How to Make Enemies and Irritate People

How to Make Enemies and Irritate People
Studio album by Screeching Weasel
Released	1994, 2005, 2013
Recorded	June 1994
Genre	Punk rock
Length	27:56
Label	Lookout!, Asian Man, Recess
Producer	Mass Giorgini, Ben Weasel
Screeching Weasel chronology
Anthem for a New Tomorrow (1993) How to Make Enemies and Irritate People (1994) Kill the Musicians (1995) 2013 Reissue Cover

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Allmusic	[1]

How to Make Enemies and Irritate People is the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band Screeching Weasel. It was released in 1994 through Lookout! Records. It was meant to be the band's last album. Shortly after the release of 1993's Anthem for a New Tomorrow, bassist/backing vocalist/songwriting collaborator Danny Vapid left the band. The rest of the band felt that they had run out of steam, but wanted to record the last batch of songs they had written. Since Vapid had left, they recruited Mike Dirnt from Green Day to fill in on bass and backing vocals. This was around the time when Green Day was experiencing an explosion in popularity, and Dirnt had to leave the sessions at one point to play on the Late Show with David Letterman. The band split up with the release of the album and shut down their post office box. Ben Weasel, Danny Vapid, and drummer Dan Panic formed the more Ramones-influenced Riverdales and guitarist Jughead took time off from music to write and direct plays. The band would return just a few years later with Vapid back on bass for the Bark Like a Dog album on Fat Wreck Chords. The album was out of print for a short while but was remastered and re-released in 2005 on Asian Man Records. The album was again reissued on vinyl in 2013 by Recess Records featuring new artwork.^[2]

The name of the song 'I Wrote Holden Caulfield' is a reference to Green Day's song 'Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?'.

It is an apparent parody of the classic self-help book How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Track listing

All songs written by Ben Weasel except where noted.

1. "Planet of the Apes" – 1:50
2. "99" – 2:17
3. "I Hate Your Guts on Sunday" – 1:39
4. "Johnny Are You Queer?" (B. Paine, L. Paine) – 2:07
5. "Time Bomb" – 1:15
6. "Burnout Girl" – 2:20
7. "If I Was You" – 2:04
8. "Nobody Likes You" (Ben Weasel, Danny Vapid) – 2:05
9. "Degenerate" – 2:03
10. "Surf Goddess" (Ben Weasel, Joe King) – 3:25
11. "Kathy Isn't Right" – 1:25
12. "Kathy's on the Roof" – 2:39
13. "I Wrote Holden Caulfield" – 2:47

Fake track listing

Original copies of the album included this humorously erroneous track listing on the back cover.

1. "Planet of the Dupes"
2. "86"
3. "I Love Yer Nuts on Monday"
4. "Johnny Is That Beer"
5. "Slime Pond"
6. "Burnt Out Squirrel"
7. "If I Was Hugh"
8. "Nobody Bites You"
9. "Da Genitals"
10. "Smurf Goddess"
11. "Kathy's Not Too Light"
12. "Kathy's on the Moon"
13. "I Wrote Ignatius J. Reilly"

Personnel

• Ben Weasel - lead vocals, guitar
• Mike Dirnt - bass, backing vocals
• Jughead - guitar
• Dan Panic - drums
• Gretchen Smear - backing vocals on "Johnny Are You Queer?"

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Screeching Weasel-How To Make Enemies and Irritate People LP!!".