Destroy to Create

Destroy to Create
Studio album by The Flatliners
Released	October 4, 2005
Recorded	Drive Studios
Genre	Ska punk
Length	44:13
Label	Stomp Records, Union Label Group, Fat Wreck Chords
Producer	Steve "Ego Crusher" Rizun
The Flatliners chronology
Who Said Ska's Dead? (2003) Destroy to Create (2005) The Great Awake (2007)

Destroy to Create is the first full-length release from The Flatliners. After signing to Stomp Records, the album was subsequently rereleased on the label, and once again reissued on vinyl by Fat Wreck Chords in 2012. Musically, the album differs from the band's subsequent releases and features mostly fast Ska punk songs.

Track listing

All songs written by The Flatliners.

1. "Intro" - 0:32
2. "Fred's Got Slacks" - 2:29
3. "There's a Problem" - 1:56
4. "Public Service Announcement" - 1:16
5. "Bad News" - 3:53
6. "My Hands are Tied" - 2:30
7. "Gullible" - 3:10
8. "Scumpunch!" - 3:07
9. "I am Abandoned" - 3:04
10. "Macoretta Boozer" - 3:17
11. "Broken Bones" - 3:16
12. "Quality Television" - 2:54
13. "Do or Die" - 4:09
14. "Pickin' at my Brain" - 8:34

Personnel

Taken from the liner notes.

• Scott Brigham - Guitar
• Chris Cresswell - Guitar and Vocals
• Jon Darbey - Bass
• Paul Ramirez - Drums, Additional Percussion, Assistant Engineer
• Chris Collins - Organs
• Steve Rizun - Producing, Recording, Mixing, Mastering
• Bobby Bourbon - Artwork, Layout, Design
• David Waldman - Photos
• Christina Stanoulis - Photos

Trivia

• A hidden acoustic track, What The Hell Happened To You, appears 1:58 after Do or Die ends while on the independent release it is after the track Pickin' at my Brain. The hidden track also includes a scripted argument between the band mates that quickly deteriorates and is ended with "Paul, save all of this, we're putting it before...".
• Scumpunch! is a play on the name Rum Punch, a book later made into the movie Jackie Brown by Quentin Tarantino. The song begins with an excerpt from the film Reservoir Dogs.

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