Hello Bastards
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Hello Bastards is the second full length album by melodic hardcore
band Lifetime
. It was recorded at Trax East Studio in New Jersey
during May and June of 1995 and was released by Jade Tree Records
on September 25, 1995. On February 20, 2010 No Idea Records
re-released the album on 12" color vinyl. Currently, Jade Tree still keeps the CD version in press.
Melodic hardcore
Melodic hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk with a strong emphasis on vocal melody. The genre is commonly defined with fast hardcore drum beats, complex guitar riffs and melodic singing with occasional screaming and shouting.-History:...
band Lifetime
Lifetime (band)
Lifetime is an American melodic hardcore/emo band from New Jersey. Lifetime was formed in 1990 and disbanded in 1997. In late 2005, they announced their reunion.-History:...
. It was recorded at Trax East Studio in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
during May and June of 1995 and was released by Jade Tree Records
Jade Tree Records
Jade Tree International, Inc. was an independent record label formed by Darren Walters and Tim Owen in August 1991, out of Wilmington, Delaware....
on September 25, 1995. On February 20, 2010 No Idea Records
No Idea Records
For other uses, see No Idea .No Idea Records is an independent record label based in Gainesville, Florida which produces both vinyl records and compact discs...
re-released the album on 12" color vinyl. Currently, Jade Tree still keeps the CD version in press.
Track listing
- "Daneurysm" - 1:12
- "Rodeo Clown" - 2:03
- "Anchor" - 2:23
- "I'm Not Calling You" - 2:31
- "Bobby Truck Tricks" - 2:26
- "(The Gym Is) Neutral Territory" - 2:20
- "I Like You OK" - 0:49
- "It's Not Funny Anymore" (Hüsker DüHüsker DüHüsker Dü was an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1979. The band's continual members were guitarist Bob Mould, bassist Greg Norton, and drummer Grant Hart....
Cover) - 2:03 - "Irony Is for Suckers" - 1:44
- "What She Said" - 1:04
- "Knives, Bats, New Tats" - 1:57
- "Ostrichsized" - 2:25
Lifetime
- Ari Katz - Vocals
- Dan Yemin - Guitar
- Pete Martin - Guitar
- Dave Palaitis - Bass
- Scott Golley - Drums
Additional Personnel
- Steve Evetts - Production, Engineering, Mixing
- Michael Sarsfield - Mastering
- John Yates - Graphics
- Tim Owen - Photography
Trivia
- The post-hardcorePost-hardcorePost-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band SilversteinSilverstein (band)Silverstein is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 2000. Their band name is a reference to the famous children's author Shel Silverstein, whom the band had admired and read the stories of as children. They have released a total of five studio albums, three EP's, a...
covered the song "Rodeo Clown" as a bonus track on the re-release of their 2006 album Discovering the WaterfrontDiscovering the WaterfrontDiscovering the Waterfront is the second full-length album released by the band Silverstein. The album has three singles; "Smile In Your Sleep", "Discovering The Waterfront", and "My Heroine"; all of which had music videos.-Track listing:...
. - The album art mimicks the cover of The HousemartinsThe HousemartinsThe Housemartins were an English indie pop band that was active in the 1980s. Many of the Housemartins' lyrics were a mixture of Marxist politics and Christianity, reflecting singer Paul Heaton's beliefs at the time .-Formation:The band was formed in late 1983 by Paul Heaton and...
album London 0 Hull 4London 0 Hull 4London 0 Hull 4 is a 1986 album by The Housemartins. It was their first album and contains the singles "Flag Day" , "Sheep" , "Happy Hour" and "Think for a Minute" ....
. - The last track "Ostrichsized" starts with a clip from the 1983 film The OutsidersThe Outsiders (film)The Outsiders is a 1983 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an adaptation of the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. The film was released in March 1983...
. - The song "Bobby Trick Trucks" is named after SnapcaseSnapcaseSnapcase is a hardcore punk band from Buffalo, New York. Their records have been released on the Chicago record label, Victory Records. Through the course of the band's initial run of fourteen years, they released six studio albums before disbanding in 2005....
bass player, Bob Whiteside.