''Never Breathe What You Can't See'' is a studio album by

Jello Biafra Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), known professionally as Jello Biafra, is an American singer, spoken word artist and politician. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys. Initially ac ...

and

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, released in 2004 through

Alternative Tentacles Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label established in 1979 in San Francisco, California. It was used by Dead Kennedys for the self-produced single " California Über Alles". After realizing the potential for an independent label, ...

. Songs recorded during the same sessions and remixes of four songs were used for the follow up album, ''

Sieg Howdy! ''Sieg Howdy!'' is the second album by Jello Biafra and The Melvins. It consists of songs recorded during the same sessions that produced their first collaboration '' Never Breathe What You Can't See'' but not used on that album, plus remixes o ...

'', released in 2005.

Track listing

*All songs written by

Buzz Osborne Roger "Buzz" Osborne (born March 25, 1964), also known as King Buzzo, is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He is a founding member of the rock band Melvins, as well as Fantômas and Venomous Concept. Biography Born in Morton, ...

and lyrics by

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" (Music: Biafra) – 4:49 #"McGruff the Crime Dog" – 4:18 #"

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Cadillac" (Music: Biafra) – 4:31 #"Islamic Bomb" (Music: Biafra) – 6:19 #"The Lighter Side of Global Terrorism" – 4:35 #"Caped Crusader" (Music: Biafra, Osborne) – 6:08 #"Enchanted Thoughtfist" – 4:18 #"Dawn of the Locusts" – 5:12

Personnel

* Osama McDonald -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

* Jon Benet Milosevic -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

* George W. McVeigh - bass, slide bass (8) * Saddam Disney - drums,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

, lead guitar (3, 5) ;with * Adam Jones - guitars (4, 6-8)

Additional personnel

*Tom 5 - backing vocals *John The Baker - backing vocals *Adrienne Droogas - backing vocals *Wendy-O-Matik - backing vocals *Loto Ball - backing vocals *Johnny NoMoniker - backing vocals *Ali G. North - backing vocals, producer *Lady Monster - backing vocals *Jesse Luscious - backing vocals *Marshall Lawless - producer *

Toshi Kasai Toshi Kasai is a Japanense record producer, engineer, mixer and musician. He is most well known for his strong vocal production work with hard rock and metal groups such as his long standing relationship with The Melvins and his work with Tool. ...

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limit ...

, mixing *Matt Kelley - engineer *Drew Fischer - engineer *Javier E. Javier - asst. engineer *

Mackie Osborne Mackie Osborne is an American artist responsible for the design and illustrations of many music albums since the 1980s. She is a member of the band Fleabag and has contributed to many albums on packaging artwork, layout design and art direction. ...

- art direction & design

References

2004 albums Alternative Tentacles albums Jello Biafra albums Melvins albums Collaborative albums {{2000s-album-stub