Nightmerica

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Nightmerica
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Studio album by Love Equals Death
Released March 21, 2006
Genre Punk rock
Label Fat Wreck
Love Equals Death chronology
The Hucklebuck EP
(2005)
Nightmerica
(2006)
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Nightmerica is the only studio album released by American punk band Love Equals Death. It was released in 2006 on Fat Wreck Chords. [3]

Love Equals Death band

Love Equals Death was a punk rock band from Petaluma, California, whose music drew influence from classic rock and horror punk. The group formed in 2003 and released two EPs, one compilation album, and one studio album, 2006's Nightmerica. They toured the United States several times, but encountered problems when founding bassist Dominic Davi was arrested in March 2007 on allegations of rape and subsequently dismissed from the band. He was replaced by former Distillers and Angels & Airwaves bassist Ryan Sinn, and the band toured Europe and the United Kingdom. After Sinn left, a retooled Love Equals Death lineup performed on the 2008 Warped Tour and planned to record a second album, but disbanded after singer and founding member Chon Travis quit in January 2009.

Fat Wreck Chords American record label

Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California-based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by NOFX lead singer Michael Burkett and his girlfriend at the time, Erin Burkett, in 1990.

Contents

Track list

No.TitleLength
1."Bombs Over Brooklyn"3:24
2."When We Fall"2:38
3."Lottery"3:40
4."Sonora"3:36
5."Black Rain"3:24
6."V.O.C. (Voice of Change)"1:00
7."The Broadcast"2:44
8."Numb"1:54
9."Pray For Me"2:23
10."Caught in a Trap"2:30
11."Plastico Americana (LP only)" 
12."Truth Has Failed"3:25

Personnel

Love Equals Death

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References

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  2. "Love Equals Death - Nightmerica". PunkNews. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  3. "Love Equals Death - Nightmerica". Fat Wreck Chords. Retrieved 12 January 2013.