More Beer Explained

More Beer is the second studio album by Fear, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music).^{[2] [3]} Frontman Lee Ving spent over a year producing the album.

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music wrote that More Beer "repeated the debut album's formula, with occasional stylistic variation but little else to recommend it." Trouser Press wrote that the album "belch[es] forth a hops-drenched worldview that could only offend the most humorless knee-jerk liberal — plenty of whom had infiltrated the hardcore movement by the time of the album’s release."^[4]

Track listing

All songs by Lee Ving, except where noted.

1. The Mouth Don't Stop (The Trouble with Women Is) (Philo Cramer) – 2:20
2. Responsibility (Spit Stix) – 2:06
3. More Beer – 3:42
4. Hey – 0:42
5. Strangulation - 2:27
6. I Am a Doctor (Cramer) – 2:37
7. Have a Beer with Fear – 1:33
8. Bomb the Russians – 0:50
9. Welcome to the Dust Ward – 3:30
10. Null Detector – 1:48
11. Waiting for the Meat – 3:52

The CD reissue includes the original recordings of "I Love Livin' in the City" and "Now You're Dead" from the band's first single as bonus tracks, but omits the song "Strangulation."

2020 Rerelease

All songs by Ving, except where noted.CD 1

1. The Mouth Don't Stop (The Trouble with Women Is) (Cramer) – 2:20
2. Responsibility (Stix) – 2:06
3. More Beer – 3:42
4. Hey – 0:42
5. Strangulation - 2:27
6. I Am a Doctor (Cramer) – 2:37
7. Have a Beer with Fear – 1:33
8. Bomb the Russians – 0:50
9. Welcome to the Dust Ward – 3:30
10. Null Detector – 1:48
11. Waiting for the Meat – 3:52
12. I Am A Doctor (Alternate Version) (Cramer) - 2:35
13. Acid Rain - 1:22
14. Hey (Rough Mix) - 0:42
15. Waiting For The Meat (Rough Mix) - 0:44
16. Bomb The Russians (Rough Mix) - 0:53
17. Strangulation (Rough Mix) - 2:30
18. The Mouth Don't Stop (The Trouble With Women Is) (Rough Mix) (Cramer) - 2:09
19. Responsibility (Rough Mix) (Stix) - 1:42
20. I Am A Doctor (Rough Mix) (Cramer) - 2:36
21. Welcome To The Dust Ward (Rough Mix) - 2:47
22. Null Detector (Rough Mix) - 1:47
23. Chicken Song (Alternate Version) - 0:44

CD 2 - 2020 Remixes

1. The Mouth Don't Stop (The Trouble With Women Is) (Cramer) - 2:08
2. Responsibility (Stix) - 2:07
3. More Beer - 2:54
4. Hey - 0:43
5. Strangulation - 2:30
6. I Am A Doctor (Cramer) - 2:37
7. Have A Beer With Fear - 1:40
8. Bomb The Russians - 0:50
9. Welcome To The Dust Ward - 2:49
10. Null Detector - 1:22
11. Waiting For The Meat - 0:48

Digital versions add the song "Abooga Matches" after track 11 on CD 1 and remixes of tracks "Abooga Matches" and "Chicken Song" after tracks 7 and 9 on CD 2

Personnel

• Lee Ving

lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica

• Philo Cramer

lead guitar, backing vocals

• Lorenzo Buhne: bass
• Spit Stix

drums

In other media

The opening track, "The Mouth Don't Stop (The Trouble with Women Is)," is included on the 2013 soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto V as part of the playlist for the in-game radio station Channel X.

Notes and References

1. Book: Popoff, Martin. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. September 8, 2009. Penguin. 9781440229169. Google Books.
2. Web site: The Fear Factor. March 31, 1999. Los Angeles Times.
3. Book: American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History. Steven. Blush. George. Petros. October 19, 2010. Feral House. 9781932595987. Google Books.
4. Web site: Fear . Trouser Press . 2 August 2020.