Tarantula is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock

Punk rock

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 band the Riverdales. It was released digitally on June 8, 2010 and was released on CD and vinyl on June 22, 2010 through Recess Records

Recess Records

Recess Records is an independent record label founded in 1989 with the release of F.Y.P's Extra Credit, an 11 song 7-inch record. Label founder Todd Congelliere originally created the label as a vehicle to release F.Y.P's material...

. It was the first Riverdales album to be released through Recess, as well as their first album featuring second guitarist Simon Lamb. Ben Weasel

Ben Weasel

Ben Weasel is a punk rock musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of bands Screeching Weasel and The Riverdales...

 has stated that "If [he] had it [his] way, Tarantula would have been part two of a double album with Invasion USA

Invasion U.S.A. (Album)

Invasion USA is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band The Riverdales. It was the first Riverdales album in six years. The album's song titles are almost exclusively taken from titles of old sci-fi and horror movies of the 1950s and 1960s, particularly of those featured on the...

." Tarantula is said to sound more "hardcore

Hardcore punk

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" due to the use of two guitars and features hard rock-styled guitar solos. The album has a sound very reminiscent of the Ramones

Ramones

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 album Mondo Bizarro

Mondo Bizarro

Mondo Bizarro is the twelfth studio album by the American punk band the Ramones, released in 1992 . It featured their new bassist, Christopher Joseph Ward , who replaced departed member Dee Dee Ramone. Mondo Bizarro was the group’s first studio album in three years...

. After the album was recorded, Lamb left the band and was replaced by Drew Fredrichsen.

Track listing

1. "Bad Seed Baby" - 1:46
2. "The Beginning of the End" - 1:40
3. "Infection" - 1:39
4. "Diabolik" - 1:31
5. "Volcano" - 1:58
6. "The Girl in Lover's Lane" - 1:40
7. "Girls Town" - 2:06
8. "Soultaker" - 2:22
9. "12 to the Moon" - 1:46
10. "Crash of the Moons" - 3:15
11. "Stranded in Space" - 2:18
12. "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" - 1:43
13. "Master Ninja" - 2:35
14. "Time Chaser" - 3:21

Personnel

• Ben Foster
  Ben Weasel
  Ben Weasel is a punk rock musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of bands Screeching Weasel and The Riverdales...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , lead vocals
  Singing
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• Dan Schafer
  Dan Vapid
  Dan Schafer is a punk rock musician from Chicago, Illinois best known for his participation in Screeching Weasel, The Riverdales, The Methadones, and various other pop punk bands.-Generation Waste:...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , lead vocals
• Simon Lamb - guitar, backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Adam Cargin - drums
  Drum kit
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• Drew Fredrichsen - lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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  on track 3
• Justin Perkins - co-producer, engineer, mixing, mastering, additional guitar, vocals, keyboard, percussion

External links

• http://twitter.com/BenWeasel/status/14306171145
• http://www.recessrecords.com/_wordpress/?p=462
• http://www.amazon.com/Tarantula/dp/B003O3RUIK/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1275013264&sr=301-2