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17 Reasons

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Released
  
1997

Artist
  
Link 80

Producer
  
Andy Ernst

17 Reasons (1997)
  
Killing Katie (1997)

Release date
  
1997

Label
  
Asian Man Records

Recorded
  
Art of Ears, Hayward, California & Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California.

Genres
  
Punk rock, Ska punk, Hardcore punk

17 Reasons is the first full album by the ska punk band Link 80. It was released on CD and 12" vinyl by Asian Man Records in 1997. The record was the first original release for Asian Man Records (the previous four releases had initially been released on Dill Records).

Contents

It was recorded during two sessions: one at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA with Steve Fontano and one at Art of Ears with Andy Ernst.

The cover photo was taken March 17, 1996 at Ann Kong's Bleach Bottle Pig Farm in Berkeley, California, located at 2072 San Pablo Ave.

Track listing

  1. "Verbal Kint"
  2. "Nothing Left"
  3. "Enough"
  4. "Pretty Girls"
  5. "Jeff Acree"
  6. "Screwed"
  7. "Termination"
  8. "Turn It Around"
  9. "What Can I Do?"
  10. "Up To The Top"
  11. "Dime Store Hoods"
  12. "Slap"
  13. "Dance Floor"
  14. "Looking Back"
  15. "Nowhere Fast"
  16. "Jenifer's Cafe"
  17. "Burning Down"
  18. "Who Killed Marilyn? (Hidden Track)" This track starts exactly 8 minutes after the end of Burning Down.

Sampled Material

  • "Burning Down" samples Pretty In Pink at the song's end.
  • The sample before "What Can I Do?" is New Kids on the Block.
  • The bridge during "Dime Store Hoods" is partially from an Earth Crisis song.
  • "Jeff Acree" is cover of "Teenage Fuckup" by Ratt Patrol (originally released on the Cometbus compilation, "Lest We Forget").

    • Music Videos

    The band shot their only official music video for "Verbal Kint" (a song is about Kevin Spacey's character in The Usual Suspects).

    Directed by Scott Pourroy, the video was shot at two consecutive Link 80 shows; January 17, 1997 at 924 Gilman Street and January 18th, 1997 at the Arcata Community Center.

    Filming at the Gilman Street Project resulted in the band being temporarily banned from performing at the establishment and they didn't play there again until June 6, 1997; it would be the last time they ever played at the Gilman Street Project with Nick Traina as lead vocalist.

    Personnel

  • Nick Traina – lead vocals
  • Matt Bettinelli-Olpin – guitar, vocals (lead vocals on "Turn It Around")
  • Adam Pereira – bass, vocals (lead vocals on "Slap" and "Termination")
  • Aaron Nagel – trumpet
  • Joey Bustos – drums
  • Brian Beggs – trombone
  • Paul McCarthy – saxophone

    • Songs

    1Verbal Kint1:59
    2Nothing Left2:01
    3Enough2:21

    References

    17 Reasons Wikipedia
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