How I Spent My Summer Vacation
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation is the fifth studio album by New Jersey punk
band The Bouncing Souls
. It was released on May 22, 2001. This was the first album to feature new drummer Michael McDermott, formerly of Murphy's Law
and Skinnerbox
. The song "Manthem" is featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
.
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 The Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1987. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a "pogo" element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-hearted songs, a model followed by various other local...
. It was released on May 22, 2001. This was the first album to feature new drummer Michael McDermott, formerly of Murphy's Law
Murphy's Law (band)
Murphy's Law is an American hardcore band from New York City, New York, formed in 1982. While vocalist Jimmy Gestapo remains the only founding member of the band, the line-up has consisted of former members of bands such as Skinnerbox, Danzig, The Bouncing Souls, Mucky Pup, Dog Eat Dog, Hanoi...
and Skinnerbox
Skinnerbox
Skinnerbox is a third wave ska band formed in New York City in the early 1990s by King Django.-Full Length:*Instrumental Conditioning 1990)*Now & Then *Tales of the Red...
. The song "Manthem" is featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
-External links:* on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine...
.
Track listing
All songs by The Bouncing SoulsThe Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1987. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a "pogo" element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-hearted songs, a model followed by various other local...
- "That Song" – 2:03
- "Private Radio" – 2:13
- "True Believers" – 2:31 mp3
- "Better Life" – 1:50
- "The Something Special" – 3:25
- "Broken Record" – 2:50
- "Lifetime" – 3:22
- "Manthem" – 3:08
- "Break-up Song" – 1:52
- "Streetlight Serenade (To No One)" – 2:04
- "Late Bloomer" – 2:48
- "No Comply" – 1:58
- "Gone" – 4:07
Personnel
- Greg Attonito – vocals
- Pete Steinkopf – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Bryan Keinlen – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, artwork - Michael McDermott – drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s - John Seymore – engineer
- Jonathon Leary – assistant engineer
- Tim Gilles – technician
- Robert Vosgien – technician