The Queers discography | |
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![]() The Queers performing in 2014 | |
Studio albums | 13 |
Live albums | 9 |
Compilation albums | 4 |
Video albums | 1 |
Music videos | 3 |
EPs | 22 |
Singles | 1 |
Split albums | 1 |
Other appearances | 15 |
The discography of the Queers, an American punk rock band, consists of 13 studio albums, 9 live albums, 4 compilation albums, 1 video album, 3 music videos, 22 EPs, 1 single, and 1 split album.
After forming in 1981, the Queers released two EPs in the early 1980s, Love Me (1982) and Kicked Out of the Webelos (1984), both on band leader Joe Queer's Doheny Records imprint. Their first album, Grow Up , was released in 1990 through British independent record label Shakin' Street Records. The band then signed to Lookout! Records, who reissued Grow Up and released the subsequent studio albums Love Songs for the Retarded (1993), Beat Off (1994), Move Back Home (1995), and Don't Back Down (1996), as well as the compilation albums A Day Late and a Dollar Short (1996) and Later Days and Better Lays (1999). The Queers also released a cover version of the Ramones' Rocket to Russia album in 1994 through Selfless Records, as well as two live albums and a number of EPs through other labels during these years.
The band then moved to Hopeless Records, releasing the studio albums Punk Rock Confidential (1998) and Beyond the Valley... (2000) and the live album Live in West Hollywood (2001). They returned to Lookout! for the Today EP (2001) and album Pleasant Screams (2002), but soon parted ways with the label again. A split album with Italian band the Manges, titled Acid Beaters , was released in 2003 through Stardumb Records, followed by 2004's stopgap album Summer Hits No. 1 on Suburban Home Records, consisting of new recordings of songs from the Queers' back catalog.
In 2006 the Queers followed several other former Lookout! artists in rescinding their master tapes and licensing rights from the label. They signed to Asian Man Records, who released their eleventh studio album, Munki Brain (2007), and also reissued all of their Lookout! albums (excepting Later Days and Better Lays), having all of them remastered (and all but A Day Late and a Dollar Short and Pleasant Screams remixed) by the band's longtime collaborator Mass Giorgini. Licensing rights to several of these reissues subsequently passed to Dayton, Ohio-based Rad Girlfriend Records. A twelfth studio album, Back to the Basement , followed on Asian Man in 2010. The Queers also released 8 split EPs with various other bands between 2004 and 2018. Most recently, the Queers re-recorded both of their Hopeless albums, issuing Beyond the Valley Revisited: Live at Loud & Clear Studios in 2016 through Asian Man and Punk Rock Confidential Revisited in 2018 through Asian Man, Rad Girlfriend, and the band's own new imprint, All Star Records.
Year | Album details | Notes |
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1990 | Grow Up [1] [2]
| Reissued by Lookout! Records in 1994 on CD (LK 90), and by Asian Man Records in 2007 on LP and CD (ASM 144). [1] |
1993 | Love Songs for the Retarded [1] [3]
| Reissued by Asian Man Records in 2006 on CD and in 2012 on LP (ASM 136), by Recess Records in the U.S. and Gonna Puke Records in Italy in 2009 on LP (Recess 107, GPK 030), and by Rad Girlfriend Records in 2017 on CD (RGF 070). |
1994 | Rocket to Russia [1] [4]
| Limited to 2,000 copies. Reissued by Clearview Records in 1998 on CD (CRVW 28), and by Liberation Records in 2001 on CD (L 37838). |
Beat Off [1] [5]
| Reissued by Asian Man Records in 2007 on CD and in 2014 on LP (ASM 142). | |
1995 | Move Back Home [1] [6]
| Reissued by Asian Man Records in 2007 on CD and in 2013 on LP (ASM 143), and by Recess Records in 2007 on LP (Recess 132). |
1996 | Don't Back Down [1] [7]
| Reissued by Asian Man Records in 2007 on CD and in 2012 on LP (ASM 146), and by Rad Girlfriend Records in 2017 on CD (RGF 071). |
1998 | Punk Rock Confidential [1] [8]
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2000 | Beyond the Valley... [1] [9]
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2002 | Pleasant Screams [10]
| Reissued by Asian Man Records in 2007 on CD (ASM 147), and by Rad Girlfriend Records in 2017 on CD (RGF 072). |
2004 | Summer Hits No. 1 [11]
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2007 | Munki Brain [12]
| Issued on LP by Recess Records (Recess 106), and on CD in Spain by MediaDavid Production (MD 0002) and in Switzerland Leech Records (LEECH 073). |
2010 | Back to the Basement [13]
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2018 | Punk Rock Confidential Revisited [14] [15]
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2020 | Save the World | |
2021 | Reverberation |
Year | Album details | Notes |
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1994 | Shout at the Queers [1] [16]
| Limited to 666 copies. [1] The first 100 copies included the "Love Me" / "Louie Louie" single. [1] |
1995 | Suck This [1] [17]
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2001 | Live in West Hollywood [18]
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2006 | Weekend at Bernie's [19]
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2008 | CBGB OMFUG Masters: Live February 3, 2003 – The Bowery Collection [20]
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2009 | Alive in Hollyweird
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2010 | Live in Philly '06
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2013 | Olé Maestro [22]
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2016 | Beyond the Valley Revisited: Live at Loud & Clear Studios [23]
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Year | Album details | Notes |
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1992 | A Proud Tradition [1] [24]
| Combines the EPs Love Me (1982) and Kicked Out of the Webelos (1984). [1] Reissued by Selfless Records in 1993 (SFLS 21). [1] |
1994 | Limited Edition Double Pack
| Limited to 400 copies. Combines a bootleg version of Kicked Out of the Webelos with the mis-pressed version of Too Dumb to Quit! |
1996 | A Day Late and a Dollar Short [1] [25]
| Reissued by Asian Man Records in 2007 (ASM 145). |
1999 | Later Days and Better Lays [1] [26]
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Year | Album details |
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2007 | The Queers Are Here [27]
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Year | Song | Director | Album |
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1996 | "Don't Back Down" | Isaac Camner | Don't Back Down |
"Punk Rock Girls" | Jennifer Kaufman | ||
1998 | "Tamara Is a Punk" | Punk Rock Confidential | |
Year | Album details | Notes |
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1982 | Love Me [1] [24]
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1984 | Kicked Out of the Webelos [1] [24]
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1993 | Too Dumb to Quit! [1] [24]
| Reissued by Selfless Records in 1994 (SFLS 27); 500 copies were mis-pressed with a jazz recording on the B-side, and released with the title It's Not Our Fault. [1] |
Live in Chicago 4/18/93 [1]
| Limited to 1,500 copies. [1] | |
1994 | The Queers / Pink Lincolns – Live at Some Prick's House [1] [28]
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Look Ma No Flannel! [1] [24]
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1995 | Surf Goddess [29]
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2/24/95, Fireside Bowl – Chicago, IL [1]
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My Old Man's a Fatso [1] [24]
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The Queers / Sinkhole – Love Ain't Punk [1] [30]
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1996 | Bubblegum Dreams [1] [31]
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1998 | Everything's O.K. [1] [32]
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88 Fingers Louie / The Queers – Right on Target
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2001 | Today [1] [33]
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2004 | Disgusteens / The Queers – Split Disc from Japan & USA [34]
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2008 | The Queers / The Hotlines [35]
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2009 | The Queers & The Atom Age
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2011 | The Queers / The Riptides – Buy It You Scum
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The Queers and Killtime [36]
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2015 | The Queers / Antagonizers ATL
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2017 | The Queers Regret Making a Record with Bassamp & Dano [37]
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2018 | The Queers / Chris Barrows [38]
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Year | Release details | Notes |
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1994 | "Love Me" / "Louie Louie" [1]
| Limited to 100 copies, included with the first 100 copies of Shout at the Queers. [1] |
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2003 | Acid Beaters [39]
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The following Queers songs were released on compilation albums. This is not an exhaustive list; songs that originally appeared on the band's albums, EPs, or singles are not included.
Year | Release details | Track(s) |
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1992 | Blame and Burn [1]
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1994 | Punk USA [1] [40]
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1995 | Water Music [1]
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1996 | Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Tribute Compilation [1]
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Pipeline! Live Boston Rock on WMBR [1] [41]
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1997 | More Bounce to the Ounce [1] [42]
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1998 | Hopelessly Devoted to You Too [1] [43]
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1999 | Short Music for Short People [1] [44]
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2000 | Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol. 3 [45]
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2003 | Serving the Best in Rock & Roll [46]
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2004 | That's Life! At the Wild at Heart, Vol. 2
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2006 | We'll Inherit the Earth: A Tribute to the Replacements [47]
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2007 | Let's Do It for Lance!
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2008 | A Tribute to Unnatural Axe: Ruling the World from the Backseat
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2009 | Insubordination Fest: Baltimore MD '08
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