Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock
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Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock is a compilation album by the American
indie rock
band, Sebadoh
. It was released in November, 1992, and marked the band's debut on Sub Pop Records.
It includes four of the eight songs from their Rocking the Forest
EP
, and eight of the nine songs from their Sebadoh vs. Helmet EP. Both EPs were released on Domino Records in 1992.
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indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band, Sebadoh
Sebadoh
Sebadoh is an American indie rock band, formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording...
. It was released in November, 1992, and marked the band's debut on Sub Pop Records.
It includes four of the eight songs from their Rocking the Forest
Rocking the Forest
Rocking the Forest was an EP by Sebadoh, released in 1992. It was the first release on the label Domino Records, who released it in the United Kingdom via a licensing agreement with Sebadoh's American label Sub Pop.-Track listing:#"Gimme Indie Rock"...
EP
Extended play
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, and eight of the nine songs from their Sebadoh vs. Helmet EP. Both EPs were released on Domino Records in 1992.
Track listing
- "Cry Sis" (Gaffney) - 2:52 *
- "Brand New Love" (Barlow) - 4:04
- "Notsur Dnoura Selcric" (Loewenstein) - 3:04
- "Vampire" (Barlow) - 2:43 *
- "Good Things" (Barlow) - 1:26
- "Cecilia Chime in Melee" (Gaffney) - 4:19
- "Everybody's Been Burned" (David CrosbyDavid CrosbyDavid Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...
) 3:15 - "Junk Bonds" - (Loewenstein) 1:53 *
- "New Worship" (Barlow) - 2:21
- "Mean Distance" (Gaffney) - 3:12
- "Pink MoonPink Moon (song)"Pink Moon" is the opening track from Nick Drake's 1972 album of the same name.The song is unlike the other songs on Pink Moon because it has a short piano piece during the interlude, while other songs on the album only feature vocals and guitar played by Nick Drake.The song was used in a...
" (Nick DrakeNick DrakeNicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician. Though he is best known for his sombre guitar based songs, Drake was also proficient at piano, clarinet and saxophone...
) - 2:02 - "Mind Meld" (Fay) - 7:10 *
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denotes tracks taken from Rocking the Forest.
Personnel
- Jason LoewensteinJason LoewensteinJason Loewenstein is an American alternative rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and a member of the indie-rock bands Sebadoh and The Fiery Furnaces...
- Bass. Drums, Vocals, Guitar - Lou BarlowLou BarlowLouis Knox Barlow is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Deep Wound, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion. Barlow is credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
- Guitar, Vocals, Bass - Eric GaffneyEric GaffneyEric Gaffney is a songwriter and recording artist. In 1989, he co-founded the indie rock band Sebadoh, and since 1998 has been performing and recording with his own project Fields of Gaffney. In 2007 a reformed Sebadoh began touring again.-External links:...
- Guitar, Drums, Bass, Synthesizer - Bob Fay - Drums, Guitar, Vocals
- Recorded by Bob WestonBob WestonBob Weston is an American musician, producer, recording engineer, and record mastering engineer. Critic Jason Ankeny declares that "Weston's name and fingerprints are all over the American underground rock of the post-punk era, producing and engineering dates for a seemingly endless number of...
.