The Queers "Rocket to Russia" Tour LP OOP Ramones Screeching Weasel Ben Rancid
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Description
The Queers "Rocket to Russia" Tour LP Selfless Records (US)
Vinyl is NM, Jacket is NM
Out of Print!
Limited to /300 copies
Pressed on Pink Wax!
Limited Felt cover
Very Rare!!
Track Listing:
A1Cretin Hop
A2
Rockaway Beach
A3
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
A4
Locket Love
A5
I Don't Care
A6
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
A7
We're A Happy Family
B1
Teenage Lobotomy
B2
Do You Wanna Dance?
B3
I Wanna Be Well
B4
I Can't Give You Anything
B5
Ramona
B6
Surfin Bird
B7
Why Is It Always This Way
The Queers are a punk band formed in 1981 by Portsmouth, New Hampshire native Joe King (aka Joe Queer) along with Scott Gildersleeve (aka Tulu), and John Hayes (aka Wimpy Rutherford). The band originally broke up in 1984, but reformed with Joe Queer and a new line-up in 1986. In 1990, the band signed with Shakin' Street Records and released their first album Grow Up. The album earned the band notoriety within New England, but with the release of their next album 1993's Love Songs for the Retarded, on Lookout! Records, their following grew larger.
In 2006, after releasing six albums on Lookout!, the band rescinded their master rights from the label, citing breach of contract over unpaid royalties. Later that year they signed with Asian Man Records.
The Queers' cover of "Wipe Out" was featured in the 2007 Columbia Pictures and ImageWorks Studios mockumentary film Surf's Up, produced by Sony Pictures Animation and National Geographic Films.
The Queers play a Ramones-derived style of pop punk. Much like the Ramones, common lyrical themes are girls, drugs, alcohol and having fun. Musically the band deviates slightly from the driving rhythm guitar sound of the Ramones and augments their songs with harmony vocals, handclaps, keyboards and guitar solos. They have been described as "The Ramones meets The Beach Boys". Ben Weasel of Screeching Weasel frequently collaborates with Joe Queer to write their songs. The band is well known for the variety of cover versions they include on their records and during live performances. Bands/artists covered by The Queers include The Beach Boys, The Ramones (including a complete re-recording of the Rocket to Russia album), The Nobodys, Angry Samoans, The Mr T Experience, Skeeter Davis, The Fantastic Baggys, The Who, The Undertones, The Hobos, Tommy James and The Shondells, Helen Love, The Catalogs (from Hawaii, featuring Les Hernandez of The Quintessentials), Unnatural Axe, and many more.
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