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In 2004 Ben Weasel rescinded all of the Screeching Weasel and Riverdales masters from Lookout!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.
Science Of Myth
Screeching Weasel Lyrics
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That you hold you're not alone
But you ought a realize that
Every myth is a metaphor
In the case of Christianity
And Judaism there exist the
Belief that spiritual matters are
Enslaved to history
The Buddhists believe that the
Functional aspects override
The myth while other religions
Use the literal core to build
Foundations with
See half the world sees the myth
As fact while it's seen as a lie
By the other half and the simple
Truth is that it's none of that
And somehow no matter what the
World keeps turning
Somehow we get by without ever learning
Science and religion are no
Mutually exclusive
In fact for better understanding
We take the facts of science
And apply them
And if both factors keep evolving
Then we continue getting information
But closing off possibilities makes
It hard to see the bigger picture
Consider the case of
The women whose faith helped
Her make it through when she
Was raped and cut up left for dead
In a trunk her beliefs held true
It doesn't matter if it's
Real or not cause some things
Are better left without a doubt and
If it works then it gets the job done
The lyrics to Screeching Weasel's song Science of Myth suggest that despite differences in religion and belief systems, myths all serve as a metaphorical expression of ideas and values that can be interpreted differently by different groups of people. The song specifically brings up Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism, and how each of these belief systems has a different approach to the relationship between spiritual matters and history. The song suggests that the world keeps turning despite these different interpretations, and that science and religion can exist together to help us better understand the world.
Additionally, the song references a specific story about a woman who was raped and left for dead in a trunk, but whose faith helped her survive. The lyrics suggest that it doesn't matter whether or not her beliefs were based in reality; what matters is that those beliefs gave her hope and helped her endure a terrible situation. The overall message of the song seems to be that myths and faith can be powerful tools to help us understand and navigate the world, but that we should be open to new information and interpretations in order to grow and learn.
Line by Line Meaning
If you've ever question beliefs
Have you ever doubted the things you believe in?
That you hold you're not alone
You're not the only one who has doubts.
But you ought a realize that
However, it's important to realize that
Every myth is a metaphor
All myths are just metaphors.
In the case of Christianity
For Christianity
And Judaism there exist the
And also for Judaism
Belief that spiritual matters are
The belief that spiritual matters are
Enslaved to history
Restricted by history.
The Buddhists believe that the
Buddhists think that
Functional aspects override
Functionality is more important than
The myth while other religions
Myth and other religions
Use the literal core to build
Take myths as literal truth.
Foundations with
And build a foundation.
See half the world sees the myth
Half the world sees myths as real.
As fact while it's seen as a lie
While the other half sees it as a lie.
By the other half and the simple
But really
Truth is that it's none of that
The truth is that it's neither fact nor lie.
And somehow no matter what the
But no matter what happens
World keeps turning
The world will keep going.
Somehow we get by without ever learning
And somehow we keep going without ever really understanding.
Science and religion are no
Science and religion are not
Mutually exclusive
Opposite or incompatible.
In fact for better understanding
Actually, they can help each other.
We take the facts of science
We use the knowledge of science.
And apply them
To apply to our beliefs.
And if both factors keep evolving
And if both science and religion keep changing,
Then we continue getting information
We can continue learning new things.
But closing off possibilities makes
But if we shut ourselves off to new ideas,
It hard to see the bigger picture
We won't be able to see the larger perspective.
Consider the case of
For example,
The women whose faith helped
The woman whose belief helped her
Her make it through when she
Get through a terrible experience
Was raped and cut up left for dead
When she was brutally attacked and injured.
In a trunk her beliefs held true
But she was able to hold onto her beliefs despite the trauma.
It doesn't matter if it's
It doesn't matter if it's real or not,
Real or not cause some things
Because some things
Are better left without a doubt and
Are better to believe in without doubt,
If it works then it gets the job done
Because if it helps, then it's doing something right.
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The Chaos Vibration
This song is a real testimony to how the "un-educated guy with out his University Foo-Foo's" actually gets "it" better than the philosophers, the scientists, the guru's and clergy men.
Maybe if the people in power got over themselves, and their differences things would be better.... of course all that bit about rites, truths, and all this and that.
I was raised Christian, and just found them ignorant.
Did the Punk Rock thing growing up and realized it was just a trend for be the most untrendy person in the room. Punk Rock became a religion.
Than I got into philosophy, and realized they just Aristotle their own Jesus Christ.
Than I got into logic and materialism same problem, they're jsut religious about rationality.
Than spirituality, than the occult. And they all do the same shit, it's sad and they really aren't aware of it at all.
It's always some bru-hah about how "People don't get nailed to crosses and survive, than they masturabte to the Lao Tzo being a butterfly overlooking that was probably some metaphor too".
Ironically when I was 17 this song wast something somthign cool to listen to and think about, when I got older it actually hits more true now than than back than.
If anyone likes to read, there's a book "Hardcore Zen- Punkrock and Monster Movies" by Brad Warner, it basically is a book that speaks to the message of this song.
SEAPanel
The genuinely beautiful thing about this song is that it teaches acceptance and love for those who probably aren't like us. Yeah, they have faith, they have religion, so what? It helps them manage their lives, it helps them navigate their difficulties. Screaching Weasel hit it out of the park with this song, because acceptance and love is the true message of punk rock.
Dave Anchovies
I credit Mr Weasel for breaking the rules of punk...especially his love of sports and his own rules "my rules". I thought punk was for the outsiders and free thought until I moved to the city and found the hardcore scene here a frat with religious like beliefs. Took awhile to get through as I didnt look like them, was a little older and had a band that didn't sound like the rest of the lockstep sxe scene or 90s hardcore sound.
Unlike the tiny garage bands who were more laid back and welcoming. Lost my point. It's ok to love baseball and punk. Thanks, Foster.
T Fries
That's interesting , I was just arguing last night that the true message of punk was first and foremost Freedom or , Liberty and then DIY. See , when I was a chubby pimply ,spikey haired ,chain wearing teen , I read books that others my own age wouldn't touch , my tastes revolved around the Third Reich , Karl Marx , Anarchism and post apocalyptic fiction all of which stemmed from me getting a model kit of the German battleship Bismark for my 12th birthday , thus began my fascination to understand all the weird shit in this life , by the way the reason I got that model was music ! It was a song by Johnny Horton that my dear pop would listen to called "Sink the Bismark". I know that song by heart and used to wonder why anyone would want to sink a ship for in the first place, especially one as badass as the Bismark. That spawned me getting a library card and looking the whole thing up (. Ah WW2 a Bismark was a German ship , we were at war and so we had to sink that huge and majestic , if not awe inspiring ship , after all it fired shells as big as trees ! Anyways , boy do I regress. Yeah , freedom and DIY and freedom means that you get the good with the bad , you cannot be for freedom as long as you wish to deny others that basic right of self determination. Many punks went left wing , I stood firmly against that ,counseling that both wings on that broken bird are fucked and that as a punk or a skin one should stand for liberty , not be for being on the government teat as a lifestyle. Ok I'm done
G.C. Fairchild
Tragically underrated as a poet.
myonions247
@Philip J. Fry what's a poet?
Philip J. Fry
This is sarcasm, right?
peanuts17
And a gentleman.
Dijana Milek
this song will be ahead of its time for a long time
Jelly Neck
This song has great lyrics to think about. I never listened to Screeching Weasel back in the day, but this really sums up and adds to how I've always felt about faith and religion.
yalscufdupmyjordans
"The first sip from the cup of natural science makes one an atheist, but at the bottom of the cup, God awaits." Werner Heisenberg