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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Tribute album for No Use for a Name's Tony Sly out now

Last week Fat Wreck Chords released The Songs of Tony Sly: A Tribute.The 26-track covers album was compiled in honor of late No Use for a Name frontman Tony Sly, who passed away in 2012 at the age of 41.

Featuring Rise Against, NOFX, Yellowcard, Simple Plan, Bad Religion, The Bouncing Souls, Frank Turner and others covering No Use For A Name songs, profits from the sale of the album will go towards the Tony Sly Memorial Fund (http://www.tonysly.org), which has been established to assist Sly's wife, Brigitte, and their daughters, Fiona and Keira.
 With over one million albums sold collectively throughout its 25-year career, No Use For A Name are one of the most successful and prolific acts to come out of the '90s skate-punk scene.In 1987, at the age of 17, Sly joined No Use For A Name and immediately helped the band release its full-length debut, Incognito in 1990, which was produced by Bad Religion guitarist/songwriter and Epitaph Records label head Brett Gurewitz.

In 1993, No Use For A Name would go on to sign with Fat Wreck Chords for the release of their album The Daily Grind. But it would be the release of the band's next full-length album, Leche Con Carne, in 1995 that would be credited for providing the band with an increase in wider popularity.
This album featured the song "Soulmate" which was the first Fat Wreck Chords single to ever receive airplay on MTV. Collectively, Sly recorded nine studio and live albums with No Use For A Name and they spent 23 years together. Track listing:

1. Karina Denike - "Biggest Lie"
2. Mad Caddies - "AM"
3. Strung Out - "Soulmate"
4. Rise Against - "For Fiona"
5. Bad Religion - "Let It Slide"
6. NOFX - "The Shortest Pier"
7. Snuff - "On The Outside"
8. The Bouncing Souls - "Homecoming"
9. Old Man Markley - "Feel Good Song of the Year"
10. Lagwagon - "Discomfort Inn"
11. Teenage Bottlerocket - "Via Munich"
12. Frank Turner - "Keira"
13. Get Dead - "Premedicated Murder"
14. Pennywise - "Devonshire and Crown"
15. Alkaline Trio - "Straight from the Jacket"
16. Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem - "Capo 4th Fret"
17. Yellowcard - "Already Won"
18. Swingin' Utters - "Not Your Savoir"
19. The Flatliners - "Fireball"
20. Simple Plan - "Justified Black Eye"
21. Useless ID - "Frances Stewart"
22. Jon Snodgrass & the Dead Peasants - "On The Outside"
23. American Steel - "Dark Corner"
24. Frenzal Rhomb - "Flying South"
25. Anti-Flag - "Toaster in the Bathtub"
26. Joey Cape with Scorpios - International You Day"

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