''Riverfenix'' is the first full-length

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by Riverfenix, released on December 16, 1997 on

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. Most of the album's songs were re-recorded for ''

Fenix TX Fenix TX (styled as Fenix*TX) is an American pop punk band. The band originally formed as Riverfenix in 1995 in Houston, Texas. They released an Extended play, EP, ''G.B.O.H.'', and an album, ''Riverfenix (album), Riverfenix'', on independent rec ...

'' (released by both Drive-Thru and major label

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), when Riverfenix was forced to change their name. This album has since been out of print and is a treasured collector's item among fans as "Skinhead Jessie", "Jaw" and the untitled tracks are not featured on the

version release. "Apple Pie Cowboy Toothpaste" and "Jolly Green Dumbass" also featured short intros while "Rooster Song" had a slightly different sound and featured a small message within the silence leading into the second untitled track.

Track listing

(all songs written by Riverfenix) #"Apple Pie Cowboy Toothpaste" – 4:58 #"G.B.O.H." – 3:18 #"Minimum Wage" – 1:57 #"All My Fault" – 2:51 #"Jolly Green Dumbass" – 3:06 #"Skinhead Jessie" – 2:50 #"Ben" – 3:17 #"Speechless" – 4:10 #"Jean Claude Trans Am" – 2:27 #Untitled intro to "Philosophy" – 0:33 #"Philosophy" – 2:10 #"Jaw" – 3:48 #"No Lie" – 2:41 #"Rooster Song" – 4:04 #"City of the Dead"

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– 4:55 #Untitled outro – 0:31

Personnel

;Riverfenix *Will Salazar (credited as The Silky Smooth Ninja) – guitar, vocals *Damon DeLaPaz (credited as M.C. Treefrog) –

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*Adam Lewis (credited as Brother Quaddel Hicks) –

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*Donnie Reyes (credited as Tofu) –

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;Additional personnel *Louis Castle –

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*Danny Rukasin –

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*Ro Sahebi – additional guitar *Rich Zahniser – trombone

References

1997 albums Fenix TX albums Drive-Thru Records albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub