Punk Rock 101
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| Single by Bowling for Soup from the album Drunk Enough to Dance |
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| Released | 2003 | ||||
| Format | CD, Airplay | ||||
| Recorded | Red Ruby Studios Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Genre | Pop Punk | ||||
| Length | 3:08 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Jaret Reddick, Butch Walker | ||||
| Producer | Jaret Reddick | ||||
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"Punk Rock 101" is a song by Texas pop-punk band Bowling for Soup. It appeared on the second release of their 2002 album Drunk Enough to Dance. The single peaked at #43 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song appeared on the video games NHL 2004 and Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home. It also appeared on the film Zoom.
[edit] Allusions
- The line "But Fat Mike's his hero" references Fat Mike, the bassist and vocalist for the punk rock band NOFX.
- The lyric "Like Tommy and Gina/They're living on a prayer" is a humorous reference to Bon Jovi's song "Livin' on a Prayer".
- The title of the song is an allusion to Kurt Cobain's suicide note.
- "It's stupid, contagious" is an allusion to lyrics from Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". ("I feel stupid and contagious")
- PunkRock101 is also a live music event which was based in Liverpool around 2005, with such acts as TAT, Day with Mary and Twin Method, 21st Fret, Arsenic, Duty Paid, Blackout, Aprils Rhyme, Adago and Page 44. The event has now been put on standby, no shows are currently being produced due to management currently involved with other projects.
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