Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records

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Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records
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ReleasedSeptember 22, 2009
Genre Punk rock
Label BYO

Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records is a box set put together by BYO Records in honor of their 25th anniversary. It consists of a book documenting the history of the label as well as a DVD with a documentary and a CD consisting of 31 different artists covering songs that have appeared on BYO releases.

Track listing

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Original performers indicated in parentheses
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Young 'Til I Die" (7 Seconds) The Bouncing Souls  
2."Headlights...Ditch!" (The Bouncing Souls) Off with Their Heads  
3."No More Lies" (Battalion of Saints) NOFX  
4."Misfortune" (SNFU) Youth Brigade  
5."S.O.S." (One Man Army) Lagwagon  
6."Believe in Something" (Youth Brigade)Blue Collar Special 
7."Future Dreams" (Upright Citizens)The Cute Lepers 
8."Domination" (Youth Youth Youth)Young Governor and Marvelous Mark 
9."Wrecking Crew" (The Adolescents) Pulley  
10."We're Gonna Fight" (7 Seconds) Pennywise  
11."It's Empty" (One Man Army) Filthy Thieving Bastards  
12."Dead and Broken" (Alkaline Trio) American Steel  
13."The Ballad of Johnny X" (The Bouncing Souls)Johnny Madcap and the Distractions 
14."Little White God" (Leatherface)In the Red 
15."Fade Away" (Pegboy)Shark Soup 
16."Fight to Unite" (Youth Brigade) Dropkick Murphys  
17."Foreign Policy" (The Stretch Marks) Wednesday Night Heroes  
18."1000 Miles" (The Unseen) Anti-Flag  
19."Victoria" (One Man Army)Complete Control 
20."We're In!" (Youth Brigade) Old Man Markley  
21."Keep On" (Hepcat)The Ignorant 
22."Piss on You" (Personality Crisis) Subhumans  
23."Scratches and Needles" (The Nils) CH3  
24."Pill Box" (The Joneses) Lower Class Brats  
25."Who Is Who" (The Adolescents) The Briefs  
26."Hating Every Minute" (Alkaline Trio)Krum Bums 
27."In the Night" (Bad Religion)Ashers 
28."I Scream" (The Brigade) Matt Skiba  
29."All the Way" (One Man Army)Nothington 
30."Doublewhiskeycokenoice" (Dillinger Four) Leatherface  
31."Sink with California" (Youth Brigade) 7 Seconds  

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References

  1. "Let Them Know: Story of Youth Brigade & BYO Records". Allmusic . Retrieved 2010-03-09.