Tomas Squip - photography
  Photography
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