Boogadaboogadaboogada!
| Boogadaboogadaboogada! | ||||
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Original Roadkill cover
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| Studio album by Screeching Weasel | ||||
| Released | December 1988 | |||
| Recorded | October 8–16, 1988 | |||
| Studio | Solid Sound Studio in Hoffman Estates, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, hardcore punk | |||
| Length | 40:46 | |||
| Label | Roadkill Lookout! (LK 62) Asian Man Recess |
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| Producer | Ben Weasel and Jughead | |||
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Boogadaboogadaboogada! is the second studio album by the Chicago-based punk rock band Screeching Weasel. The album was originally released on vinyl in December 1988 through Roadkill Records. It was the group's only album to feature Fish on bass and the last with Steve Cheese on drums, both leaving the band shortly after the album's release. Although still influenced by hardcore punk, the album also shows hints of the band's later Ramones-inspired sound.
The initial pressing consisted of 2,000 copies, with an additional 176 being pressed by Roadkill co-owner Dave Best to fill up extra jackets he had. It was remixed for release in the UK in early 1989 and the remixed version is found on every subsequent release of the album. It was re-released on CD, vinyl, and cassette by Lookout! Records (LK 62) on September 25, 1992 was later remastered and reissued on CD by Asian Man Records in 2005. Recess Records reissued a vinyl version in 2008 and then on CD in 2010. It is the best-selling album of the band's discography.
After the pressing plant they got to press their split EP with local band The Ozzfish Experience filed for bankruptcy and kept the master tapes, the group scrapped the EP and tensions grew between bassist Vinnie Bovine and the other members. Vocalist Ben Weasel later said that Bovine and his personal problems "made the band a living hell" and the other members fired him in early 1988. The Ozzfish Experience broke up around the same time, so Bovine was replaced by their guitarist/vocalist Warren Fischer (renamed simply "Fish"). Although not recorded yet, the band began looking for a label to release their second album. After not finding anyone again, the group opted to release it themselves. However, they then met Dave Best, a man who was starting his own record label and wanted Weasel and guitarist Jughead to help him run it. The two agreed and started Roadkill Records and made a deal to record the album in October. In summer 1988, the band traveled to Berkeley, California to play at the 924 Gilman Street club opening for ska punk band Operation Ivy. While in Berkeley, the band made friends with many of the people from the Gilman Street Project, including the members of Operation Ivy, Crimpshrine and Lookout Records owner Larry Livermore. Livermore offered to release Screeching Weasel's second album, but Weasel told him it was already planned for release on Roadkill.
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