No Stars, Just Talent
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No Stars, Just Talent is a compilation album
by the Seal Beach, California
record label Kung Fu Records
, released in 1999. It was the label's first sampler compilation and featured artists signed to the label at the time, as well as others such as blink-182
who were not signed to the label but had released a single album through them. It was followed by The "Gone With the Wind" of Punk Rock Samplers the following year, after which the label switched to the series name Punk Rock is Your Friend for its future compilations.
* "Tudor's Revenge" is listed as "actual audio sent to Kung Fu Records." It consists of a man ranting about how much he hates Vandals drummer Josh Freese
, set to music. It is not indicated who recorded either the dialogue or the music.
** Track 20 is listed as a "hidden track
" on the album sleeve, though it is clearly listed along with the other tracks.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by the Seal Beach, California
Seal Beach, California
-Neighborhoods:Seal Beach encompasses the Leisure World retirement gated community with roughly 9,000 residents. This was the first major planned retirement community of its type in the U.S...
record label Kung Fu Records
Kung Fu Records
Kung Fu Records is an American independent record label founded in 1996 by Joe Escalante and Warren Fitzgerald of the punk rock band The Vandals. Founded in order to release a record by the Riverside, California band Assorted Jelly Beans, the label soon grew to include a roster of notable artists...
, released in 1999. It was the label's first sampler compilation and featured artists signed to the label at the time, as well as others such as blink-182
Blink-182
Blink-182 is an American rock band consisting of vocalist and bass guitarist Mark Hoppus, vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. They have sold over 27 million albums worldwide since forming in Poway, California in 1992...
who were not signed to the label but had released a single album through them. It was followed by The "Gone With the Wind" of Punk Rock Samplers the following year, after which the label switched to the series name Punk Rock is Your Friend for its future compilations.
Track listing
- intro (phone message from Joe EscalanteJoe EscalanteJoseph Patrick "Joe" Escalante is an American musician, record label owner, radio host, film and music video director, and amateur matador, as well as a former television executive and entertainment lawyer...
to The Ataris) - The AtarisThe AtarisThe Ataris are a rock band from Anderson, Indiana. They have released five studio albums, and their most recent E.P. was released on November 25, 2010 on the Gainesville, Florida based label, Paper + Plastick. It contained the brand new tracks "All Souls' Day" and "The Graveyard of The Atlantic"...
- "Your Boyfriend Sucks" (from Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 ExitsBlue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 ExitsBlue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits is the second-full length album by The Ataris, released on Kung Fu Records on April 13, 1999. Singer/guitarist Kris Roe took the photograph for the album cover.-Track listing:...
) - The Ataris - "Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits" (previously unreleased)
- The Ataris - "Bite My Tongue" (from ...Anywhere But Here)
- Longfellow - "Smokescreen" (from And So On...)
- Longfellow - "Something to Do in Union New Jersey" (previously unreleased)
- Longfellow - "Ten Seconds" (from We're Huge in Japan)
- BigwigBigwig (band)Bigwig is a hardcore punk band from New Jersey, formed in 1995. They were originally composed of Josh Farrell , John Castaldo , Tom Petta , and Dan Rominski . It is said they got their name from a character in the book "Watership Down", a large, tough rabbit...
- "Still" (from Stay AsleepStay AsleepStay Asleep is the second studio album by American punk band Bigwig. It was released on March 16, 1999.- Track Listing :Freegan was later released on the compilation album Short Music for Short People-References:...
) - Bigwig - "Friends" (from Stay Asleep)
- blink-182Blink-182Blink-182 is an American rock band consisting of vocalist and bass guitarist Mark Hoppus, vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. They have sold over 27 million albums worldwide since forming in Poway, California in 1992...
- "Don't" (from BuddhaBuddha (album)Buddha is the third and final demo by the American punk rock band Blink-182. It was self-produced by the band, and was released in 1993 through Filter Records. It contains songs from Blink-182’s earlier demos and from their debut album Cheshire Cat. The album was one of the few Blink-182 albums...
) - blink-182 - "Carousel" (from Buddha)
- Apocalypse HobokenApocalypse HobokenApocalypse Hoboken was an American punk rock band hailing from Chicago, Illinois which toured the US and Europe and released seven albums on various labels, including Rocco Records and Dyslexic Records...
- "Submissive Wetter" (from House of the Rising Son of a Bitch) - Apocalypse Hoboken - "Box of Pills" (from Inverse, Reverse, Perverse)
- Assorted Jelly Beans - "You'll Never Know" (from Assorted Jelly BeansAssorted Jelly Beans (album)-Track listing:# "No Time" - 2:24# "Plain Life" - 2:22# "Braindead" - 2:38# "8th Grade Nerd" - 2:33# "In Our Eyes" - 2:38# "Don't Ask Me" - 2:39# "Punk Rock Jock" - 2:11# "Assorted Jelly Beans" - 2:11# "You'll Never Know" - 2:20# "Another Way" - 2:04...
) - Assorted Jelly Beans - "Contordations" (from What's Really Going On!?!)
- Assorted Jelly Beans - "www.deadnabore.a.j.b..com" (from www.y2ktheory.ep..a.j.b..com)
- The VandalsThe VandalsThe Vandals are an American rock band established in 1980 in Huntington Beach, California. They have released ten full-length studio albums and two live albums and have toured the world extensively, including performances on the Vans Warped Tour...
- "Clowns Are Experts (At Making Us Laugh)" (from Slippery When IllSlippery When IllSlippery When Ill is the second album by the Huntington Beach punk rock band The Vandals, released jointly in 1989 by Restless Records and Sticky Fingers Records. It was their first album to include Dave Quackenbush on vocals, who would remain the band's singer for the rest of their career...
/The Vandals Play Really Bad Original Country TunesThe Vandals Play Really Bad Original Country TunesThe Vandals Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes is an album by the southern California punk rock band The Vandals, released in 1999 by Kung Fu Records. Essentially a re-release of their 1989 album Slippery When Ill, it contains 8 of the 10 songs from that album along with 2 newer, previously...
) - The Vandals - "My First Xmas (As a Woman)" (from Oi to the World)
- "Tudor's Revenge"*
- Flat Bowl - "Myself"**
Josh Freese
Josh Freese is an American session drummer and songwriter. He is a permanent member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo, having formerly played drums for Nine Inch Nails from late 2005 until late 2008, and for Guns N' Roses from mid-1998 to 2001. Freese has appeared on close to 300 records....
, set to music. It is not indicated who recorded either the dialogue or the music.
Hidden track
In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener...
" on the album sleeve, though it is clearly listed along with the other tracks.