''Punk Rock Confidential'' is the sixth full-length album by

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band The Queers and their first album released on

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Background and recording

After the 1996 album ''

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'', The Queers went through changes, including founding member Joe King getting clean from drugs and alcohol, drummer Hugh O'Neill leaving due to health issues and bassist B-Face moving over to the

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. The lineup change also caused their longtime label Lookout! Records to drop them. With new members

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and Rick Respectable, the band released ''Everything's O.K. EP'' which became their first release on Hopeless Records. The band followed that up by recording ''Punk Rock Confidential'' in Big Sound Studios, in Westbrook, ME and Sonic Iguana in Lafayette, IN. The liner notes for the album list the band as Joe Queer on guitar and vocals,

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members Dangerous Dave and Chris Cougar Concentration Camp (aka Chris Field) on guitars and bass respectively and Steve Stress on drums. Additionally, it expresses gratitude in particular to bass guitarist Jeff Useless.

''Punk Rock Confidential Revisited''

Due to issues with royalties, the band decided to re-record the album as they didn't have the rights to re-issue it So in 2018, ''

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'' was released on vinyl by

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and CD by

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Track listing

# "Tamara Is a Punk" – 2:03 # "Everything's Okay" – 2:12 # "I Didn't Puke" (Scott “Tulu” Gildersleeve) – 1:05 # "Mrs. Brown, You've Got an Ugly Daughter" (Song Title inspired by The Herman’s Hermits) – 2:48 # "The Sun Always Shines Around You" – 3:05 # "Rancid Motherfucker" – 1:51 # "Punk Rock Confidential" – 1:45 # "Today I Fell in Love" – 3:11 # "Pretty Flamingo" (Manfred Mann) – 2:10 # "Motherfucker" – 1:55 # "Like a Parasite" (Ben “Weasel” Foster & Joe “Queer” King) – 2:52 # "Idiot Savant" – 2:39 # "I Enjoy Being a Boy" (The Banana Splits) – 3:30 # "Don't Mess It Up" – 3:28 # "Sayonara Sucker" – 3:40 # "Punk Rock Confidential Revisited (hidden track)" - 0:53

Album cover

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Personnel

*Joe Queer – Guitar, Lead Vocals *Dangerous Dave – Guitar, Vocals *

– Bass *Chris Fields – Drums ''NOTE – Due to a royalty issue, Hopeless Records lists Chris Fields on Bass and Steve Stress on Drums even though they never actually saw any sort of royalty.''

References

{{Authority control The Queers albums 1998 albums Hopeless Records albums