The Pink Lincolns to Release Compilation

St. Petersburg, Fla.,'s snot-punk rockers The Pink Lincolns were often seen playing alongside such late 90s punk acts as the Queers, Jawbreaker, and Screeching Weasel, but never quite achieved the same level of popularity as those bands. However, after Ben Weasel donned a Pink Lincolns shirt in his biopic Maximum Rock'n'Roll, the band found its popularity rising, and spent the latter half of the 90s cruising the country playing their blistering, sardonic punk rock. Since the release of 1997's Pure Swank, however, the band have been officially been MIA. Frontman Chris Barrows spent some of the off time in The Jackie Papers, releasing the 1999 album I'm In Love, but now, the original band is poised to make a return, both in retrospective and brand-new form.

Hazzard Records has set December 15th as the release date for Background Check, a 32-track rarities collection covering The Lincolns' recorded output from 1987 up through this year. The collection gathers tracks from the band's various 7-inches, including all three Sumo Fumes discs, demos, unreleased studio tracks, and live tracks. Included in the mix is a whole mess of cover tunes, including classics from Wire, X-Ray Spex, The Psychedelic Furs, and, yes, even Elton John. Tracklist:

01 Cotton Mather
02 Rats (original version)
03 Heroes
04 Black Circles (original version)
05 S&M; Party
06 Friends
07 Scratch N Sniff (demo)
08 I Do (German version)
09 I've Got the Music In Me
10 Foggy Mountain Breakdown
11 Homicide
12 Monsters (original version)
13 I Ran
14 Oh Bondage, Up Yours!
15 Not For Sale (demo)
16 Runnin Down
17 I Got You
18 I Wish (demo)
19 Saturday's Alright
20 Pretty In Pink
21 Fabulosity
22 Fuck Madonna
23 Lets Make a Deal (demo)
24 Real Life
25 Theme
26 Torture Yourself
27 Ex-Lion Tamer
28 Jealous Again
29 Depression
30 Suck My Left One
31 12XU (live)
32 Sex Bomb (live)

Also on the docket is a brand new LP entitled No Lo Siento, and although an official release date has not been set, the aim is for it to be in your grubby little hands by March 2005. The new LP features a slightly altered lineup, with new drummer Griff Draycott joining Pure Swank-era bassist Kevin Coss and the core foundation of Chris Barrows and guitarist Dorsey Martin.