Screeching Weasel
Screeching Weasel (short: SW) are a punk band from Chicago, which was founded in 1986 by singer Ben Weasel.
Biography
The band had to fight from the beginning with band occupation problems and often had to replace members. The only constants in the band were cast from start to finish singer Ben Weasel and rhythm guitarist " Jughead "; other members who remained some time in the band were drummer " Dan Panic " (1990-1997) and bassist " Dan Vapid " which repeatedly left the band, only to later enter again.
The band broke up during their careers several times and founded, not much later. The first release was made in 1989 after the second album Boogadaboogadaboogada, but the very next year Screeching Weasel were back together. In 1994 the band decided to break up again - the album How To Make Enemies And Irritate People was intended as a farewell album. Ben Weasel founded Vapid and Panic the Riverdales, with whom he recorded an album in 1995 and completed a tour. Nevertheless, in 1996 once more Screeching Weasel have been brought back to life.
The music of screechin Weasel was on the first two albums still rather rough, fast punk rock. By the third album My Brain Hurts the melodic, Ramones -influenced pop-punk phase, which on the album Bark Like A Dog found its peak in 1996 began. 1997 came to say goodbye to Dan Vapid and Dan Panic; from 1997 until its dissolution in 2001 Screeching Weasel had managed to keep up with Mass Giorgini on bass and Dan Lumley on drums a solid cast. The with this lineup recorded, compared to its predecessors rather aggressive -sounding albums Major Label Debut (EP) and Television City Dream contained again faster and rougher, but still melodic punk in many places. 1999 was published with Emo an album that its value rather honest and personal lyrics sets than on loud music. With the 2000 album Teen Punks in Heat the band but then returned to the previous style.
2001, the band broke up for the third time, and each member went his own way. Mass Giorgini and Dan Lumley played together in the bands Squirtgun and Common Rider until the end of 2003 Lumley officially announced his departure from the music business. Giorgini is also active as a producer of various punk bands. John Jughead founded the acoustic punk band Even in Blackouts, with whom he still makes music today. Ben Weasel published in 2002 his solo album Fidatevi and worked as an author. He authored two books with titles like hell and punk is a four letter word. In addition, in 2005 he along with Mass Giorgini formed the band Sweet Black and Blue, but which broke up pretty early. Most of the songs he had written for Sweet Black and Blue, Ben Weasel used then in his second solo album, These ones are bitter ( 2007). Since 2009, Screeching Weasel show concerts in a cast, which in turn belong to new members with Ben Weasel and Dan Vapid.