The compilation More Songs About Anger, Fear, Sex & Death was released in 1992 through Epitaph Records.
History and musical style The album was produced and compiled by Brett Gurewitz, guitarist and songwriter of Bad Religion and founder of the independent record label Epitaph in 1981. Other contributors were Donnell Cameron for engineering, since 1988 partner of Gurewitz in the Westbeach Recorders Studio in Hollywood, and Jack Endino, who produced the Songs of Coffin Break in the Reciprocal Recording Studio in Seattle in 1990.
In 1992 Epitaph Records was still a small label with few employees, so in addition to Brett Gurewitz at others Jay Bentley and Jeff Abarta. The compilation contains one or two tracks from every publication released by Epitaph at this time. Besides Bad Religion with NOFX, Pennywise, Down By Law, Dag Nasty and L7 bands are represented who became well known acts of the American punk scene.
The graphic design of the booklet by Joy Aoki was performed using the painting The Horrors of War by Peter Paul Rubens.
Track listing
No. Band Title Length From Record1Bad ReligionAtomic Garden3:12Generator (1992)E-864162NOFXDay To Daze1:58S&M Airlines (1989)E-864053PennywiseWouldn't It Be Nice2:07Pennywise (1991)E-864124Coffin BreakFor Beth *3:20Crawl (1991)E-864135Dag NastyMillion Days3:38Four on the Floor (1992)E-864156NOFXShower Days2:11Ribbed (1991)E-864107Bad ReligionNo Control1:46No Control (1989)E-864068L7Let's Rock Tonight3:07L7 (1988)E-864019Down By LawBest Friends3:13Down by Law (1991)E-8641110Bad ReligionAnesthesia3:00Against the Grain (1990)E-8640911Coffin BreakCrawl *4:30Crawl (1991)E-8641312NOFXBeer Bong2:31Liberal Animation (1991)E-8641713Dag NastySFS2:52Four on the Floor (1992)E-8641514PennywiseLiving For Today3:08Pennywise (1991)E-8641215Bad ReligionFaith Alone3:34Against the Grain (1990)E-8640916Little KingsHead First2:00Head First (1989)E-8640317NOFXProfessional Crastination2:46S&M Airlines (1989)E-8640518Bad ReligionI Want To Conquer The World2:18No Control (1989)E-8640619L7Bite The Wax Tadpole2:15L7 (1988)E-8640120NOFXNew Boobs3:26Ribbed (1991)E-8641021Bad ReligionYou Are The Government1:22Suffer (1988)E-8640422InstedNo Rules1:57What We Believe (1990)E-8640823NOFXI Live In A Cake1:09Liberal Animation (1991)E-8641724Down By LawDown The Drain2:38Down by Law (1991)E-8641125Bad ReligionThe Answer3:23Generator (1992)E-8641626Bad ReligionFuck Armageddon2:5080–85 (1991)E-86416
*) produced by Jack Endino in the Reciprocal Studio Seattle
See also Epitaph Records discography
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