Thank You Very Little
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Thank You Very Little is a compilation by 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 contains b-sides, rarities, and a live show. The title was taken from a line in the movie Caddyshack
Caddyshack
Caddyshack is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis, and Douglas Kenney. It stars Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan, and Bill Murray...

. Most of the second disc is taken from a show in Philadelphia from the bands 1993 tour.

Disc 1

  1. "I Hate Old Folks"
  2. "Nothing Matters"
  3. "Crawl"
  4. "Someday"
  5. "I Need Therapy"
  6. "Slogans"
  7. "I Wanna Be a Homosexual" (Ben Weasel/Dan Vapid
    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:...

    /John Jughead)
  8. "Crying in My Beer"
  9. "Jeannie's Got a Problem With Her Uterus"
  10. "Shirley's on Methadone"
  11. "Amy Saw Me Looking at Her Boobs" (Ben Weasel/Joe King)
  12. "27 Things I Wanna Do to You"
  13. "Every Night"
  14. "Totally"
  15. "Nightbreed"
  16. "Suzanne Is Getting Married"
  17. "Waiting for Susie" (Ben Weasel/Dan Vapid)
  18. "Lose the Dink"
  19. "Stuck Out Here"
  20. "Suspect Device" (Jake Burns
    Jake Burns
    Jake Burns is a singer and guitarist, and is best known as the frontman of Stiff Little Fingers.-Career:...

    /Gordon Ogilvie
    Gordon Ogilvie
    Gordon Ogilvie, ONZM, is a New Zealand historian and biographer who has written over 20 books, mainly about the people, places and institutions of the Canterbury region. He played a considerable role in uncovering the exploits of pioneer aviator Richard Pearse and popularising these through his...

    )
  21. "Fuck You" (Gerry Hannah
    Gerry Hannah
    Gerald Richard Hannah is the bass player for the punk rock group The Subhumans and was also a member of the militant environmental group Direct Action, also known as the Squamish Five and the Vancouver Five .Squamish Five carried out a political campaign of "direct actions", including the Litton...

    )
  22. "The Prisoner" (Joe Keithley
    Joe Keithley
    Joey "Shithead" Keithley is a punk musician with the band D.O.A.. He was raised in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, and attended Burnaby North Secondary. At age 11, he began playing drums. He would later take up the guitar and vocals. He owns and operates his own record company, Sudden Death...

    /C. Keighly)
  23. "Can't Take It"
  24. "My Own World"
  25. "Tightrope"
  26. "Dirt" (James Osterberg
    Iggy Pop
    Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...

    /Ron Asheton
    Ron Asheton
    Ronald Frank Asheton was an American guitarist and co-songwriter with Iggy Pop for the rock band The Stooges.Asheton is ranked as number 29 on Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time....

    /Dave Alexander/Scott Asheton
    Scott Asheton
    Scott "Rock Action" Asheton is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band The Stooges...

    )
  27. "You Are My Sunshine
    You Are My Sunshine
    "You Are My Sunshine" is a popular song first recorded in 1939. It has been declared one of the state songs of Louisiana as a result of its association with former state governor and country music singer Jimmie Davis. The song is copyright 1940 Peer International Corporation, words and music by...

    " (Jimmie Davis
    Jimmie Davis
    James Houston Davis , better known as Jimmie Davis, was a noted singer of both sacred and popular songs who served two nonconsecutive terms as the 47th Governor of Louisiana...

    /Charles Mitchell
    Charles Mitchell (songwriter)
    Charles Mitchell is a songwriter, best known as a collaborator with Jimmie Davis. Davis's best known composition, "You Are My Sunshine", was co-written by Mitchell.- References :...

    )
  28. "Anchor" (Masafumi Isobe/Kudo Tetsuya/Hiramoto Leona/Ben Weasel)

Disc 2

  1. "I Love Beer"
  2. "Around on You" (Ben Weasel/Dan Vapid)
  3. "Squeaky Clean" (Ben Weasel/Dan Vapid)
  4. "Electroshock Therapy"
  5. "You're the Enemy"
  6. "Intro"
  7. "Slogans"
  8. "Cindy's on Methadone"
  9. "Teenage Freakshow"
  10. "Veronica Hates Me" (Ben Weasel/Dan Vapid)
  11. "I Was a High School Psychopath" (Ben Weasel/Dan Vapid)
  12. "I Can See Clearly" (Johnny Nash
    Johnny Nash
    John Lester "Johnny" Nash, Jr. is an American pop singer-songwriter, best known in the US for his 1972 hit, "I Can See Clearly Now". He was also the first non-Jamaican to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica.-Life and career:...

    )
  13. "Joanie Loves Johnny" (Ben Weasel/Dan Vapid/John Jughead/Johnny Personality/Dan Panic
    Dan Panic
    Dan Sullivan, also known as Dan Panic or Danny Panic, is a punk rock drummer from Chicago.-Career:Dan Sullivan began his musical career with Ivy League, a quartet from Chicago's western suburbs who released one 7" EP in 1990. He then joined Screeching Weasel in 1991 and remained with the band until...

    )
  14. "Automatic Rejector"
  15. "Supermarket Fantasy"
  16. "Science of Myth"
  17. "I'm Gonna Strangle You"
  18. "Hey Suburbia" (Ben Weasel/John Jughead)
  19. "Totally"
  20. "Inside Out"
  21. "Goodbye to You" (Ben Weasel/Dan Vapid)
  22. "Guest List" (Ben Weasel/Dan Vapid)
  23. "Eine Kleine Scheissemusic" (Ben Weasel/Dan Vapid)

Disc 1

  • 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...

    - Vocals, guitar on tracks 1-5, 15-21, 25, and 27-29
  • 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
  • Vinnie Bovine
    Vince Vogel
    Vince Vogel is a punk rock and heavy metal bass player from Chicago, Illinois. In December 1986, he joined Screeching Weasel, where he was re-christened Vinnie Bovine. He appeared on the band's first album. He was kicked out of the band in January 1988...

    - Bass on tracks 1-2
  • Steve Cheese- Drums on tracks 1-2
  • Dan Vapid
    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:...

    - Guitar on tracks 6-12, bass on tracks 13-14 and 18-19
  • Warren Fish- Bass on tracks 6-7
  • Johnny Personality- Bass on tracks 8-12
  • Dan Panic
    Dan Panic
    Dan Sullivan, also known as Dan Panic or Danny Panic, is a punk rock drummer from Chicago.-Career:Dan Sullivan began his musical career with Ivy League, a quartet from Chicago's western suburbs who released one 7" EP in 1990. He then joined Screeching Weasel in 1991 and remained with the band until...

    - Drums on tracks 8-19
  • Mike Dirnt
    Mike Dirnt
    Michael Ryan Pritchard is an American musician, best known as the bassist, backing vocalist and co-founder of the American Rock band Green Day. While at school, he would play "air-bass." While pretending to pluck the strings, he made the noise, "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt"...

    - Bass on tracks 15-16
  • 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 on tracks 17 and 20-29
  • 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 on tracks 20-29
  • Zac Damon- Guitar on tracks 22-24

  • Tracks 1-2 from 1986 Demo tape
  • Tracks 3-5 from 1989 Demo tape
  • Track 6 from There's A Fungus Amongus compilation
  • Track 7 from What Are You Pointing At? compilation
  • Tracks 8-9 from 1992 Demo tape
  • Tracks 10-12 outtakes from Wiggle
    Wiggle (album)
    Wiggle is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band Screeching Weasel. It was released in 1993 through Lookout! Records. Their previous album, My Brain Hurts, had seen a sharp rise in the band's popularity and a shift in sound towards mid-tempo pop songs. With Wiggle, the band shifted...

  • Tracks 13-14 outtakes from Anthem for a New Tomorrow
    Anthem for a New Tomorrow
    - Personnel :* Ben Weasel - lead vocals, guitar* Jughead - guitar* Danny Vapid - bass, backing vocals* Danny Panic - drums* Fat Mike - backing vocals on "Peter Brady"* Blake Schwarzenbach - backing vocals on "A New Tomorrow"...

  • Tracks 15-17 outtakes from How to Make Enemies and Irritate People
    How to Make Enemies and Irritate People
    How to Make Enemies and Irritate People is the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band Screeching Weasel. It was released in 1994 through Lookout! Records. It was meant to be the band's last album. Shortly after the release of 1993's Anthem for a New Tomorrow, bassist/backing...

  • Tracks 18-19 outtakes from Bark Like A Dog
    Bark Like A Dog
    Bark Like a Dog is the seventh studio album by the American punk rock band Screeching Weasel. It was released in 1996 through Fat Wreck Chords. It was the band's first album released through Fat Wreck Chords. It was also the band's first album since they disbanded for the second time...

  • Tracks 20-24 outtakes from Television City Dream
    Television City Dream
    Television City Dream is the eighth studio album by the American punk rock band Screeching Weasel. It was released in 1998 through Fat Wreck Chords. It was the band's last album released through Fat Wreck Chords. The album is the first to feature new members Mass Giorgini, Zac Damon, and Dan...

  • Tracks 25-28 outtakes from Emo
    Emo (album)
    Emo is the ninth studio album by the American punk rock band Screeching Weasel. It was released on May 18, 1999 through Ben Weasel's and John Jughead's label Panic Button Records. It was their first album released through Panic Button Records. The album was recorded in Chicago during the blizzard...


Disc 2

  • Ben Weasel- Vocals, guitar on tracks 2-22, piano on track 23
  • John Jughead- Guitar on tracks 1-23
  • Doug Ward- Guitar on track 1
  • Dan Vapid- Bass on tracks 1-22, piano on track 23
  • Steve Cheese- Drums on track 1
  • Dan Panic- Drums on tracks 2-22

  • Track 1 and 23 from 1989 live performance
  • Tracks 2-4 from 1993 band rehearsal
  • Tracks 5-22 from March 20th, 1993 live performance
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