Album: Bark Like A Dog
Label: Fat Wreck Chords
Genre: Punk
Lyrics: @ LyricsMode
Screeching Weasel was one of the first punk bands I ever got into. You know, besides all of the "77 punk" bands we all seem to know about since birth. I used to have a "thing" for Ben Weasel. I can be a real fan-girl sometimes.
It all started in the early-mid 90's for me, during my elementary/junior high days. The popularity of Green Day led me to bands like Rancid, NOFX, and my ultimate favorite, Bad Religion. Other, "smaller" bands came pouring in; Teen Idols, Good Riddance, Pulley, Zeke, Anti-Flag, Millencolin, Guttermouth etc. Bands you'd find on Epitaph, Lookout!, FWC, and the earlier rounds of the Vans Warped Tour, so to speak. Screeching Weasel was there in the midst of it all.
"Cool Kids" is probably one of the first songs most people think of when you say Screeching Weasel. It is for me anyway :-P I used to put it on in the living room and jump around like a fool while my parents were at work. Probably not very "cool". This song and most of their music is what I like to call "happy punk": no matter the lyrical content it's always upbeat... and the keyboards are pretty sweet too.
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