RATTAIL GRENADIER Too Much Of A Good Thing 1991

 

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Rattail Grenadier was a punk band from Lafayette, Indiana, USA, formed in 1984 by brothers Mass (bass) and Flav (guitar) Giorgini, Dan Lumley (drums) and Steve Best (vocals). After two self-released cassettes (the first featuring a trio without Steve), the band made its vinyl debut with a self-titled album on Chicago's Roadkill Records (3), a label owned by Steve's brother, Dave, and run by members of Screeching Weasel. The band released a follow up album in 1991, featuring Rick Harris on vocals in place of Steve Best. In 1992, Harris left the group to concentrate on obtaining his Ph.D. and was replaced by Quentin Flory. This line-up appeared a few compilation tracks. In 1994, the Giorgini brothers decided to put band to rest in order to care for their terminally ill father. The following year, the Giorgini brothers and Dan Lumley reunited to form Squirtgun. Dan and Mass were also members of Screeching Weasel from 1997 through 2000. The original line up of Rattail Grenadier has occasionally reunited to perform a song or two at some Squirtgun shows.

Tracklist

1		La-La Land
2		Under My Bed
3		Landfill Planet Earth

4		Free Speech No More
5		Put Out Or Die
6		Cheeze Whiz
7		Black & White
8		I Don't Know
9		You'll Get Nothing
10		In The Beginning
11		Inevitable Destruction
12		Turned To Hate
13		Indecision
14		Paralyzed
15		WGTM
16		Get Real (Lose Your Delusion)
17		Big Red Letters

 

PUNK USA Various Artists 1994

 

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Tracklist  

1	–Scratch Bongowax	Nobody Home	1:41
2	–Rattail Grenadier	Come On Back	2:51
3	–Pink Lincolns	Rats	2:09
4	–Moral Crux	Breakdown	2:15
5	–Screeching Weasel	My Friends Are Getting Famous	2:54
6	–Beatnik Termites	How Many Times	2:03
7	–Thankless Dogs	Stan The Man	1:41
8	–The Vindictives	I'm In Trouble Now	2:39
9	–The Queers	Blabbermouth	1:21
10	–The Pist	Threat	1:38
11	–Submachine	Diseased	2:29
12	–8 Bark	Give Up	1:56
13	–Face To Face	Dissension	2:36
14	–Sinkhole	Casemaker	1:48
15	–Garden Variety	Pretty Mouth	3:35
16	–Jawbreaker	Sea Foam Green	4:09

SQUIRTGUN

self titled

1995

Another Sunny Afternoon

1997

 

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Artist Biography by Charles Spano

Full of plenty of energy and fervor, Squirtgun plays melodic punk rock in the Lookout Records tradition, drawing on bands like the Descendents, Green Day and Screeching Weasel. The band formed in the fall of 1993 when punk rock producer and bassist Mass Giorgini decided to form a new band out of the remnants of his old band, Rattail Grenadier. With Rattail members Flav Giordini (guitar) and Dan Lumley (drums) in the lineup, the group recruited vocalist/guitarist Matt Hart of Freaks of Nature. In the spring of 1995, Squirtgun recorded their debut EP, Shenanigans, for Lookout. A song off this record, "Social," was then featured in the Kevin Smith film Mallrats. Their self-titled, full-length album was released later that year. After recruiting guitarist and vocalist Zac Damon for live shows, the band put out their second EP in 1996. Entitled Mary Ann, the record was a tribute to Mary Ann of Gilligan's Island, and the group shot a video featuring a cameo by actress Dawn Wells. Squirtgun's second album, Another Sunny Afternoon, came out in the spring of 1997. Afterwards, the bandmembers began to focus more attention on their other projects, including Screeching Weasel, the Mopes, Common Rider, and Simian. Their third and most propulsive full-length, Fade to Bright, was released on Honest Don's Records in the summer of 2003.  

self titled

Tracklist 

1	Long So Long	2:00
2	Elaine On The Brain	1:50
3	Allergic To You	2:15
4	Mr. Orange	2:03
5	Liar's Corner	1:37
6	Social	3:52
7	With A Grin & A Kick	2:31
8	Morning Grit	1:14
9	Less Than Nothing	2:30
10	Make It Up	2:02
11	Headache All Day	2:06
12	Frederick's Frost	1:40

Another Sunny Afternoon

Tracklist

1	Field Trip	1:48
2	Mary Ann	2:32
3	Hey Louise	2:15
4	Another Sunny Afternoon	2:03
5	Butterbean	2:07
6	So Cool	1:57
7	Coffee	1:34
8	My Jeannette	1:51
9	Come On Let's Go!	1:49
10	Normal Girl	1:34
11	Without A Ticket	1:06
12	You're The Greatest	3:20