''A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion'' is the second album by the

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band Good Riddance, released June 4, 1996, through

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. It was the band's first album with drummer Sean Sellers, replacing Rich McDermott who had left the group. The album includes two

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" and Government Issue's "Hall of Fame", the latter included as a

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documentary series on President

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; the song had previously been released on the band's debut EP ''

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'' in 1993 and was re-recorded for ''A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion''. Singer

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later remarked that "I think 'A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion''is important because that's when I found out that I was a song-writer ... twas where I realized like, 'Hey I guess I'm the song writer for this band. Seven songs written during the demo sessions for ''A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion'' were left off of the album. These tracks—"Remember When", "Flawed", "Class War 2000", "Twenty-One Guns", "Lame Duck Arsenal", "Off the Wagon", and "What We Have"—were recorded in a separate session with

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at Art of Ears and released on split EPs with Reliance, Ignite,

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through other record labels over the following year.

Reception

Andy Hinds of

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rated ''A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion'' four stars out of five, remarking that "the band have improved their songwriting chops considerably, finally bringing the music up to the level of Russ Rankin's always powerful lyrics".

Track listing

Personnel

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, additional guitar on "Come Dancing" * Luke Pabich –

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* Chuck Platt –

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* Sean Sellers –

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– female vocals on "A Credit to His Gender" *

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References

External links

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