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Scared was the first full-length album
Album
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 by California
California
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 punk rock
Punk rock
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 band Swingin' Utters, released in 1992, following the EP Gives You Strength, released earlier the same year.

The cover calls the band "Johnny Peebucks and the Swingin' Utters", the name they originally used before shortening it ("Johnny Peebucks" being singer Johnny Bonnel
Johnny Bonnel
Johnny "Peebucks" Bonnel is the lead singer and a songwriter of the punk rock band Swingin' Utters and the alternative punk rock band Filthy Thievin' Bastards. His new project is entitled "Druglords of the Avenue"....

). Because this album was originally released on 10-inch vinyl
Gramophone record
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, and only limited numbers exist, all of these tracks appear on the 1996 compilation
Compilation album
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 CD
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, More Scared
More Scared
More Scared: The House of Faith Years is a compilation album by Californian punk rock band Swingin' Utters, released in 1996. The album chronicles some of the band's material from before they signed to Fat Wreck Chords - it was released because these songs were difficult to obtain otherwise.-Track...

, although in a different order. The first pressing of the original 10-inch vinyl
Gramophone record
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 was on black vinyl and the second pressing was on a black/white splatter colored vinyl.

Track listing

  1. "Reggae Gets Big in a Small Town" (Bonnel) – 1:57
  2. "Strongman" (Koski) – 2:16
  3. "These Pretty Pleasures" (Dison) – 2:55
  4. "Scared" (Wickersham) – 2:31
  5. "Extra Special Mystery Rezillos Track" (Callis
    Jo Callis
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    )
    – 2:43 (a.k.a. "Mommy Mommy" on More Scared
    More Scared
    More Scared: The House of Faith Years is a compilation album by Californian punk rock band Swingin' Utters, released in 1996. The album chronicles some of the band's material from before they signed to Fat Wreck Chords - it was released because these songs were difficult to obtain otherwise.-Track...

    ; a cover of the Rezillos
    The Rezillos
    The Rezillos are a punk/new wave band, who formed in Edinburgh in 1976 and still play gigs around the world in a re-formed line-up. Although frequently aligned with the punk movement, the Rezillos' irreverent glam rock image and affection for campy girl-group iconography, set them distinctly apart...

    ' "No
    Can't Stand The Rezillos
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    ")
  6. "Mr. Norris" (Koski, Dison) – 3:01
  7. "Nine to Five" (McEntee, Koski, Dison) – 1:28
  8. "Smoke Like a... (Girl)" (Koski) – 2:35
  9. "Proven Song" (Koski) – 2:53
  10. "I AINT SCARED!" "(Alex Rindone)" -2:45

Personnel

  • Johnny Peebucks (Bonnel) (vocals
    Singing
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    )
  • Greg McEntee (drums
    Drum kit
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    )
  • Darius Koski (guitar
    Guitar
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    )
  • Kevin Wickersham (bass
    Bass guitar
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    )
  • Max Huber (guitar)
  • Joel Dison (guitar)

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