Punkhouse

Punkhouse was the first EP by the Chicago-based punk rock band Screeching Weasel. The EP was originally released on 7-inch vinyl with a limited pressing of 500 copies on July 7, 1989 through Limited Potential Records. It was the band's only non-compilation release to feature drummer Brian Vermin and the first to feature Dan Vapid (then known as Sewercap), who would be featured on many later Screeching Weasel albums. Musically, the songs on Punkhouse are in a similar vein to the band's previous album Boogadaboogadaboogada!, albeit with a rougher sound.

The EP went out of print quickly, and vocalist Ben Weasel repressed it himself on his own label No Budget Records in 1991 without a jacket. The last repress was by Selfless Records in 1993, who released it with a slightly different cover from the original. The song "Fathead" was later re-recorded for the group's third album My Brain Hurts in 1991 and all the original tracks from the EP were included on the compilation Kill the Musicians in 1995.

Background and recording

After releasing their second album Boogadaboogadaboogada! in late 1988, drummer Steve Cheese left the band because he was unwilling to tour and replaced him with Brian McQuade (renamed "Brian Vermin") and went on the "No Showers 'til Gainesville" tour with local band Spongetunnel.^[1] Vocalist Ben Weasel called the tour a "minor disaster" with the two bands arguing constantly. Tensions grew within Screeching Weasel at the last show of the tour and, two weeks later, bassist Warren Fish left the band.^[1] Fish was replaced by Dan Schafer (renamed "Sewercap" and later known as "Dan Vapid"), a fan of Screeching Weasel's who had been the singer for various local hardcore bands.^[1]

Before starting their next tour, the band decided to record an EP and went to Studio One in Chicago in April 1989. Mike Potential, founder of the fanzine Limited Potential, served as producer/engineer and opted to release the EP on his newly founded Limited Potential Records. Weasel later criticized the recording quality of the EP, calling Potential a "terrible engineer."^[1] The entire EP was recorded without John Jughead's guitar, due to him being stranded in downstate Illinois.^[1] When Jughead finally made it to the sessions, the other members made him hurry recording his parts and did not notice that his guitar was out of tune with the other guitars on the recordings.^[1] Weasel later admitted to writing the lyrics to the songs while he was drunk and cited this, and the recording quality, as why Punkhouse is his least favorite Screeching Weasel release.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ben Weasel, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Punkhouse" (music by John Jughead)	2:18
2.	"Fathead" (music by Weasel, Sewercap and Jughead)	1:17
3.	"Good Morning"	2:15

Side two
No.	Title	Length
4.	"I Need Therapy"	1:23
5.	"I Think We're Alone Now" (written by Ritchie Cordell; originally performed by Tommy James and the Shondells)	0:59
6.	"Something Wrong" (music by Screeching Weasel)	1:51
Total length:		10:03

Personnel

Ben Weasel – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
John Jughead – lead guitar, backing vocals
Sewercap – bass
Brian Vermin – drums

Production

Mike Potential – producer, engineer
Ben Weasel; John Jughead – mixers
Donnie Kraft – mastering
Martin Sorrondeguy – photography

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Screeching Weasel - Kill the Musicians liner notes. Retrieved 2016-02-06

Screeching Weasel

Ben Weasel Zac Damon Mike Hunchback Pierre Marche Zach "Poutine" Brandner John Jughead Vinnie Bovine Steve Cheese Warren Fish Brian Vermin Danny Vapid Douglas Ward Dave Naked Scott "Gub" Conway Danny Panic Johnny Personality Mike Dirnt Mass Giorgini Dan Lumley Zac Damon Phillip Hill Dave Klein

Studio albums	Screeching Weasel (1987) Boogadaboogadaboogada! (1988) My Brain Hurts (1991) Ramones (1992) Wiggle (1993) Anthem for a New Tomorrow (1993) How to Make Enemies and Irritate People (1994) Bark Like a Dog (1996) Television City Dream (1998) Emo (1999) Teen Punks in Heat (2000) First World Manifesto (2011)

EPs	Punkhouse (1989) Pervo Devo (1991) Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions (1992) Happy, Horny, Gay and Sassy (1992) Screeching Weasel / Pink Lincolns (1993) Radio Blast (1993) You Broke My Fucking Heart (1993) Screeching Weasel / Born Against (1993) Suzanne Is Getting Married (1994) Formula 27 (1996) Major Label Debut (1998) Jesus Hates You (1999) Carnival of Schadenfreude (2011)

Compilations	Kill the Musicians (1995) Beat Is on the Brat (1998) Thank You Very Little (2000) Weasel Mania (2005)

Related articles	The Queers The Riverdales Even in Blackouts The Methadones Sludgeworth The Vindictives

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