:''"Major Label Debut" is also a song by
Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene is a Canadians, Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by Kevin Drew (vocals, guitar) and Brendan Canning (vocals, bass) in 1999. Alongside Drew and Cannin ...
''
''Major Label Debut'' is the tenth
EP by Chicago
punk rock band
Screeching Weasel
Screeching Weasel is an American punk rock band consisting of Ben Weasel (vocals), Mike Kennerty (guitar), Mike Hunchback (guitar), Zach "Poutine" Brandner (bass) and Pierre Marche (drums). Screeching Weasel is originally from the Chicago subur ...
. Despite the name, the E.P. was the first release on
Panic Button Records, an independent record label owned by band members
Ben Weasel
Benjamin Foster (born 1968), also known as Ben Weasel, is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the punk rock band Screeching Weasel.
Early life
Foster was born in 1968, and was raised in Prospect Heights, Illi ...
and
John Jughead.
A different recording of the song "Nightbreed" would later appear on the band's rarities album ''
Thank You Very Little
''Thank You Very Little'' is a compilation by Screeching Weasel. It contains b-sides, rarities, and a live show. The title was taken from a line in the movie Caddyshack. Most of the second disc is taken from a show in Philadelphia from the band's ...
'', while "Racist Society" would later appear on the greatest hits album
Weasel Mania
''Weasel Mania'' is a compilation album by the Chicago punk rock band Screeching Weasel. It was released on Fat Wreck Chords in 2005. The album title is an homage to the Ramones album ''Ramones Mania''.
Track listing
All songs written by Ben ...
.
Track listing
#"The Last Janelle" - 0:58
#"D.I.Y." - 1:55
#"Compact Disc" - 2:01
#"Hey Asshole" - 1:16
#"Racist Society" - 1:57
#"Nightbreed" - 2:16
Personnel
*
Ben Weasel
Benjamin Foster (born 1968), also known as Ben Weasel, is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the punk rock band Screeching Weasel.
Early life
Foster was born in 1968, and was raised in Prospect Heights, Illi ...
- vocals
*
John Jughead- guitar
*
Zac Damon- guitar, backing vocals
*
Mass Giorgini
Massimiliano Adelmo Giorgini (born 1968) is an 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 of the mid-'90s. Among these bands was Giorg ...
- bass
*Dan Lumley- drums
References
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1998 EPs
Screeching Weasel EPs