Invasion USA is the fourth studio album by the American 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 The Riverdales. It was the first Riverdales album in six years. The album's song titles are almost exclusively taken from titles of old sci-fi and horror movies of the 1950s and 1960s, particularly of those featured on the popular television program, Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc., that ran from 1988 to 1999....

. The lyrics to Gemini Man were printed on the back of the vinyl and is the second time the Riverdales released any lyrics to the public. The album marks the permanent return of the band and led to their fifth album, Tarantula

Tarantula (Riverdales album)

Tarantula is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band the Riverdales. It was released digitally on June 8, 2010 and was released on CD and vinyl on June 22, 2010 through Recess Records. It was the first Riverdales album to be released through Recess, as well as their first album...

which Ben Weasel

Ben Weasel

Ben Weasel is a punk rock musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of bands Screeching Weasel and The Riverdales...

 said should have been a second part of Invasion USA.

Track listing

1. "Agent For H.A.R.M."
2. "Gemini Man"
3. "Heart Out of Season"
4. "Red Zone Cuba"
5. "Squirm"
6. "Prince Of Space"
7. "Rocketship X-M"
8. "King Dinosaur"
9. "Castle Of Fu Manchu"
10. "Time Of The Apes"
11. "Atomic Brain"
12. "Crawling Eye"
13. "Teenage Strangler"
14. "Werewolf One"

Personnel

• Ben Foster
  Ben Weasel
  Ben Weasel is a punk rock musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of bands Screeching Weasel and The Riverdales...
  
   - guitar, lead vocals
• Dan Schafer
  Dan Vapid
  Dan Schafer is a punk rock musician from Chicago, Illinois best known for his participation in Screeching Weasel, The Riverdales, The Methadones, and various other pop punk bands.-Generation Waste:...
  
   - bass, lead vocals
• Adam Cargin - drums

External links

• Invasion USA at Asian Man Records