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My Brain Hurts is the third studio album by the Chicago-based punk rock band Screeching Weasel. The album was originally released on CD, vinyl and cassette in September 1991 through Lookout Records. It was the group's first album on Lookout as well as the only release with bassist Dave Naked and the first with drummer Dan Panic, the latter of which would go on to appear on several of the band's albums. The album marked a very distinct stylistic shift for the group, fully moving toward a Ramones-inspired sound and completely abandoning their previous hardcore punk influences as a condition made by vocalist Ben Weasel when reforming the band after a brief break-up. After the release of My Brain Hurts, the band grew increasingly popular within the punk community and began drawing bigger crowds at their shows, which Weasel later admitted put pressure on him when recording the follow-up album Wiggle the next year. The album is regarded as one of the group's best releases by critics, fans and the band members themselves. It is one of the band's best-selling releases and is often cited as influential to many later pop punk bands. In 2005, the band removed their catalog from Lookout due to unpaid royalties, alongside many other artists, and re-released the album on CD in remastered form though Asian Man Records later that year. A vinyl edition with different cover art was also issued by Recess Records in 2009.
Punk rock, pop punk. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
Well, everyone would be biting on this snot nosed Buddy Holly style of pop punk by the end of the decade. So this is forward thinking. It's also bloody great fun.
I've listened to these guys a few times over the years. They're alright, nowhere near the level of bad religion or NOFX though. And the main dude is some kind of psycho - can't hold a lineup together, no original members left. In like 2015 he punched out a couple of chicks at a gig and the rest of the band quit, label dropped them, rest of tour cancelled. Was big drama in punk circles at the time. Pretty catchy album though. This is when original members were still in the band, and it goes for the golden 29min. 4/5.
Good solid punk. Hadn't heard of them before. 4 stars.
Cool short album
Heard a lot of this kind of thing (including this band) during time spent with a roommate and good friend who was a skateboarder and freestyle bike rider. I don't dislike it, and this is top tier product for the genre, but I do feel like it's a pretty limited sound. But as usual it kept things very snappy and gave a nice nostalgia hit.
I can't knock this. I've got vague memories of freshman year with someone in my homeroom having a patch on their backpack. Never listened to them. Not sure why.
This is the kind of punk album I can enjoy. Not inaudible messes of songs. This is still angsty enough to be punk without falling into a hole of rage. This felt like a similar style to the Green Day punk which obviously Green Day is the more successful band but these guys were still good. Maybe they just didn’t get as lucky as Green Day. 6.5/10
More poppy punk
Sounds like every Tony Hawk song (aka, great!)
Pretty straight forward punk
One of the less exciting pop punk entries in the user list. Nothing super unique about it to me tbh
I like my punk music a little more on the poppy side and this had those leanings - a pretty early version of this too. It wasn’t a complete hit for me… still, half a bonus star for the cover of I Can See Clearly Now.