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How to Make Enemies and Irritate People is the sixth studio album by the Chicago-based punk rock band Screeching Weasel. Planned as the group's final album, it was released in August 1994 on CD, vinyl and cassette through Lookout Records. Shortly before recording the album, bassist/backing vocalist Dan Vapid left the band. As a result, the group recruited Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt to record the album with them.

After the release of the album, Screeching Weasel broke up and shut down their post office box. During this time, vocalist Ben Weasel, Vapid and drummer Dan Panic went on to form the more Ramones-influenced band the Riverdales while guitarist John Jughead took time off from music to write and direct plays. The band would reunite in 1996 with Vapid back on bass for the Bark Like a Dog album on Fat Wreck Chords.

After the band removed its catalog from Lookout due to unpaid royalties, the album was re-released by Asian Man Records in 2005 and was again reissued on vinyl in 2013 by Recess Records featuring new artwork.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Ben Weasel except where noted.

  1. "Planet of the Apes" – 1:50
  2. "99" – 2:17
  3. "I Hate Your Guts on Sunday" – 1:39
  4. "Johnny Are You Queer?" (B. Paine, L. Paine) – 2:07
  5. "Time Bomb" – 1:15
  6. "Burnout Girl" – 2:20
  7. "If I Was You" – 2:04
  8. "Nobody Likes You" (Ben Weasel, Danny Vapid) – 2:05
  9. "Degenerate" – 2:03
  10. "Surf Goddess" (Ben Weasel, Joe King) – 3:25
  11. "Kathy Isn't Right" – 1:25
  12. "Kathy's on the Roof" – 2:39
  13. "I Wrote Holden Caulfield" – 2:47

Fake track listing

Original copies of the album included this humorously erroneous track listing on the back cover.

  1. "Planet of the Dupes"
  2. "86"
  3. "I Love Yer Nuts on Monday"
  4. "Johnny Is That Beer"
  5. "Slime Pond"
  6. "Burnt Out Squirrel"
  7. "If I Was Hugh"
  8. "Nobody Bites You"
  9. "Da Genitals"
  10. "Smurf Goddess"
  11. "Kathy's Not Too Light"
  12. "Kathy's on the Moon"
  13. "I Wrote Ignatius J. Reilly"

Personnel

Additional performers

  • Gretchen Smear - backing vocals on "Johnny Are You Queer?"

Production

References

  1. ^ "Screeching Weasel-How To Make Enemies and Irritate People LP!!".
  2. ^ Allmusic review
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