The discography of the Queers, an American punk rock band, consists of 13 studio albums, 9 live albums, 4 compilation albums, 1 video album, 3 music videos, 22 EPs, 1 single, and 1 split album.
After forming in 1981, the Queers released two EPs in the early 1980s, Love Me (1982) and Kicked Out of the Webelos (1984), both on band leader Joe Queer's Doheny Records imprint. Their first album, Grow Up, was released in 1990 through British independent record label Shakin' Street Records. The band then signed to Lookout! Records, who reissued Grow Up and released the subsequent studio albums Love Songs for the Retarded (1993), Beat Off (1994), Move Back Home (1995), and Don't Back Down (1996), as well as the compilation albums A Day Late and a Dollar Short (1996) and Later Days and Better Lays (1999). The Queers also released a cover version of the Ramones' Rocket to Russia album in 1994 through Selfless Records, as well as two live albums and a number of EPs through other labels during these years.
The band then moved to Hopeless Records, releasing the studio albums Punk Rock Confidential (1998) and Beyond the Valley... (2000) and the live album Live in West Hollywood (2001). They returned to Lookout! for the Today EP (2001) and album Pleasant Screams (2002), but soon parted ways with the label again. A split album with Italian band the Manges, titled Acid Beaters, was released in 2003 through Stardumb Records, followed by 2004's stopgap album Summer Hits No. 1 on Suburban Home Records, consisting of new recordings of songs from the Queers' back catalog.
In 2006 the Queers followed several other former Lookout! artists in rescinding their master tapes and licensing rights from the label. They signed to Asian Man Records, who released their eleventh studio album, Munki Brain (2007), and also reissued all of their Lookout! albums (excepting Later Days and Better Lays), having all of them remastered (and all but A Day Late and a Dollar Short and Pleasant Screams remixed) by the band's longtime collaborator Mass Giorgini. Licensing rights to several of these reissues subsequently passed to Dayton, Ohio-based Rad Girlfriend Records. A twelfth studio album, Back to the Basement, followed on Asian Man in 2010. The Queers also released 8 split EPs with various other bands between 2004 and 2018. Most recently, the Queers re-recorded both of their Hopeless albums, issuing Beyond the Valley Revisited: Live at Loud & Clear Studios in 2016 through Asian Man and Punk Rock Confidential Revisited in 2018 through Asian Man, Rad Girlfriend, and the band's own new imprint, All Star Records.
Studio albums YearAlbum detailsNotes1990Grow Up Released: 1990 Label: Shakin' Street (YEAH-HUP 10) Formats: LPReissued by Lookout! Records in 1994 on CD (LK 90), and by Asian Man Records in 2007 on LP and CD (ASM 144).1993Love Songs for the Retarded Released: April 13, 1993 Label: Lookout! (LK 66) Formats: LP, CS, CDReissued by Asian Man Records in 2006 on CD and in 2012 on LP (ASM 136), by Recess Records in the U.S. and Gonna Puke Records in Italy in 2009 on LP (Recess 107, GPK 030), and by Rad Girlfriend Records in 2017 on CD (RGF 070).1994Rocket To Russia Released: 1994 Label: Selfless (SFLS 28) Formats: LPLimited to 2,000 copies. Reissued by Clearview Records in 1998 on CD (CRVW 28), and by Liberation Records in 2001 on CD (L 37838).Beat Off Released: July 14, 1994 Label: Lookout! (LK 81) Formats: LP, CS, CDReissued by Asian Man Records in 2007 on CD and in 2014 on LP (ASM 142).1995Move Back Home Released: May 10, 1995 Label: Lookout! (LK 114) Formats: LP, CS, CDReissued by Asian Man Records in 2007 on CD and in 2013 on LP (ASM 143), and by Recess Records in 2007 on LP (Recess 132).1996Don't Back Down Released: August 27, 1996 Label: Lookout! (LK 140) Formats: LP, CS, CDReissued by Asian Man Records in 2007 on CD and in 2012 on LP (ASM 146), and by Rad Girlfriend Records in 2017 on CD (RGF 071).1998Punk Rock Confidential Released: October 6, 1998 Label: Hopeless (HR 636) Formats: LP, CS, CD2000Beyond The Valley... Released: May 16, 2000 Label: Hopeless (HR 643) Formats: LP, CD2002Pleasant Screams Released: April 9, 2002 Label: Lookout! (LK 270) Formats: LP, CDReissued by Asian Man Records in 2007 on CD (ASM 147), and by Rad Girlfriend Records in 2017 on CD (RGF 072).2004Summer Hits No. 1 Released: October 19, 2004 Label: Suburban Home (SHM 8041) Formats: CD2007Munki Brain Released: February 6, 2007 Label: Asian Man (ASM 141) Formats: CDIssued on LP by Recess Records (Recess 106), and on CD in Spain by MediaDavid Production (MD 0002) and in Switzerland Leech Records (LEECH 073).2010Back to the Basement Released: November 16, 2010 Label: Asian Man (AM 210) Formats: LP, CD2018Punk Rock Confidential Revisited Released: 2018 Label: All Star / Asian Man / Rad Girlfriend (RGF 078) Formats: LP, CD2020Save The World2021Reverberation
Live albums YearAlbum detailsNotes1994Shout at the Queers Released: 1994 Label: Selfless (SFLS 28) Formats: LPLimited to 666 copies. The first 100 copies included the "Love Me" / "Louie Louie" single.1995Suck This Released: 1995 Label: Clearview (CRVW 37) Formats: LP, CD2001Live in West Hollywood Released: October 2, 2001 Label: Hopeless (HR 658) Formats: CD2006Weekend at Bernie's Released: May 21, 2006 Label: Doheny (DR 004) Formats: CD2008CBGB OMFUG Masters: Live February 3, 2003 – The Bowery Collection Released: 2008 Label: MVD Audio (MVDA 4671) Formats: CD2009Alive in Hollyweird Released: March 24, 2009 Label: Punk Rock Social (PRS 001) Formats: CD/DVD2010Live in Philly '06 Released: 2010 Label: Universal Warning (UWR 027) Formats: LP2013Olé Maestro Released: 2013 Label: MediaDavid Produccions (MD CD007) Formats: CD2016Beyond the Valley Revisited: Live at Loud & Clear Studios Released: 2016 Label: Asian Man (AM 294) Formats: LP
Compilation albums YearAlbum detailsNotes1992A Proud Tradition Released: 1992 Label: Doheny (U33568M) Formats: 7"Combines the EPs Love Me (1982) and Kicked Out of the Webelos (1984). Reissued by Selfless Records in 1993 (SFLS 21).1994Limited Edition Double Pack Released: 1994 Label: Doheny (E404Y07) / Selfless (SFLS 27) Formats: 7"Limited to 400 copies. Combines a bootleg version of Kicked Out of the Webelos with the mis-pressed version of Too Dumb to Quit!1996A Day Late and a Dollar Short Released: January 23, 1996 Label: Lookout! (LK 130) Formats: CDReissued by Asian Man Records in 2007 (ASM 145).1999Later Days and Better Lays Released: March 23, 1999 Label: Lookout! (LK 216) Formats: CD
Video albums YearAlbum details2007The Queers Are Here Released: February 20, 2007 Label: MVD Visual (DR 4545) Formats: DVD
Music videos Year Song Director Album1996"Don't Back Down"Isaac CamnerDon't Back Down"Punk Rock Girls"Jennifer Kaufman1998"Tamara Is a Punk" Punk Rock Confidential
EPs YearAlbum detailsNotes1982Love Me Released: 1982 Label: Doheny (E210X85) Formats: 7"1984Kicked Out of the Webelos Released: 1984 Label: Doheny (E404Y07) Formats: 7"1993Too Dumb to Quit! Released: 1993 Label: Doheny (U35835M) Formats: 7"Reissued by Selfless Records in 1994 (SFLS 27); 500 copies were mis-pressed with a jazz recording on the B-side, and released with the title It's Not Our Fault.Live in Chicago 4/18/93 Released: 1993 Label: V.M.L. (VML 002) Formats: 7"Limited to 1,500 copies.1994The Queers / Pink Lincolns – Live at Some Prick's House Released: 1994 Label: Just Add Water (JAW 001) Formats: 7"Look Ma No Flannel! Released: 1994 Label: Clearview (CRVW 35) Formats: 7"1995Surf Goddess Released: February 20, 1995 Label: Lookout! (LK 108) Formats: 7", CD2/24/95, Fireside Bowl – Chicago, IL Released: 1995 Label: V.M.L. (V.M.LIVE 001) Formats: 7"My Old Man's a Fatso Released: 1995 Label: Woundup (WR 07) Formats: 7"The Queers / Sinkhole – Love Ain't Punk Released: 1995 Label: Ringing Ear (RER 008) Formats: 7"1996Bubblegum Dreams Released: July 1996 Label: Lookout! (LK 158) Formats: 7"1998Everything's O.K. Released: May 19, 1998 Label: Hopeless (HR 631) Formats: 7", CD88 Fingers Louie / The Queers – Right on Target Released: 1998 Label: Hopeless Formats: CD2001Today Released: February 20, 2001 Label: Lookout! (LK 260) Formats: CD2004Disgusteens / The Queers – Split Disc from Japan & USA Released: August 25, 2004 Label: Stiffeen (SRCD 1028) Formats: CD2008The Queers / The Hotlines Released: August 25, 2008 Label: Devil's Jukebox (DJB 66617) Formats: 7"2009The Queers & The Atom Age Released: 2009 Label: Asian Man (AM 180) Formats: 7"2011The Queers / The Riptides – Buy It You Scum Released: 2011 Label: Asian Man Formats: 7"The Queers and Killtime Released: 2011 Label: Gonna Puke (GPK 032) Formats: 7"2015The Queers / Antagonizers ATL Released: 2015 Label: Sexy Baby (SBR 1033) Formats: 7"2017The Queers Regret Making a Record with Bassamp & Dano Released: 2017 Label: Failure Records & Tapes (FR&T 031) Formats: 7"2018The Queers / Chris Barrows Released: April 21, 2018 Label: Rad Girlfriend (RGF 075) Formats: 7"
Singles YearRelease detailsNotes1994"Love Me" / "Louie Louie" Released: 1994 Label: Selfless Formats: 7"Limited to 100 copies, included with the first 100 copies of Shout at the Queers.
Split albums YearAlbum details2003Acid Beaters Released: November 4, 2003 Label: Stardumb (SDR 35) Formats: LP
Other appearances The following Queers songs were released on compilation albums. This is not an exhaustive list; songs that originally appeared on the band's albums, EPs, or singles are not included.
YearRelease detailsTrack(s)1992Blame and Burn Released: 1992 Label: Flush (FPV 003) Format: 7""I Live This Life"1994Punk USA Released: May 6, 1994 Label: Lookout! (LK 77) Format: LP, CS, CD"Blabbermouth"1995Water Music Released: 1995 Label: Just Add Water (JAW 002) Format: CD"I Met Her at the Rat" 1996Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Tribute Compilation Released: 1996 Label: Munster (MR 103)/Square Target (STD 05) Format: LP, CD"Get Over You" Pipeline! Live Boston Rock on WMBR Released: April 12, 1996 Label: Slow River (VA 016) Format: CD"I Met Her at the Rat" 1997More Bounce to the Ounce Released: June 24, 1997 Label: Lookout! (LK 154) Format: LP, CD"The Kids Are Alright" "This Sandal Shit Has Got to Stop"1998Hopelessly Devoted to You Too Released: May 19, 1998 Label: Hopeless (HR 632) Format: CD"Like a Parasite" 1999Short Music for Short People Released: June 1, 1999 Label: Fat Wreck Chords (FAT 591) Format: LP, CD"I Hate Your Fucking Guts"2000Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 3 Released: October 3, 2000 Label: Hopeless (HR 648) Format: CD"Rip It Up" 2003Serving the Best in Rock & Roll Released: 2003 Label: Peephole (PEEP 001) Format: CD"Baby Girl"2004That's Life! At the Wild at Heart, Vol. 2 Released: 2004 Label: Wild at Heart (WAH 003) Format: CD"This Place Sucks" 2006We'll Inherit the Earth: A Tribute to the Replacements Released: October 3, 2006 Label: 1-2-3-4 Go! (GO! 21) Format: CD"Unsatisfied" 2007Let's Do It for Lance! Released: 2007 Label: Jerk Off (JO 0014) / Vinehell (VH 015) / No Idea / Cat Food Money / Tic Tac Totally Format: CD"About the She" 2008A Tribute to Unnatural Axe: Ruling the World from the Backseat Released: 2008 Label: Lawless (LL 008) Format: LP"No Surfin' in Dorchester Bay" 2009Insubordination Fest: Baltimore MD '08 Released: 2008 Label: Insubordination (ISR 080) Format: CD/DVD"Girl About Town"
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