The Joykiller (album)

The Joykiller
Studio album by the Joykiller
Released	1995
Genre	Punk rock
Length	33:05
Label	Epitaph
Producer	Thom Wilson
The Joykiller chronology
The Joykiller (1995) Static (1996)

The Joykiller is the debut album by the American punk supergroup the Joykiller, released in 1995.^[1][2] The songs were written by Jack Grisham.^[3] The cover art is by Frank Kozik.^[4] The band supported the album by touring with Pennywise.^[5]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "A speedy collection of full-bore punkish rock, it wouldn’t have much character if not for Grisham's melodramatic vocals."^[6] The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said that many of the songs examine "the messy consequences of personal need, romantic and otherwise, instead of raging blindly at society."^[7]

Track listing

CD issue

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love You More Dead"	2:12
2.	"Show Me the System"	2:07
3.	"We Got a God"	1:59
4.	"Seventeen"	3:28
5.	"I Wanna Drink Over You"	2:02
6.	"Go Bang"	2:27
7.	"The Other"	2:45
8.	"Monday"	1:35
9.	"She"	1:33
10.	"Unconscious"	3:03
11.	"Baby Sitter"	2:44
12.	"Nobody's Here to Stay"	2:03
13.	"Never Come Back to Me"	1:48
14.	"Less Than Crazy"	1:07
15.	"She's Having Fun"	2:06
Total length:		33:05

References

1. "Fine Guitar on 'Joykiller' Couldn't Save Ron Emory's Job". Los Angeles Times. April 20, 1995.
2. "Quick Scans (April 6 - April 12, 1995)". Tucson Weekly.
3. Shuster, Fred (14 Apr 1995). "Grisham goes solo". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L26.
4. "Recordings". SF Weekly. April 19, 1995.
5. Mayhew, Malcolm (30 July 1995). "Pennywise's Pounding Isn't Foolish". News. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 24.
6. "True Sounds of Liberty (TSOL)". Trouser Press.
7. Maples, Tina (23 July 1995). "Rave draws the good, bad and stupid". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. B8.