''Wig Out At Denkos'' is the second

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by the American

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band

Dag Nasty Dag Nasty is an American punk rockGreenwald, p. 14. "Ian Mackaye was such a huge Rites of Spring fan that he not only recorded what was to be the band's only album in 1985 and served as a roadie for them while on tour, but his own new band, E ...

, released in 1987 on

Dischord Records Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in punk rock. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release ''Minor Disturbance'' by their band The Teen Idle ...

. It was remastered and re-released on CD with bonus tracks in 2002.

Track listing

Side one #"The Godfather" - 3:21 #"Trying" - 1:59 #"Safe" - 3:07 #"Fall" - 2:53 #"When I Move" - 1:53 Side two #"Simple Minds" - 2:01 #"Wig Out at Denkos" - 3:15 #"Exercise" - 3:35 #"Dag Nasty" - 3:15 #"Crucial Three" - 2:46

2002 CD reissue bonus tracks

"Safe (Alternate Version)" - 3:14 #"Trying (Alternate Version)" - 1:48 #"Fall (Alternate Version)" - 2:52 #"Roger (Alternate Version)" - 1:12 #"Mango (Alternate Version)" - 2:19 #"When I Move (Live Acoustic Version)" - 2:00 #"I've Heard (Live Acoustic Version)" - 0:52

Personnel

**Peter Cortner -

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** Brian Baker -

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Doug Carrion Doug Carrion (born November 9, 1964) is an American musician, audio engineer, record producer, and music editor. He played bass guitar in the punk rock bands the Descendents and Dag Nasty during the 1980s, and in the hard rock band For Love Not L ...

- bass **

Colin Sears Colin Sears is an American drummer who has performed in Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, Dag Nasty, The Marshes, Rumblepuppy, Grave Goods, Bloodbats, Los Vampiros, Thundering Asteroids! and currently Handgun Bravado and The Valley Floor. He wa ...

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Ian MacKaye Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (; born April 16, 1962) is an American musician. Active since 1979, he is best known as the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label and the frontman of hardcore punk ...

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Don Zientara Don Zientara ( ) is an American record producer and musician. He owns and runs Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia, located just outside Washington D.C., and is most widely known for his production work with Fugazi, Minor Threat and various ...

- producer

References

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