Pennywise discography
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The discography
of Pennywise
, an American
punk rock
band formed in 1988 in Hermosa Beach, California
, currently consists of nine studio album
s, one live album
, two extended play
s (EPs), one compilation, one DVD
and fourteen singles
. This list is not intended to include material performed by members or former members of Pennywise that was recorded with CON/800, One Hit Wonder
and Chaos Delivery Machine.
A Live DVD has been in the works since 2000 with the majority of the footage being recorded in Australia. The DVD is still in the works but there is no release date as of yet.
Discography
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...
of Pennywise
Pennywise (band)
Pennywise is a Californian punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California, formed in 1988. The name is derived from the monster, It, from the Stephen King novel of the same title....
, an American
United States
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punk rock
Punk rock
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band formed in 1988 in Hermosa Beach, California
Hermosa Beach, California
Hermosa Beach is a beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Its population was 19,506 at the 2010 census, up from 18,566 at the 2000 census....
, currently consists of nine studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
s, one live album
Live album
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, two extended play
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
s (EPs), one compilation, one DVD
DVD
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and fourteen singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
. This list is not intended to include material performed by members or former members of Pennywise that was recorded with CON/800, One Hit Wonder
One Hit Wonder (band)
One Hit Wonder was a Californian punk band that made its debut in 1994.Front man Dan Root is credited as playing guitar for Tender Fury,Rik L Rik, Keith Morris Buglamp, The Adolescents, The Vandals appearing in the 1987 movie "Dudes". Randy Bradbury played bass on the first two One Hit Wonder...
and Chaos Delivery Machine.
Studio Albums
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Ind. Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
FIN | GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
NET MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1991 | Pennywise Pennywise (album) Pennywise is the self-titled debut album by the melodic hardcore punk band Pennywise, released on Epitaph Records on October 22, 1991.-Writing and production:Writing for the first Pennywise album began around 1989/1990...
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| 1993 | Unknown Road Unknown Road Unknown Road is the second album by Pennywise, released on August 17, 1993 through Epitaph Records. After frontman Jim Lindberg briefly left the band during touring in support of its previous album, Pennywise , Pennywise began the recording sessions for their second album... |
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Randy Bradbury Randy Bradbury is the current bass guitar player for the Californian punk band Pennywise.He joined in October 1995 when founding bass player Jason Thirsk left the band. Randy was supposed to switch to rhythm guitar when Thirsk returned, but it never happened due to Thirsk's suicide in 1996... contributed songs on this album. |
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| 1995 | About Time About Time (Pennywise album) About Time is the third studio album by Pennywise, released on June 13, 1995.Although the album was not a commercial success, it is widely considered to be one of Pennywise's best releases, and it includes their concert staples, "Peaceful Day", "Perfect People", "Every Single Day", and "Same Old... |
96 | — | 55 | 24 | 76 | 84 | — | — | — |
Jason Thirsk Jason Matthew Thirsk was the former bass player of the California punk rock band Pennywise who grew up in Hermosa Beach, California.... before his suicide in 1996. |
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| 1997 | Full Circle Full Circle (Pennywise album) Full Circle is the fourth full-length album by the punk band Pennywise. It was released on April 22, 1997 and was digitally remastered on March 8, 2005 on the original label. This is the first Pennywise studio album to feature Randy Bradbury, who replaced bassist Jason Thirsk, who had committed... |
79 | — | 13 | 38 | — | 93 | 36 | — | — |
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| 1999 | Straight Ahead Straight Ahead (Pennywise album) - Trivia :The bonus track "Down Under" from the album´s Australian release is a cover of Men at Work´s same titled song and a tribute to the many Australian Pennywise fans.- Personnel :* Jim Lindberg - Vocals* Fletcher Dragge - Guitar* Randy Bradbury - Bass... |
62 | — | 8 | — | 93 | — | 12 | — | 193 | |||
| 2001 | Land of the Free? Land of the Free? Land of the Free? is the sixth album by Pennywise. Produced by Joe Barresi, the album was released on June 19, 2001. After the commercial success of their previous album, Straight Ahead, Pennywise entered the studio in early 2001 to record a follow-up... |
67 | 2 | 21 | — | — | — | 32 | 89 | 134 | |||
| 2003 | From the Ashes From the Ashes From the Ashes is the seventh studio album by the punk rock band Pennywise, released on September 9, 2003. Most copies include a DVD on the making of the album.... |
54 | 4 | 13 | — | 77 | — | 47 | 47 | 148 | |||
| 2005 | The Fuse The Fuse The Fuse is the eighth album by Pennywise, released on August 9, 2005. The Fuse charted at number 36 in Australia on the ARIA Albums Chart, their third lowest position on the chart among the band's album releases.-Track listing:... |
78 | 9 | 36 | — | 100 | — | — | 60 | — | |||
| 2008 | Reason to Believe Reason to Believe (Pennywise album) Reason to Believe is the ninth studio album by the American punk rock band Pennywise, which was released on March 25, 2008 as a worldwide free digital download on MySpace. MySpace Records released the album within the United States as a standard CD and a limited-edition vinyl version with two bonus... MySpace Records Myspace Records is a record label founded in 2005 to sign artists who appear on the social networking site MySpace. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of MySpace and parent News Corporation, operating as a joint-venture between MySpace and Interscope Records... Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
98 | 12 | 46 | — | — | — | — | 97 | — |
MySpace Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors.... . Jim Lindberg James William Lindberg is an American singer and guitarist. Active since the 1980s, when he played in local bands in his early career, Lindberg is best known for being the frontman and songwriter of the influential punk rock band Pennywise, where he had remained as a member for 21 years... , who left the band in August 2009. |
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EPs
| Year | Title | Label | Other information |
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| 1989 | A Word from the Wise A Word from the Wise A Word from the Wise is a self-released EP by Pennywise. It was originally released in 1989 as a 7" release and again in 1992, on the compilation album A Word from the Wise/Wildcard, along with the second EP Wildcard.-Track listing:... |
Theologian |
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| Wildcard Wildcard (Pennywise EP) Wildcard is a self-released EP by Pennywise. It was originally released in 1989 as a 7" release and again in 1992, on the compilation album A Word from the Wise/Wildcard, along with the first EP A Word from the Wise.-Track listing:... |
Theologian | A Word from the Wise A Word from the Wise is a self-released EP by Pennywise. It was originally released in 1989 as a 7" release and again in 1992, on the compilation album A Word from the Wise/Wildcard, along with the second EP Wildcard.-Track listing:... . |
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Compilation / Live Albums
| Year | Title | Label | US Billboard Peak | Format | Other information |
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| 1992 | Wildcard/A Word from the 'Wise | Theologian | CD |
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| 1997 | Violent World - A Tribute to the Misfits | Caroline Records | CD | ||
| 1999 | Short Music For Short People Short Music for Short People Short Music for Short People is a 1999 compilation album released on the Fat Wreck Chords record label. The title is a parody of the 1980s punk compilation Rat Music for Rat People... |
Fat Wreck Chords Fat Wreck Chords Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by Fat Mike and his ex-wife, Erin, in 1990.... |
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| 2000 | Live @ the Key Club Live @ the Key Club Live @ the Key Club is the only live album released by California punk rock band Pennywise. It was released in 2000.-Track listing:All songs composed by Pennywise, except for "Minor Threat," which is a Minor Threat cover.# "Intro" – :47... |
Epitaph Epitaph Records Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record... |
198 | CD/LP | Minor Threat Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983. The band was relatively short-lived, but had a strong influence on the hardcore punk music scene, both stylistically and in establishing a "do it yourself" ethic for music distribution and... . |
| 2004 | Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 is a Rock Against Bush compilation album released on the Fat Wreck Chords record label. It contains a collection of songs, both released and unreleased, by various punk rock artists and includes a bonus DVD with political facts, commentary regarding the U.S... |
Fat Wreck Chords Fat Wreck Chords Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by Fat Mike and his ex-wife, Erin, in 1990.... |
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| 2005 | Look at All the Love We Found Look at All the Love We Found Look at All the Love We Found is a tribute album by various artists dedicated to Sublime, released on June 21, 2005 . The title comes from a lyric in the song "S.T.P." on Sublime's Robbin' the Hood album.-Track listing:... |
Cornerstone RAS | CD | Tribute album A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There... by various artists dedicated to Sublime Sublime (band) Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1988. The band's line-up, unchanged until their breakup, consisted of Bradley Nowell , Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh . Michael "Miguel" Happoldt also contributed on a few Sublime songs, such as "New Thrash." Lou Dog, Nowell's... . |
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| 2007 | Our Impact Will Be Felt Our Impact Will Be Felt Our Impact Will Be Felt is a tribute album by various artists dedicated to Sick of It All, released on May 8, 2007. The album's title is a reference to a line of the song "Built to Last", which appeared on the band's album of the same title.... |
Abacus Recordings | CD | Sick of It All Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band from Queens, New York. Formed in 1986, the band consisted of brothers Lou Koller on vocals and Pete Koller on lead guitar, Rich Cipriano on bass, and Armand Majidi on drums. There have been only two member changes since their inception, with Max... . |
Video Albums
| Year | Title | Label | Format | Other information |
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| 1995 | Home Movies Home Movies (video) Home Movies is the only video by Pennywise. It was released in 1995 and re-released in 2004 for DVD. Before re-releasing it, it was unavailable in any form since 1997.The video includes 9 different chapters:# Fans# Treatments# Pennywise: On The Road... |
Epitaph Epitaph Records Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record... |
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| 1995 | Unity | Millennium Productions | VHS | |
A Live DVD has been in the works since 2000 with the majority of the footage being recorded in Australia. The DVD is still in the works but there is no release date as of yet.
Singles
| Year | Title | US Alt. |
NZ |
Album |
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| 1993 | "Homesick" | — | — | Unknown Road |
| 1994 | "Tomorrow" | — | — | Non-album single |
| 1995 | "Same Old Story" | — | — | About Time |
| 1997 | "Society" | — | — | Full Circle |
| 1999 | "Alien Alien (song) "Alien" is a single released by the punk rock band Pennywise from their 1999 album Straight Ahead. The song reached number 36 on the Modern Rock Tracks in July 1999.... " |
36 | — | Straight Ahead |
| "Down Under" | — | 47 | ||
| 2000 | "Victim of Reality" | — | — | |
| 2001 | "Fuck Authority Fuck Authority "Fuck Authority" is the title of a song written and recorded by American band Pennywise. It was released in July 2001 as the lead single from the band's sixth studio album Land of the Free?. The song reached number 38 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.-Music video:The music video was directed by... " |
38 | — | Land of the Free? |
| "Divine Intervention" | — | — | ||
| 2003 | "Yesterdays" | — | — | From the Ashes |
| "Waiting" | — | — | ||
| 2004 | "God Save the USA" | — | — | |
| 2005 | "Disconnect" | — | — | The Fuse |
| "Knocked Down" | — | — | ||
| 2008 | "The Western World The Western World "The Western World" is the sixth track from Pennywise's ninth studio album Reason to Believe. It was the album's first single, which also reached number 22 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, marking the highest initial charting single in Pennywise's career... " |
22 | — | Reason to Believe |
| "Die for You" | — | — | ||
| 2009 | "One Reason" | — | — | |
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Music Videos
- "Homesick" and "Dying to Know" (both released in 1993 and from "Unknown Road").
- "Same Old Story" (released in 1995; from "About Time").
- "Society" and "Bro Hymn Tribute" (both released in 1997 and from "Full Circle")
- "Alien" (released in 1999; from "Straight Ahead").
- "Fuck Authority" and "My God" (both released in 2001 and from "Land of the Free")
- "Knocked Down" (released in 2006; from "The Fuse")
- "The Western World" (released in 2008; from "Reason to Believe")