Something to Prove

by Spermbirds

Something to Prove cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: We Bite
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 1:05:42
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A hugely influential record in the European hardcore scene, introducing a fast, melodic skate-punk sound heavily inspired by American bands like 7 Seconds. Sung entirely in English by their American expatriate frontman, the album became a foundational classic for the continental punk underground.

Genres

Descriptors: political, melodic, fast, DIY, gang-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Something to Prove (2:44)
  2. What a Bitch Is (1:25)
  3. You're Not a Punk (2:23)
  4. Playboy Subscriber (2:20)
  5. Kill Me Quick (2:34)
  6. What Do You Want (R.R.)? (1:36)
  7. My God Rides a Skateboard (2:06)
  8. Americans Are Cool (1:49)
  9. Get on the Stage (2:08)
  10. No Punks in K-Town/Scumbag (1:52)
  11. Shit Job (2:25)
  12. Bed Tool (1:30)
  13. Try Again (3:56)
  14. Bloodstains (1:36)
  15. Die Sgt. Landry (2:11)
  16. Your Problem (3:31)
  17. Nothing Is Easy (2:18)
  18. Cave (2:13)
  19. Another Dead Friendship (2:31)
  20. It's Just an Excuse (3:00)
  21. Lights Out (0:49)
  22. Texas Cowboy (1:49)
  23. My Brother (1:56)
  24. 12 8-Packs (3:06)
  25. My God Rides a Skateboard - Single Version (2:36)
  26. Shit Rolls Down Hill (2:14)
  27. She's Got Vd (1:01)
  28. We Don't Care - Live (1:50)
  29. 4 Bier Right Here - Live (2:41)
  30. 1 2 X U (1:24)

Credits

  • Spermbirds - primary artist
  • Markus Weilemann - bass, written-by
  • Beppo - drums
  • Lee Hollis - graphics [absolutely all graphics], vocals, written-by
  • Frank Rahm - guitar, written-by
  • Roger Ingenthron - guitar, written-by
  • Rico Sonderegger - lacquer cut by
  • Matthias G枚tte - written-by

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