Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Avengers, On Market Street, The Pale Green Girl, The American In Me, Loners, Stoners and Prison Brides, Once in a Blue Moon, died for your sins, Crazy Baby, and 4 more. , and , . Purchasable with gift card Buy Digital Discography $59.40 USD or more (40% OFF) You own this Send as Gift Share / Embed 1. Teenage Rebel 01:55 lyrics buy track teenage rebellyrics by Penelope Houston/ music by P. Houston, G. Ingraham, D. O'Brien, J. Wilseyeverywhere I go people starethey put me down but I don't care (they put me down they put me down)my mirror's telling me my face is a messand all my friendsthey hate the way i dressCause I'm a rebelrebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, a teenage rebelWell I'm not in school and I hate workI break all their rules and they call me a jerkeverybody's trying to tell me how to live my lifeIf I hear it one more time from you babygonna slit your gut with a knifeCause I'm a rebelrebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, a teenage rebel 2. Friends Of Mine 02:13 buy track 3. White N*gger (alt version) 03:24 lyrics buy track white niggerlyrics by Penelope Houston/ music by P. Houston, G. Ingraham, D. O'Brien, J. WilseyWell, you don't know what you wantworking everyday in your restaurantyour life is slipping out of control lose your job gonna lose you soulnow boy, young and white, so you wanna make it biggerboy, you better watch your step, white niggerWhen you were young you had such big planssuch big ambitions gonna be a good manI say look at you now, oh what a cowardliving your life but you don't know how to liveboy (little boy) young and white, so you try to make it biggerboy, you just don't understand do you white nigger?Work like a devil, work like a dogwhere does it get you, where do you go oooohhhhhWork for the money, work for the showWork for the people that you don't knowI see you driving around in your carpretend you're not what you really arejust look in the mirror look in your eyeswhat you discover will be no surprisesomething is missing something's wrongyou got your money but something's gonesomething you had right from the startyou should have listened to your heartWork like a dog, work like a slave, Work like a devil, and what have you made ohhhhhh no, no, noWork like a dog, work 9-5working shaking his hand you're staying alive ohhhhhh no, no where you gonna goWork work every dayWork your life away and sure it paysbut where does it get you, where are you now come on white nigger 4. The Good The Bad And The Kowalskis 05:01 buy track 5. I Want In 02:37 lyrics buy track I want inlyrics and music by P. Houston, G. Ingraham, D. O'Brien, J. WilseyYou've been running 'roundGoing steady with everyoneleave me here alonewell, Baby, that's no funI want in to your head I want in to your heartDon't leave me in the dark 'cause I want in Got millions of boyswaiting in a linebut they're such boresBaby you're so fineWhy don't you let me inI won't mess up a thingI'll be your sugar queenYou can be my cock house kingI want in to your head I want in to your heartDon't leave me in the dark 'cause I want in You've been running 'roundGoing steady with everyoneI'm left home alonewell, Baby, that's no funI need to stop the painthat's going through my brainyou're the only one that canwhy don't you be my mystery manI want in to your head I want in to your heartDon't leave me in the dark 'cause I want in 6. Crazy Homicide 02:02 lyrics buy track crazy homicidelyrics and music by P. Houston, G. Ingraham, D. O'Brien, J. WilseyNothing in the world can satisfy youbut you won't give up and be like the restnobody cares if you live or dieso you join the party called homicideyou never get caught 'cause you're too smartinvisible boy, you can see in the darkyou're an urban guerrilla with no real causebut to tear things down, finish things offWhat's the pointof living a 2-D lifeyou may as well blow up next step is genocideCrazy Homicide, Crazy Homicide (revolution)you got nothing, and nothing to sayCrazy Homicide, Crazy Homicide (no solution)don't give yourseves awayNothing in the world can satisfy youbut you can't give up and be like the restnobody cares if you live or dieso you join the party called homicideWhat's the pointof living a 2-D lifeyou may as well blow upnext stop is suicideCrazy Homicide, Crazy Homicide (revolution)you got nothing, and nothing to sayCrazy Homicide, Crazy Homicide (no solution)don't give yourseves awayCrazy Homicide, Crazy Homicide (revolution)you got nothing, and nothing to sayCrazy Homicide, Crazy Homicide (no solution)don't give yourseves away 7. The End Of The World 03:35 lyrics buy track the end of the worldlyrics by Penelope Houston/ music by P. Houston, G. Ingraham, D. O'Brien, J. WilseyWhen I wake up in the morningfrom this dream I'm havinggoing to give everybody the warningI can feel it, I can taste ityeah, the end is nearI watch as cities will tumbleI smell your rivers burnold men, kneeling and humblenothing left for you to learn, to yearnthe end is hereAnd you all hold your breathas you watch the last sun setand your dreams will finally comeat the end of the worldlook down, your shadow's on firethis day will blot out your pastno man can hold himself higherwith bones of dust to dustI can taste it, now, it's hereAnd you all hold your breathas you watch the last sun setand your dreams will finally comeat the end, the end of the worldAnd we all hold our breathas we're standing at the edgeand our dreams will finally comeat the end, the end of the world 8. Fools or Hippies (Spoken Intro) (free) 00:29 download 9. The American in Me (live) 01:41 lyrics buy track the american in melyrics by Penelope Houston/ music by P. Houston, G. Ingraham, D. O'Brien, J. WilseyIt's the American in me that makes me watch the bloodrunning out of the bullethole in his head.It's the American in me that makes me watch TVsee on the news, listen what the man said.He said"Ask not what you can do for your countrywhat's your country been doing to youAsk not what you can do for your countrywhat's your country been doing to your mind?"It's the American in me says it an honor to diein a war that's just a politicians lieIt's the American in me that makes me watch TVsee how they burn the SLAThey say"Ask not what you can do for your countrywhat's your country been doing to youAsk not what you can do for your countrywhat's your country been doing to your mind?"In the USA!In the USA!In the USA!It's the American in me that makes me watch the bloodrunning out of the bullethole in his head.It's the American in me that never wonders whyKennedy was murdered by the FBI (said) 10. Get Up! (Spoken Intro) (free) 00:15 download 11. Open Your Eyes (live) 02:17 lyrics buy track open your eyeslyrics by Penelope Houston/ music by P. Houston, G. Ingraham, D. O'Brien, J. WilseyAt first I thought you were deadbut now I see you're on of the restthey drugged you with musak and TV sedationyou're one of the blank generationOpen your eyes, open your eyesYou don't see what's going onCome on, open your eyes, open your eyesyou watch TV to find out what's right and wrong, yeahOpen your eyeswell, they tell you lies and you sing alongOpen your eyes to what you respectedOpen your eyes you can reject itI want to upset you, want to make you thinkbut you eat all their shitit makes your breath stinkgonna get a job and join a fucking unionthat way, you know, nothing's gonna happenOpen your eyes, open your eyesYou don't see what's going onCome on, open your eyes, open your eyesyou watch TV to find out what's right and wrong, yeahOpen your eyeswell, they tell you lies and you sing alongOpen your eyes to what you respectedOpen your eyes and you can reject itLike lemmings you run towards destructionyou can't see the stream of corruptionoh I see you've been blindyou better make up your mindOpen your eyes, open your eyesYou don't see what's going onCome on, open your eyes, open your eyesyou watch TV to find out what's right and wrong, yeahOpen your eyeswell, they tell you lies and you sing alongOpen your eyes to what you respectedOpen your eyes and you can reject itOh, open your eyesOh, open your eyes 12. Car Crash (live) 03:39 lyrics buy track car crashlyrics by Penelope Houston/ music by P. Houston, G. Ingraham, D. O'Brien, J. WilseySitting at home all aloneI hear a voice on the telephonetelling me that you're deadyou wrecked your car, you lost your headdreamt you had a car crash, now you'redead on the road with your head smashedwell I heard the news, can't be truelook what happened to youwhoa oh no no no nowhoa oh no no no nowhoa oh no no no noWhy did you leave me, where did you go?knew this would happen and I told you so, butyou didn't listen to what I saidlook at you baby, you lost your headI dreamt you had a car crashdead on the road with your head smashedheard the news, can't be how could you have done this to me?whoa oh no no no nowhoa oh no no no nowhoa oh no no no noGone, gone, goneyou left meSitting at home all aloneI hear a voice on the telephonetelling me that you're deadman, you lost your headwhoa oh no no no nowhoa oh no no no noyou're dead you left mewhoa oh no no no noyou're gone nowwhoa oh no no no no 13. Tiny Pink Noise 00:23 info buy track 14. Fuck You 02:15 lyrics buy track fuck youlyrics and music by P. Houston, G. Ingraham, D. O'Brien, J. Wilseymaybe the world's a messbut baby I like your dressbeen seeing you aroundhear you're the best in townI want to fuck you, fuck you, fuck you fuck you 15. Something's Wrong 02:43 buy track 16. Wrong Town (Spoken Intro) (free) 00:29 download 17. Desperation (live) 02:26 lyrics buy track desperationlyrics and music by P. Houston, G. Ingraham, D. O'Brien, J. WilseyGotta get out of herethere's nothing for me here nothing to do, nowhere to go no words to say, no thoughts to think Oh, I'm leavingthe pressure's building up on me the air is really thick, can't breathe I'm leavingI'm running, I'm running out of timeout of breath, out of desperationNow you see me, now you don'tcan't stay here much longerthe situation I've been making for myselfcan't take it, not youI'm running I'm running catch my freedomnow you'll see, I won't be here for longI gotta get outout from under youwhat are you trying to make me do?I'm running, I'm running gotta get outgotta catch my freedomI'm running, runningI'm running out of desperationgotta get out catch my freedomgotta get where I can breatheI'm running, running out of desperation 18. I Believe In Me (live) 02:56 buy track 19. We Are The One (live) 02:35 lyrics buy track we are the onelyrics and music by Penelope Houston, G. Ingraham, D. O'Brien, J. Wilseywe are the leaders of tomorrowwe are the one to have the funwe want control we want the powernot gonna stop until it comeswe are not Jesus Christwe are not fascist pigswe are not capitalist industrialistswe are not communistswe are the onewe will build a better tomorrowthe youth of today will be the toolamerican children built for survivalfate is our destiny and we shall rulewe are not Jesus Christwe are not fascist pigswe are not capitalist industrialistswe are not communistswe are the oneI am the one who shows you the futureI am the one who buries the pasta new species rise up from the ruinsI am the one that was made to lastwe are not Jesus Christwe are not fascist pigswe are not capitalist industrialistswe are not communistswe are the one 20. American in Me (White Noise Version) info about (from 1998)A few years ago a small label called Really Fast from Sweden released a single with two Avengers songs taken from a tape that Danny Furious had. I remembered the day we recorded it at Iguana rehearsal hall with a stereo mic (which we thought was pretty advanced!) I recognized Teenage Rebel but the other song Friends Of Mine was totally new to me, even though it was clear that I was singing it and had written the lyrics. And it sounded pretty good. How many songs never made it to tape? How many lost to memory? I started collecting live shows to see what was out there.My hopes in releasing this album were to bring to light some of the lost Avengers songs and give give a feeling of the wildness of the live shows.What you're holding in your hands is mostly an archival set of field recordings. and we have the tapers and traders to thank for it's existence. Without them many performances and even whole songs would have disappeared without a trace. I had no idea that these recordings were out there floating around in the world and that with the internet and hours of word-of-mouth research they could be tracked down. Teenage Rebel, Friends Of Mine and The Good The Bad And The Kowalskis were from the Iguana rehearsal. The early version of White Nigger was demoed at Wally Heider Studios and is quite different from the one Steve Jones produced on the Avengers EP from 1979. It reminds me of how late I would wait to finish writing the lyrics before a recording session (once on the bus on the way there). Crazy Homicide, I Want In and The End Of The World were songs I did have lyrics for and really were finished, but only could be found on muddy live sets. Greg was excited about the idea of recording them and since Danny was in Sweden and Jimmy was incommunicado we put together the Scavengers with Joel Reader and Danny Panic (of The Plus Ones). Probably my favorite moment on this album is Greg's lead on The End Of The World which he remembered note for note for 20 years ago! We hope the purists will forgive us (or fuck 'em). The 2nd half of the recording is cut together from 5 of about 15 different live shows that I collected from the collectors. I don't remember a whole lot about them as I had a formula of three gin and tonics before hitting the stage, but I'm pretty sure the performer that played before us which I critiqued in Fools Or Hippies was a scruffy bearded hippie banging pots and pans. He later became the artist known as Zev. From listening to the live tapes I have to admit that harranging the audience was part and parcel of a Avengers show. People seemed to like it. If these songs sound blurry, ferocious, impassioned and slightly out of control, then they'll give you a little taste of what it was like at the Mabuhay Gardens in 1978. Wish you'd been there. $(".tralbum-about").last().bcTruncate(TruncateProfile.get("tralbum_about"), "more", "less"); credits released April 10, 1999 The Avengers are:Penelope Houston: vocalsGreg Ingraham: guitarDanny Furious: drumsJimmy Wilsey: basstracks 5, 6 +7 recorded by the ScAvengers 1998Penelope and Greg, with Joel Reader: bass, Danny Panic: drumsProduced by Penelope Houston and Kevin Armyall songs written by Houston/Ingraham/O'Brien/WilseyMastered by John GoldenCover design by Patrick RoquesPhotos by Marcus LeatherdaleTracks recording info:1, 2, +4 at Iguana Rehearsal Studios by Joey Swails 19783 at Wally Heider Studios 19785-7 at Roof Brothers by Kevin Army 19988-12 live at the Mabuhay by James Manniello 197813+14 live at the Keystone Berkeley 197715-17 live in Santa Cruz 197818 live at the Keystone Palo Alto by Jerry Harrison 197719 live at the Whiskey a-go-go 1978 $(".tralbum-credits").last().bcTruncate(TruncateProfile.get("tralbum_long"), "more", "less"); license all rights reserved tags Tags alternative avengers mab mabuhay gardens penelope houston americana chamber pop folk-rock punk punk rock singer-songwriter teen Oakland if (window.TrackpipeCartStartup) TrackpipeCartStartup.contentsScriptLoad(document.currentScript); about Penelope Houston Oakland, California
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