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Greatest hits album covering the years 1988 to 1998 of the American rock and roll band The Supersuckers. Released August 24, 1999, it chronicles The Supersuckers during the years they were signed to Sub Pop. 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Band has several meanings: Musical band, a company of musicians who play parts of a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... The Supersuckers are an American rock and roll band. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Supersuckers are an American rock and roll band. ... Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington famous for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, and many other bands from the local scene. ...

Track List

Coattail Rider
Creepy Jackalope Eye
Born With A Tail
Luck
On The Couch
Doublewide
Hot Rod Rally
She's My Bitch
Bad, Bad, Bad
Dead In The Water
How To Maximize Your Kill Count
Ron's Got The Cocaine
Roadworn And Weary
Supersucker Drive By Blues
Givin' It Away
All Right
Saddletramp
Can't Resist
Dead Homiez
Psyched Out
Hell City, Hell
Before They Make Me Run
Bloody Mary Morning
Wake Me When It's Over
Good Livin'
Monkey
Beat To Shit

Notes

Dead Homiez is a cover of the song by Ice Cube
Hell City, Hell is a version performed with members of Zeke.
Before They Make Me Run is a cover of the song by the Rolling Stones performed with Steve Earle on vocals.
Bloody Mary Morning is a cover of the song by Willie Nelson featuring Nelson himself on guitar
Wake Me When It's Over and Monkey are recordings done with Eric Martin on vocals when the band was known as The Black Supersuckers

Categories: Supersuckers albums | Sub Pop albums Ice Cube, in a scene from Next Friday (1999) Ice Cube (born June 15, 1969) is an African-American actor and controversial rapper, originally a member of the N.W.A. (Niggaz Wit Attitude) until launching a successful solo career in music and cinema. ... Zeke is a hardcore punk band from Seattle, USA. They are known for their extremely high-powered, driving guitar sound, mixed with blues influences. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Steve Earle (born January 17, 1955) is a country musician who grew up in Schertz, Texas. ... Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American guitarist and country singer, originally from Abbott, Texas. ...

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	Rockers the Supersuckers chose to move to Seattle in 1989 from Tuscan, Ariz., as the result of a coin toss.
	Since relocating to Seattle in 1989, the band has suffered drug addiction, big-label mischief and personnel shifts, all in a state of purgatory – a grunge-era Seattle band that missed the explosion of the '90s, but is bigger than your average local band.
	For instance, instead of recording and writing music until the band was happy with a full-length release, it's opted to release EPs and singles, with the intention of packaging them as a proper full-length release when the time is appropriate.

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