The Bouncing Souls/Weston "split" 7" NM OOP Beach Slang Menzingers NoFx

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The Bouncing Souls/Weston "split 7" Glue Records #4 (US)

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The Bouncing Souls are a punk rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1987. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a "pogo" element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-hearted songs, a model followed by various other local bands.

The four original members grew up in Basking Ridge, New Jersey and played in smaller bands during high school. Although they decided to forgo college, they made the decision to move to a college town; New Brunswick, NJ, which is the home of Rutgers University. New Brunswick had a reputation for supporting underground music, and over the years had seen not only musical acts but actors enjoy professional success. The Bouncing Souls not only became a staple in the New Brunswick music scene, but also helped other bands gain an audience by opening up for them in the clubs around town, as well as parties and shows they put on themselves. The band's name is a reference to Doc Martens shoes, which were a staple of punk dress. To this day, Doc Martens uses the advertising slogan "with Bouncing Soles" for their air-cushioned soles.

Their first full-length album, The Good, The Bad & The Argyle was released in 1994 on Chunksaah Records, their own label. The album was a compilation of several EPs the band had released previously. Two tracks of this record, "Candy" (popularized by The Strangeloves and covered by many other groups) and "What Boys Like" (originally by the Waitresses) served as homage to 1980s new wave while simultaneously striking a humorous jab at homophobia. Their next album, Maniacal Laughter was released in 1996. Half the album was written in a week. It led to a high profile tour with Youth Brigade that got the attention of Epitaph Records.

The Bouncing Souls signed with Epitaph in 1997 and released The Bouncing Souls later that year. While it contains some Bouncing Souls classics like "Cracked", "Kate is Great", and "East Coast Fuck You!", certain tracks on the record are anticlimactic in comparison to their low-fi earlier recordings. Greg himself stated on Do You Remember? 15 Years of the Bouncing Souls that "It's a CD of unfinished songs". Hopeless Romantic followed in 1999. Hopeless Romantic has been heralded for admixing poignant lyrics with their melodic rapidly-paced punk style. Soon after the album's release, personal problems arose between the band and long-time drummer Shal Khichi which resulted in his departure from the band. He was replaced by former Skinnerbox, Mephiskapheles, and Murphy's Law drummer, Michael McDermott.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation was the first album released with the new line-up. By now, the band had become viewed as seminal to the modern punk sound, with a new generation of fans discovering their earlier releases as they toured with newer bands as well as larger punk acts such as Hot Water Music. 2002 brought a b-sides album, The Bad, the Worse, and the Out of Print and an acclaimed split with Anti-Flag as part of the BYO Split Series. In 2003, the band released their sixth album Anchors Aweigh, as well as their first DVD, Do You Remember? 15 Years of the Bouncing Souls. In 2004, their cover of "Better Things" by The Kinks was used in the film The Manchurian Candidate, however it was performed by Fountains of Wayne. In 2005, they had two live releases, a double CD album, simply titled Live, as well as a DVD, titled Live at the Glasshouse, which was the 19th entry in Kung Fu Films' The Show Must Go Off! series. The band released their seventh album, titled The Gold Record on June 6, 2006, or 6/6/06 which the band has called "The number of the release", in reference to 666, which is known as "The number of the beast". Also, due to their first full-length record being a collection of previous releases, many fans also consider this to in fact be their sixth studio album, and thus 666 is also partly in reference to this. They then headed out on the 2006 Warped Tour in support of the record, and again three years later, in 2009.

In 2008, while at the Vans Warped Tour stop in their home state of NJ, the band helped Music Saves Lives raise the blood supply by signing a guitar for the non-profit to auction off.

In 2009, the band released a series of sixteen digital songs and four 7" EPs as part of the 20th Anniversary Series. Twelve of these songs were being released into an album titled Ghosts on the Boardwalk which was released on January 12, 2010. In 2011, the band is the first to be featured on SideOneDummy's The Complete Control Sessions series of live recordings. The band's contribution to the series features six songs, one of which is a Misfits cover.

The Bouncing Souls will release their ninth studio album, Comet on June 12, 2012 via Rise Records, their first album for that label. The artwork and track listing was released were released on March 12, 2012, along with the album's third track, "Static," which is available to be streamed online.

Weston is a punk rock band hailing from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1990, they took their name from singer Dave Weston's family, since his parents allowed them to practice in their basement. The band never found mainstream success but their energetic and irreverent live shows earned them legendary status amongst their peers as well as their fans. Following their major label debut, the band split up. It was announced on October 17, 2006, that Weston would be reuniting for three shows in late December. This led to even more reunion shows in following years and a live album released December 2009.

Post-breakup

Dave Weston went on to play sporadic solo shows in the area. He also played in Julia Marvel. James Alex Snyder formed the band Cordova, following up on much of the sound he'd pushed for on later Weston recordings. It was announced on October 17, 2006 that Weston would be reuniting for three shows in late December. June 2007 saw the announcement of even more reunion shows, that took place July 5 and 6 in Philadelphia and New York City, respectively. On July 7, Chuck Saltern took the stage with Weston for the first time in over 10 years at Slaskifest in Northampton, Pennsylvania. Saltern returned to bass/vocal duties while Jesse Short played third guitar. Another show was scheduled for Maxwell's in Hoboken in mid-August. The lineup for the other reunion shows was the lineup that performed from the time of Matinee until the end of the band.

On April 4, 2008, Weston performed a reunion show in Philadelphia at the Khyber with The Ergs, the Sw!ms, and Brian McGee & The Hollow Seed. This marked the beginning of a reunion tour scheduled so far to circle the northeast. The next night on April 5, Weston played a headlining show at the Middle East (Upstairs) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 5, 2008.

Weston recorded a live album at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey, on June 28, 2008 where they performed some new material. The resulting live album, This Is My Voice and This is my Heart: Live at Maxwell's, was released on December 14, 2009.

Weston played another show at Maxwell's on June 4, 2011. Original drummer Jeremiah Attanasio reunited with the band that night. James Snyder confirmed that the band has entered the studio to record a new album which was intended for release by the end of 2011. However, no further information on the album has since been confirmed and the band is not currently active.

In 2014, James Alex Snyder formed Beach Slang.

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