• Source: Punkhouse

Punkhouse is 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 was replaced with Brian McQuade (renamed "Brian Vermin"). The band then went on the "No Showers 'til Gainesville" tour with local band Spongetunnel, which vocalist Ben Weasel called a "minor disaster" as the two bands argued constantly. Tensions grew within Screeching Weasel at the last show of the tour and, two weeks later, bassist Warren Fish left the band. 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.
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 new label Limited Potential Records. The entire EP was recorded without John Jughead's guitar, due to him being stranded in downstate Illinois. 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. Weasel later called Potential a "terrible engineer" and cited the recording quality of the EP, and him writing the lyrics to the songs while drunk, as why Punkhouse is his least favorite Screeching Weasel release.




Track listing






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

• Source: Punk house

A punk house is a dwelling occupied by members of the punk subculture.
Punk houses are often centered on certain political or personal ideologies. It is not uncommon for a punk house to be anarchist, strictly straight-edge, or vegan. A clique of punks may start a punk house by squatting an abandoned building, by renting, or by owning property. Punk houses are often communally inhabited in an attempt to minimize the individual expense of rent or property tax.
Punk houses serve as backdrops for local scenes; punk houses often provide overnight shelter to touring punk rock bands, and sometimes serve as a venue for shows. Bands or record labels sometimes form in a particular punk house. Many punk houses have associated punk zines that sometimes share the name of the house. Groups of anarcho-punks run their houses as communes. Inhabitants sometimes identify their houses with unique names and symbols so they can represent their residence with clothing, slogans, and graffiti.
Photographer Abby Banks released Punkhouse: Interiors in Anarchy, a book of punk house photography that catalogs many such places in the United States.




Notable examples



The Ashtray, West Oakland, California – A Late 80's punk house home to members of Operation Ivy, Isocracy and Filth. Mentioned in numerous fanzine articles and songs including those of Absolutely Zippo, Cometbus, Screeching Weasel, The Lookouts and Blatz.
Lost Cross, Carbondale, Illinois – A house serving as a practice space, venue, and hangout continuously since 1986.
Calgary Manor, Calgary, Alberta – venue occupied by members of Calgary punk scene and featured in the film Another State of Mind.
C-Squat, New York City – Residence and music venue; occupied by members of Leftöver Crack and other punk bands.
Dial House, Essex, England – home of Crass
Die Slaughterhaus, Atlanta, Georgia – residence, venue and record label; occupied by members of Black Lips, Deerhunter and other bands.
Dischord House, Arlington, Virginia - residence, practice and recording space and home of Dischord Records; rented by members of Minor Threat and later purchased by Ian MacKaye
Positive Force House, Arlington, Virginia – former residence of Positive Force D.C.
The Dustbin Family (also known as Dirty-6th), Boise, Idaho - an anarchist punk house active in the 2010s which housed the band Mind Drips and the musician Bob! Loudly, referenced in Loudly's music and the essay "Anarchy Against Hierarchy" by Thomas Pulliam
The BFG, Appleton, Wisconsin – venue occupied by members of Tenement, Wartorn, Technicolor Teeth, and The Parish.
The Black Hole, Fullerton, California - subject of the Adolescents's song "Kids of the Black Hole"
The Rat Palace, Vancouver, Canada – Legendary punk house on Broadway near Arbutus, active from late 70s to mid-80s.
The 309 House, Pensacola, Florida – Active since at least 1978.




See also


Battle of Ryesgade
Hackerspace
Housing cooperative
Social center
Squatting
"Punkhouse", a song by Screeching Weasel
"Kids of the Black Hole" by The Adolescents




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