Television City Dream is the eighth studio album by the American punk rock

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 Screeching Weasel

Screeching Weasel

Screeching Weasel is an American punk rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1986 by Ben Weasel and John Jughead.Since their formation, Screeching Weasel have broken up and reformed numerous times with numerous line-up changes. Ben Weasel has been the only constant...

. It was released in 1998 through 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....

. It was the band's last album released through Fat Wreck Chords. The album is the first to feature new members Mass Giorgini

Mass Giorgini

Mass Giorgini is an Italian-American bassist and record producer, who rose to fame when several of the bands he produced experienced huge gains in popularity during the pop-punk boom on the mid-90's. Among these bands was Giorgini's own Squirtgun, which received minor MTV rotation and several...

, Zac Damon, and Dan Lumley

Dan Lumley

Dan Lumley has been a drummer for many bands, including Rattail Grenadier, Squirtgun, The Riverdales, The Methadones, Even in Blackouts, The Mopes, Common Rider and Screeching Weasel. He was also a brief member of Rise Against...

. The cover art was done by Giorgini's father, noted artist Aldo Giorgini

Aldo Giorgini

Aldo Giorgini was an Italian artist and a pioneer in computer graphics. He is the father of music producer Mass Giorgini.-Biography:Giorgini was born in Voghera, in the province of Pavia...

. The songs on the album are notably faster than previous Screeching Weasel albums. The album is to be re-released on November 9, 2010, featuring five bonus tracks from the original recording sessions.

Track listing

All songs written by 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...

.

1. "Count to Three"
2. "Speed of Mutation"
3. "Dummy Up"
4. "Your Morality"
5. "Dirty Needles"
6. "Breaking Point"
7. "Outside of You"
8. "We Are the Generation X"
9. "Identity Crisis"
10. "The First Day of Winter"
11. "Plastic Bag"
12. "I Don't Give a Fuck"
13. "Only a Test"
14. "Pervert at Large"
15. "Burn It Down"

2010 Re-release

1. "Count to Three"
2. "Speed of Mutation"
3. "Dummy Up"
4. "Video" *
5. "Your Morality"
6. "Dirty Needles"
7. "Punk Rock Explained" *
8. "Breaking Point"
9. "My Own World" *
10. "Outside of You"
11. "We Are the Generation X"
12. "Identity Crisis"
13. "The First Day of Winter"
14. "Crybaby" *
15. "Shut the Hell Up" *
16. "Plastic Bag"
17. "I Don't Give a Fuck"
18. "Only a Test"
19. "Pervert at Large"
20. "Burn It Down"

Personnel

• 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...
  
   - lead vocals
• John Jughead
  John Pierson (musician)
  John Pierson, commonly known by the stage name "John Jughead" or simply "Jughead", founded the pop-punk band Screeching Weasel in Chicago, Illinois with Ben Weasel in 1986. He played guitar for the band until its disbanding in 2001...
  
   - guitar
• Zac Damon - guitar, backing vocals
• Mass Giorgini
  Mass Giorgini
  Mass Giorgini is an Italian-American bassist and record producer, who rose to fame when several of the bands he produced experienced huge gains in popularity during the pop-punk boom on the mid-90's. Among these bands was Giorgini's own Squirtgun, which received minor MTV rotation and several...
  
   - bass
• Dan Lumley
  Dan Lumley
  Dan Lumley has been a drummer for many bands, including Rattail Grenadier, Squirtgun, The Riverdales, The Methadones, Even in Blackouts, The Mopes, Common Rider and Screeching Weasel. He was also a brief member of Rise Against...
  
  - drums