Maniacal Laughter
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Maniacal Laughter is The Bouncing Souls
' second full-length album, which includes "The Ballad Of Johnny X," and "Here We Go," the latter of which was featured prominently in the hardcore porn film POV Punx. The album also contains a cover of "Born to Lose," which was originally performed by Ted Daffan
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except where noted.
Maniacal Laughter is 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...
' second full-length album, which includes "The Ballad Of Johnny X," and "Here We Go," the latter of which was featured prominently in the hardcore porn film POV Punx. The album also contains a cover of "Born to Lose," which was originally performed by Ted Daffan
Ted Daffan
Theron Eugene "Ted" Daffan was an American country musician noted for composing the seminal Truck Driver's Blues and the much covered Country anthem Born to Lose.-Early years:...
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Track listing
All songs written 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...
except where noted.
- "Lamar Vannoy" – 3:04
- "No Rules" – 1:10
- "The Freaks, Nerds, and Romantics" – 2:32
- "Argyle" – 2:35
- "All of This and Nothing" – 0:55
- "The BMX Song" – 1:57
- "Quick Chek Girl" – 2:52 mp3
- "Headlights Ditch" – 0:43
- "Here We Go" – 1:58
- "Born to Lose" (Frankie Brown, Daffan) – 2:07
- "Moon Over Asbury" – 1:45
- "The Ballad of Johnny X" (Johnny X, The Bouncing Souls) – 2:06
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 – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, artwork - Shal Khichi – 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 - Thom WilsonThom Wilson-Thom Wilson:Thom Wilson is a now-retired American punk rock record producer and engineer.-Career:Wilson began his musical career in the mid-1970s, engineering recordings by soft rock artits Burton Cummings and Seals & Crofts. He began working on punk rock albums in the early 1980s while producing...
– engineer - Andy VanDette – technician
- Johnny X – guitar and vocals on "The Ballad of Johnny X"