Died for Your Sins
Died for Your Sins is a compilation album by the Avengers. It was released on February 23, 1999 on Lookout! Records. The album is composed of four studio recordings from 1978, three studio recordings from 1998 recorded by The Scavengers and fourteen live tracks recorded in 1977 and 1978. Two of the songs on the album are covers: "Joker's Wild", originally by The Ventures, and "Money", originally by Barrett Strong.All songs written by Houston/Ingraham/O'Brien/Wilsey except where noted
- "Teenage Rebel"
- "Friends of Mine"
- "White Nigger"
- "Good the Bad and the Kowalskis"
- "I Want In"
- "Crazy Homicide"
- "The End of the World"
- ""
- "The American in Me"
- ""
- "Open Your Eyes"
- "Car Crash"
- "Tiny Pink Noise"
- "Fuck You"
- "Joker's Wild"
- "Something's Wrong"
- ""
- "Desperation"
- "I Believe in Me"
- "Money"
- "We Are the One"
Track origins
- Tracks 1, 2 and 4 were recorded during a rehearsal at the Iguana Studios in 1978.
- Track 3 was recorded as a demo at Wally Heider Studios in 1978.
- Tracks 5–7 were recorded at The Roof Brothers Studio in 1998.
- Tracks 8–12 were recorded live at Mabuhay Gardens in 1978
- Tracks 13 and 14 were recorded live at The Keystone in 1977
- Tracks 15–18 were recorded live in Santa Cruz in 1978
- Track 19 were recorded live at The Keystone in 1977
- Tracks 20 and 21 were recorded live at The Whiskey A-Go-Go in 1978
Personnel
- Penelope Houston – vocals
- Greg Ingraham – guitar
- Danny Furious – drums on tracks 1–4 and 8–21
- Jimmy Wilsey – bass on tracks 1–4 and 8–21
- Joel Reader – bass on tracks 5–7
- Danny Panic – drums on tracks 5–7
