''The Sky Is Falling and I Want My Mommy'' is an album recorded 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 ...

with the Canadian punk band

Nomeansno Nomeansno (sometimes stylized as NoMeansNo or spelled No Means No) was a Canadian punk rock band formed in Victoria, British Columbia and later relocated to Vancouver. They issued 11 albums, including a collaborative album with Jello Biafra, a ...

. The project came about after Nomeansno and Biafra had collaborated (on the song "Falling Space Junk (Hold the Anchovies)") for the soundtrack to the underground film '' Terminal City Ricochet''. The title track is a new recording of "Falling Space Junk" with amended lyrics. Jello wrote the lyrics to "Bruce's Diary" from the perspective of his ''Ricochet'' character Bruce Coddle, but did so after the movie was released, so the song is only featured on this album.

Track listing

#"The Sky Is Falling, and I Want My Mommy (Falling Space Junk)" – 3:15 #"Jesus Was a Terrorist" – 2:34 #"Bruce's Diary" – 5:19 #"Bad" – 2:18 #"Ride the Flume" – 2:38 #"Chew" – 8:47 #"Sharks in the Gene Pool" – 6:34 #"The Myth Is Real – Let's Eat" – 5:45

Personnel

Performance Credits *

– vocals * John Wright – drums, backing vocals on "Sharks In The Gene Pool" and "Chew", horn arrangement on "Bruce's Diary" *

Rob Wright Rob Wright (sometimes known as Mr. Wrong, born 1954) is a Canadian musician and songwriter best known as the bassist, lead vocalist and occasional guitarist of the progressive punk rock band Nomeansno, as well as the bassist of the pop punk ...

– bass, guitar, backing vocals on "Sharks In The Gene Pool" *

Andy Kerr Andrew Kerr (1878–1969) was an American football coach. Andrew or Andy Kerr may also refer to: * Andrew Kerr (Australian politician) (1837–1907), New South Wales politician *Andrew Kerr (broadcaster), Scottish television presenter and journalis ...

– guitar, bass *Cecil English – backing vocals on "Chew" *Craig Bougie – backing vocals on "Sharks In The Gene Pool" *Mark Critchley – backing vocals on "Chew" *Blair Dobson – backing vocals on "Chew" *Lissa Beurge – backing vocals on "Sharks In The Gene Pool" and "Chew" *Pam Ireland – backing vocals on "Sharks In The Gene Pool" *The Totaliterrortones – horns on "Bruce's Diary" Technical Credits *

– Producer *Cecil English – Engineer *George Horn – Mastering, Master Clearance *Mister Right – Producer *John Wright – Engineer *John Yates – Liner Design *Mark Critchley – Programming

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sky Is Falling And I Want My Mommy 1991 albums Nomeansno albums Alternative Tentacles albums Collaborative albums Jello Biafra albums