''Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount'' is the debut studio album by American

post-hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...

band From First to Last. It was released on June 29, 2004, through

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. The title was taken from a monologue in the film ''

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'', in which Winona Ryder's character is writing in her diary.

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was handled by Lee Dyess and the band themselves. The album was remastered by Beau Burchell from

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, however, it is not indicated on the personnel, possibly due to a contemporary feud between the band. The album is also notable for being one of the earliest projects featuring singer and multi-instrumentalist

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(who has since launched a successful solo career as an electronic music producer and performer, under the stage name Skrillex). The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics. It reached number 12 and 21 on the ''

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and

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chart. It spawned two

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: "Ride the Wings of Pestilence" and "Note to Self". The hidden track (commonly referred to as "Dead Baby Kickball") features contributing vocals from American rapper Major League Playa. "Populace in Two" was included in the soundtrack for the

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'' Burnout 3: Takedown.'' It was released on the

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store for download on July 26, 2005.

Track listing

;B-Sides Note that "Failure by Designer Jeans" isn't featured on any album by From First to Last. It is featured on

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Personnel

; From First to Last *

– lead vocals, additional guitar, programming *

Matt Good Matthew Aaron Good (born February 11, 1984) is an American musician, singer and record producer. He is best known for being the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and the only constant member of the post-hardcore band From First to Last from its conc ...

– co-lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboard, background vocals *

Travis Richter Travis Brandon Richter (born November 3, 1981 in Albany, Georgia) is an American musician, Singing, singer and record producer. He is known for being the vocalist and guitarist of the band From First to Last and the lead vocalist of The Color of V ...

– rhythm guitar, unclean vocals, background vocals * Jon Weisberg – bass, unclean vocals *

Derek Bloom Derek Bloom (born January 30, 1983 in South Pasadena, California) is an American musician and singer, known for drumming in post-hardcore band From First to Last for all of their time as a band until their revival. He left From First to Last in ...

– drums, percussion ;Additional musicians * Major League Playa – vocals (on "Untitled") ;Production * Lee Dyess – production, mixing * Beau Burchell – mastering, mixing * Brian Gardner – mastering * Nick Pritchard – album design * Adam Krause – photography * Cody Nierstadt – design

References

External links

* * {{Authority control From First to Last albums 2004 debut albums Epitaph Records albums