Through the years, the band went through many line-up changes, with Ben and John being the only constant members since the band's inception. Screeching Weasel officially broke up for (roughly) the third - and allegedly final - time on July 6, 2001.
The band did a few surprise shows between 2001-2009.
Ben Weasel reformed the group in March 2009 with a new line-up, and without John Jughead. Ben had released solo albums that were the same just in his name. John finally settled for T-Shirt money for being an original member of the band and a royalties for a handful songs he co-wrote, and let Ben play as Screeching Weasel with the hundreds of song lyrics and music has written.
Former Members include renowned punk rock record producer Mass Giorgini on bass guitar, Dan Panic (born Dan Sullivan) on drums, and Danny Vapid (born Dan Schafer,on guitar or bass, depending on the band's necessity. Dan is currently fronting The Methadones and formerly of Sludgeworth)
Members of Screeching Weasel have gone on to form bands such as: The Methadones, The Mopes, Even in Blackouts, and Sweet Black And Blue.
Screeching Weasel has also included members of Green Day, Sludgeworth, Common Rider, Squirtgun, and Teen Idols.
During one of the band's many break-ups, Weasel and Vapid also formed the Riverdales. Additionally, Ben Weasel released a solo record in 2002 entitled Fidatevi.
In 2004 Ben Weasel rescinded all of the Screeching Weasel and Riverdales masters from Lookout! Records in the wake of long-running financial and personal conflicts. The masters were subsequently licensed to and reissued by Asian Man Records.
On December 7, 2010, it was announced that Screeching Weasel will release a new album on March 15, 2011, the band's first album in eleven years. The album will be titled First World Manifesto and will be released on Fat Wreck Chords. It will contain 14 new songs and is produced by Mike Kennerty of The All-American Rejects. It was announced that the label will also be releasing the back catalogs of Screeching Weasel, the Riverdales, and Ben Weasel.
On March 18, 2011, during Screeching Weasel's South by Southwest Festival performance at the Scoot Inn in Austin, Texas, Foster reached from the stage and slapped a female audience member who had spit on him several times. This sent off a fire storm web frenzy from all of the self -righteous non Screeching Weasel fans. Ben apologized for his actions, but all of the perfect people who never loose there cool were not satisfied.
Ben and his hired band had a falling out. He found out who his true friends and fans were. After over a year of spending time with his family and raising a new baby, he released Carnival of Schadenfreude EP in 2011 with huge interest and has resumed his music career again full swing.
Cindy
Screeching Weasel Lyrics
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She's through with the syringe
Cindy's on methadone
She's off on heroin
Cindy's on methadone
We're glad to have her home
She slept in vomit now
Stopped ripping off her neighbors
Stopped taking change from strangers
Stopped shooting needles full of
Dreams into her arms
Cindy's on methadone
We see it in her eyes
Sounds so much better
But it's just another high
She stopped calling at three thirty
Stopped looking thin and dirty
Stopped screaming bloody murder
When she got cut off
Why don't you stop with
Your fake solutions
Stop covering up the truth and
Stop trying to make things
Smooth and stop acting
like you know what it's like
The lyrics to Screeching Weasel's song Cindy's on Methadone tell the story of a young woman, Cindy, who has made the decision to turn away from her heroin addiction and instead use methadone. The song celebrates Cindy's victory in overcoming her heroin addiction, with the repeated line "Cindy's on methadone, she's off on heroin." The song's lyrics also detail how Cindy's life has changed since she made the decision to turn away from heroin and towards methadone. She no longer sleeps in vomit or rips off her neighbors to score drugs. She has a new sense of stability in her life that was lacking when she was actively using heroin.
However, the song also provides a sobering reminder that methadone is not a perfect solution to addiction. The line "Sounds so much better, but it's just another high" suggests that while methadone is not as harmful as heroin, it is still a substance that can be abused. The final verse of the song is a condemnation of people who offer false solutions to addiction and who judge those who have struggled with drug abuse. The line "stop acting like you know what it's like" suggests that the song's narrator has a personal connection to addiction, and is speaking from experience.
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Written by: BENJAMIN M. FOSTER, BENJAMIN M FOSTER
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