Survivor (fifteen album)
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Survivor is the final album from punk
band Fifteen
released in 2000
. The album is themed around tragedy and picking up the pieces, as can be seen in the title song, "Survivor", which starts out talking about how "America
is a place where kids have broken hearts" and describing how member Jeff Ott
became a homeless drug addict at the age of 14, but turns around to become a hopeful message about how Ott turned his life around and you can too.
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Fifteen
Fifteen (band)
Fifteen was a punk rock band formed by Jeff Ott. Ott was the group's main songwriter and only consistent member. According to Ott, the band had a total of fifteen members by the time it finally disbanded in 2000: Jack Curran, Mikey Mischief, Mark Moreno, Jean Repetto, Lucky Dog, Chris Flanagan,...
released in 2000
2000 in music
See also:* 2000 in music Record labels established in 2000-Events:*January – Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.*January 1**John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List....
. The album is themed around tragedy and picking up the pieces, as can be seen in the title song, "Survivor", which starts out talking about how "America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
is a place where kids have broken hearts" and describing how member Jeff Ott
Jeff Ott
Jeff Ott is an activist, musician, author, and longtime member of the Berkeley punk community, having fronted such bands as Crimpshrine, and Fifteen.-Partial history:...
became a homeless drug addict at the age of 14, but turns around to become a hopeful message about how Ott turned his life around and you can too.
Track listing
- "Greed"
- "Survivor"
- "Colorado"
- "Vanessa"
- "Landlord"
- "Punk Song"
- "Brian's Song"
- "FBI"
- "Child"
- "Grace"
- "Prostitute"
- "Saturn Return"
- "The Lost Generation"
- "A Message to Mumia" (spoken by Assata ShakurAssata ShakurAssata Olugbala Shakur is an African-American activist and escaped convict who was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army...
) - Untitled (hidden track)