Press is the debut album from American ska punk

Ska punk

Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. It achieved its highest level of commercial success in the United States in the late 1990s. Ska-core is a subgenre of ska punk, blending ska with hardcore punk.The characteristics of ska punk vary, due to the fusion of contrasting...

 band MU330

MU330

MU330 are a ska punk band from St. Louis, Missouri.Formed by students of St. Louis University High School in 1988, MU330 played a self-described brand of music called "Psycho Ska", high energy ska punk marked by manic performances and humorous, often strange lyricism...

, released in 1994.

According to the band's website, Press was recorded in the basement of saxophonist Matt Knobbe's parents' house in late 1993. The album was first released independently in 1994 on the band's own label, NO Record Co., before being picked up and re-issued by Moon Ska Records later the same year. In 1997, when MU330 moved to Asian Man Records

Asian Man Records

Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...

, Press was re-released with two additional tracks, both unrecorded Press-era songs recorded by the band's 1996 line-up.

Track listing

All songs written by MU330.

1. "Hoosier Love" - 3:39
2. "Fleeba" - 3:55
3. "Stuff" - 3:08
4. "Bagelbird" - 2:54
5. "Spilled My Drink" - 4:49
6. "Press" - 3:48
7. "Didgits" - 3:55
8. "Danska" - 3:35
9. "Captain" - 4:43
10. "Safety Boots" - 2:47
11. "Kong"* - 4:04
12. "Fist Fulla Nuts"* - 2:10

• Tracks 11 and 12 are included on the Asian Man Records releases only.

Personnel

• John Kavanaugh ("John Skavanaugh") - vocals, trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
   (lead vocals on tracks 2, 4-7, 9 and 10)
• Dan Potthast - vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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   (lead vocals on tracks 1, 3, 8 and 11)
• Chris Diebold - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Ted Moll - drums
  Drum kit
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• Rob Bell - trombone
  Trombone
  The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
  
  
• Matt Knobbe - saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  

Additional musicians

• Mark McInerney and Dan Arens - backing vocals on track 1
• Jason Nelson - vocals on tracks 11 and 12
• Nick Baur - trumpet on tracks 11 and 12