Alkaline Trio / Blue Meanies

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"Alkaline Trio / Blue Meanies"
Single by Alkaline Trio and Blue Meanies
A-side "Bye Bye Love"
B-side "The Corpse"
Released2000
Genre Punk rock, ska punk
Label Thick (THK-067)
Producer(s) Lance Reynolds
Alkaline Triosingles chronology
"Sundials"
(1997)
"Alkaline Trio / Blue Meanies"
(2000)
"Stupid Kid"
(2001)
Blue Meaniessingles chronology
"Blue Meanies / MU330"
(1998)
"Alkaline Trio / Blue Meanies"
(2000)

Alkaline Trio / Blue Meanies is a split single between the Chicago-based punk rock band Alkaline Trio and the Carbondale, Illinois-based ska punk band the Blue Meanies, released as a picture disc in 2000 by Thick Records. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Side A: Alkaline Trio
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bye Bye Love" (originally performed by The Cars) Ric Ocasek  
Side B: Blue Meanies
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Corpse"Blue Meanies 

Personnel

Alkaline Trio

Blue Meanies

Production

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References

  1. "Discography". Thick Records. Archived from the original on 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2009-11-14.