Fidatevi is the first solo album

Solo album

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 released by former Screeching Weasel

Screeching Weasel

Screeching Weasel is an American punk rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1986 by Ben Weasel and John Jughead.Since their formation, Screeching Weasel have broken up and reformed numerous times with numerous line-up changes. Ben Weasel has been the only constant...

 frontman Ben Weasel

Ben Weasel

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. The album was released on June 18, 2002 on Panic Button Records

Panic Button Records

Panic Button Records was a record label which was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1997. It was co-owned by Ben Weasel and John Jughead, both members of Screeching Weasel...

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Weasel has said that the lyrics on the album "Are based on experiences or insights gained by practicing secular sitting meditation

Meditation

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, as well as ideas I came across and personalized through the study of the works of authors as diverse as Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

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, Jon Kabat-Zinn

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, Pema Chodron

Pema Chödrön

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, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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 and others." http://www.amazon.com/Fidatevi-Ben-Weasel/dp/B000067FR6

Track listing

1. "Patience"
2. "The True Heart of Love"
3. "Fidatevi"
4. "Even Pace"
5. "The Ship"
6. "Strangers" (Kinks cover)
7. "Truth and Beauty"
8. "Indecision"
9. "No Expectations"
10. "Imperfect World"
11. "Responsibility"
12. "Take Action"
13. "Water and Waves"
14. "The Rays of the Sun"

Personnel

• Ben Weasel
  Ben Weasel
  Ben Weasel is a punk rock musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of bands Screeching Weasel and The Riverdales...
  
  - vocals
• Dan Vapid
  Dan Vapid
  Dan Schafer is a punk rock musician from Chicago, Illinois best known for his participation in Screeching Weasel, The Riverdales, The Methadones, and various other pop punk bands.-Generation Waste:...
  
  - guitar, bass, backing vocals
• Matt Drastic- drums
• Mass Giorgini
  Mass Giorgini
  Mass Giorgini is an Italian-American bassist and record producer, who rose to fame when several of the bands he produced experienced huge gains in popularity during the pop-punk boom on the mid-90's. Among these bands was Giorgini's own Squirtgun, which received minor MTV rotation and several...
  
  - production