Kick Over the Traces is a compilation 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 Pinhead Gunpowder

Pinhead Gunpowder

Pinhead Gunpowder is an American punk rock band formed East Bay, California, in 1990. The band has consisted of Aaron Cometbus , Bill Schneider , Billie Joe Armstrong and Jason White for the majority of its existence...

. The album contains tracks from Pinhead Gunpowder releases since the band formed in 1990. The album was released through Recess Records

Recess Records

Recess Records is an independent record label founded in 1989 with the release of F.Y.P's Extra Credit, an 11 song 7-inch record. Label founder Todd Congelliere originally created the label as a vehicle to release F.Y.P's material...

 on June 16, 2009. The Japanese edition features a second disc recorded live at 924 Gilman Street

924 Gilman Street

924 Gilman Street is an all-ages, not for profit, collectively organized music club usually referred to by its fans simply as "The Gilman." It is located in the West Berkeley area of Berkeley, California about a mile and a half west of the North Berkeley BART station and a quarter-mile west of San...

 on February 10, 2008, and features different cover art.

Disc 1

All songs written by Aaron Cometbus

Aaron Cometbus

Aaron Elliott , better known as Aaron Cometbus, is an American drummer, lyricist, self-described "punk anthropologist," novelist, and author of punk rock zine Cometbus.-Personal life:...

, except where noted.

1. "West Side Highway" - 2:09
2. "Losers of the Year" - 2:43
3. "Reach for the Bottle" - 1:30
4. "Find My Place" - 1:06
5. "Kathleen" - 1:26
6. "Keeping Warm in the Night Time" - 1:48
7. "Cabot Gal" (Jason White
   Jason White (musician)
   Jason White is an American guitarist who has played in various punk rock bands. He is most notable for being the long-time touring lead guitarist for Green Day and guitarist for Californian punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder. Jason White has been a touring member of Green Day since 1999 when they...
   
   ) - 1:46
8. "I Used To" - 1:17
9. "Before the Accident" - 1:47
10. "MPLS Song" - 2:22
11. "At Your Funeral" - 1:53
12. "Anniversary Song" (Wilhelm Fink
    Billie Joe Armstrong
    Billie Joe Armstrong is an American rock musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter and lead guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day...
    
    ) - 2:00
13. "2nd St." (Jason White) - 2:08
14. "Life During Wartime" - 1:49
15. "Landlords" - 2:09
16. "Big Yellow Taxi" (Joni Mitchell
    Joni Mitchell
    Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
    
    ) - 1:59
17. "Future Daydream" - 1:37
18. "New Blood" (Wilhelm Fink) - 1:32
19. "Beastly Bit" - 2:20
20. "Swan Song" - 1:38
21. "Train Station" - 1:30
22. "Mahogany" (Michael Masser
    Michael Masser
    Michael Masser , a former stockbroker, is a composer and producer of popular music. He attended the University of Illinois College of Law, but left to pursue his interest in music...
    
    , Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...
    
    ) - 1:59
23. "On the Ave." - 2:45

Disc 2

All songs written Aaron Cometbus except where noted.

1. "Find My Place" - 1:06
2. "Cabot Gal" (Jason White) - 1:46
3. "I Used To" - 1:11
4. "New Blood" (Wilhelm Fink) - 1:29
5. "Buffalo" - 2:06
6. "Reach for the Bottle" - 1:50
7. "Backyard Flames" (Bill Schneider
   Bill Schneider (musician)
   Bill Schneider is an American musician. He has played bass in the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder since 1990, as well as providing vocals and writing the lyrics to the song Backyard Flames. He has also been in many other bands such as The Influents, Monsula and The Skinflutes...
   
   ) - 2:10
8. "West Side Highway" - 2:31
9. "Losers of the Year" - 2:43
10. "On the Ave." - 2:51
11. "Kathleen" - 1:39
12. "Landlords" - 2:12
13. "Life During Wartime" - 1:55
14. "Anniversary Song" (Wilhelm Fink) - 1:45
15. "Before the Accident" - 1:42
16. "My Boot in Your Face Is What Keeps Me Alive" - 1:24
17. "Asheville" - 1:51
18. "MPLS Song" - 2:05
19. "Swan Song" - 1:49
20. "Beastly Bit" - 2:01
21. "Train Station" - 1:25
22. "Future Daydream" - 2:15
23. "Mahogany" (Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin) - 2:16

Disc 1

• Aaron Cometbus
  Aaron Cometbus
  Aaron Elliott , better known as Aaron Cometbus, is an American drummer, lyricist, self-described "punk anthropologist," novelist, and author of punk rock zine Cometbus.-Personal life:...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  
• Bill Schneider
  Bill Schneider (musician)
  Bill Schneider is an American musician. He has played bass in the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder since 1990, as well as providing vocals and writing the lyrics to the song Backyard Flames. He has also been in many other bands such as The Influents, Monsula and The Skinflutes...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Billie Joe Armstrong
  Billie Joe Armstrong
  Billie Joe Armstrong is an American rock musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter and lead guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The 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...
  
  , producer
  Record producer
  A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
  
  
• Mike Kirsch
  Mike Kirsch
  Mike Kirsch has been active in the San Francisco Bay Area hardcore and punk community since the mid-1980s.-Band history:*The Skinflutes *Fuel *Fifteen...
  
   - guitar on Tracks 2, 6, 10, 16, 17, 19
• Jason White
  Jason White (musician)
  Jason White is an American guitarist who has played in various punk rock bands. He is most notable for being the long-time touring lead guitarist for Green Day and guitarist for Californian punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder. Jason White has been a touring member of Green Day since 1999 when they...
  
   – guitar
• Kevin Army – producer
• Pinhead Gunpowder - producer

Disc 2

• Aaron Cometbus
  Aaron Cometbus
  Aaron Elliott , better known as Aaron Cometbus, is an American drummer, lyricist, self-described "punk anthropologist," novelist, and author of punk rock zine Cometbus.-Personal life:...
  
   – drums
• Bill Schneider
  Bill Schneider (musician)
  Bill Schneider is an American musician. He has played bass in the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder since 1990, as well as providing vocals and writing the lyrics to the song Backyard Flames. He has also been in many other bands such as The Influents, Monsula and The Skinflutes...
  
   – bass, backing vocals
• Billie Joe Armstrong
  Billie Joe Armstrong
  Billie Joe Armstrong is an American rock musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter and lead guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day...
  
   – guitar, vocals
• Jason White
  Jason White (musician)
  Jason White is an American guitarist who has played in various punk rock bands. He is most notable for being the long-time touring lead guitarist for Green Day and guitarist for Californian punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder. Jason White has been a touring member of Green Day since 1999 when they...
  
  – guitar, vocals