Thrash Unreal

Infobox single | Name = Thrash Unreal
Type = Single
Artist = Against Me!
Album = New Wave


Released = July 10, 2007
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 8:40
Label = Sire Records
Producer = Butch Vig
Chart position =
* #15 (US Modern Rock)
Last single = "White People For Peace" (2007)
This single = "Thrash Unreal" (2007)
Next single = "Stop" (2008)

"Thrash Unreal" is a single by punk group Against Me!. It is the second single from their album "New Wave". It was their first single to chart in the United States, hitting #11 on the US Modern Rock Chart [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=558350&model.vnuAlbumId=952381] . The title of the song was coined by the album's producer, Butch Vig.

Vinyl single

The single was made for sale on 7" single on July 10, 2007 as a limited edition bonus for preordering "New Wave". It was distributed through Interpunk, Smartpunk and No Idea Records. It was pressed on black and red vinyl with 6,500 and 500 copies printed for each color, respectively.

Track listing

# Thrash Unreal - 4:14
# You Must Be Willing - 4:25

CD Single

The CD version of the Thrash Unreal single was released in October, 2007, on Sire Records and contains a different track 2 from the vinyl release.

Track listing

# Thrash Unreal - 4:14
# New Wave (acoustic) - 3:23

Music video

The video displays a girl who seems distressed during a party. The band is found playing under the room she's in. She first drops her glass of wine after a man started touching her, and the band underneath is sprayed a bit with wine. She isolates herself from the party, where she releases her anger and starts stomping on the floor, breaking some plaster. At the same time, some guys from the party dumps a vat of wine over the floor. So now the band is showered with both plaster and wine. The girl hits the floor hard enough so that she falls right through and lands in the place where the band is found playing. The last scene shows an empty room.

References

The line, "She can still hear that rebel yell just as loud as it was in 1983", refers to the Billy Idol song, "Rebel Yell", which was released in 1983.