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In 2004 Ben Weasel rescinded all of the Screeching Weasel and Riverdales masters from Lookout!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.
Too Worked Up
Screeching Weasel Lyrics
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the window shows her there.
but she said it's all-right if i watch her every night as she lays down and goes to work while i hope for a glimpse of what she will not let me have between her thighs. puts on a show for me; a movie just for me. she says "look but don't touch" but she's asking too much. if she'd just let me walk across the street i'd finally get more than a peek at what's there in between her thighs. she's moving faster now; i'm moving faster now. thoughts about my face inside her thighs' embrace are dancing in my brain. i get worked up, i get too worked up wanting, needing what's there between her thighs.
The song represents the obsession and frustration of the singer who spends his nights peeping at a woman from her window while she works. He longs for her sexually and watches her put on a show for him, but she doesn't let him touch her. The singer's frustration is heightened by the fact that he can see what he wants but can't have it. As the woman moves faster in her work, the singer becomes more and more agitated and visualizes himself inside her thighs. The lyrics suggest a deeper problem with his psyche, as the singer is unable to control his urges and becomes too worked up.
The song seems to be a commentary on voyeurism and the psychological toll it can take on individuals. The singer's obsession with the woman is unhealthy and highlights the difficulties some individuals face in controlling their sexual impulses. The song also brings attention to the issue of consent, as the singer is unable to accept the woman's boundaries and desires something that she has not given him permission to have.
Line by Line Meaning
each night i see her there.
Every night, I see her through her window.
the window shows her there.
I can see her through her window.
but she said it's all-right if i watch her every night as she lays down and goes to work while i hope for a glimpse of what she will not let me have between her thighs.
She allows me to watch her every night as she goes to bed, but I crave a view of her intimate area that she won't grant me.
puts on a show for me; a movie just for me.
She performs for me, as if it were a private movie.
she says 'look but don't touch' but she's asking too much.
Although she stipulates that I may only look, she's asking too much of me.
if she'd just let me walk across the street i'd finally get more than a peek at what's there in between her thighs.
If only she would let me approach her, I could see more than the glimpse of her intimate area that I currently possess.
she's moving faster now; i'm moving faster now.
Both of us are becoming excited and agitated.
thoughts about my face inside her thighs' embrace are dancing in my brain.
I am fantasizing about the prospect of being intimate with her.
i get worked up, i get too worked up wanting, needing what's there between her thighs.
I become extremely agitated with the desire for her intimate area.
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Written by: BENJAMIN M. FOSTER, BENJAMIN M FOSTER
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