Tokyo

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1990

Label: King's World Records

Track 1 Previously unreleased song (1987)
Tracks 2-3 from "Foolish! / I'm Gambler" 45 (1987)
Tracks 4-7 from "Five Star" EP ("Rock 'n' Roll History Fuck Off!!" Flexi) (1986)

The song "Tokyo" was originally titled "Joke Joke Joke" and intended to be released on the "Never Can Eat Swank Dinner" LP, but was omitted. On the LP lyric insert, the track is blacked out.

The story behind it is that the lyrics for the song "Tokyo" (Joke Joke Joke) were dissing the hell out of Tokyo hardcore punk scene and after The Swankys playing this song at one of their shows in Tokyo they got ass kicked by a bunch of Tokyo punks including Mickey from Nira-Kodomo, so they got chickened out and decided not to include it on the album.