Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock

Infobox Album
Name = Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock
Type = Album
Artist = Sebadoh


Released = November 6 1992
Recorded = December 1991-June 1992
Genre = Indie
Length = 38:22
Label = Sub Pop
Producer(s) = Bob Weston
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9apsa9wgb23d link]
*Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau|dud [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=sebadoh link]
Last album = "Sebadoh III"
(1991)
This album = "Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock"
(1992)
Next album = "Bubble and Scrape"
(1993)

"Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock" was Sebadoh's Sub Pop debut, released in 1992. It compiles most songs from two EPs, "Rocking the Forest" and "Sebadoh vs. Helmet", while altering the track names and truncating their number. Songs from the original Domino releases absent here include "Gimme Indie Rock", "Ride the Darker Wave", "It's So Hard to Fall in Love" and "Really Insane II" from "Rocking the Forest" and "Soulmate" from "Sebadoh vs. Helmet"

Track listing

#"Cry Sis" (Gaffney) - 2:52 *
#"Brand New Love" (Barlow) - 4:04
#"Notsur Dnoura Selcric" (Loewenstein) - 3:04
#"Vampire" (Barlow) - 2:43 *
#"Good Things" (Barlow) - 1:26
#"Cecilia Chime in Melee" (Gaffney) - 4:19
#"Everybody's Been Burned" (David Crosby) 3:15
#"Junk Bonds" - (Loewenstein) 1:53 *
#"New Worship" (Barlow) - 2:21
#"Mean Distance" (Gaffney) - 3:12
#"Pink Moon" (Nick Drake) - 2:02
#"Mind Meld" (Fay) - 7:10 *

* An asterisk (*) denotes tracks taken from "Rocking the Forest".

Personnel

*Jason Loewenstein - Bass. Drums, Vocals, Guitar
*Lou Barlow - Guitar, Vocals, Bass
*Eric Gaffney - Guitar, Drums, Bass, Synthesizer
*Bob Fay - Drums, Guitar, Vocals
* Recorded by Bob Weston.