Squirtgun

Squirtgun was formed by producer Mass Giorgini in 1994, and was made up of former members of his recently disbanded Rattail Grenadier. Squirtgun signed almost immediately to Lookout Records, with which Mass had already developed a steady relationship as a record producer.

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Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, who co-produced The Riverdales with Mass, recommended Squirtgun to Jeff Saltzman, who was advising on the soundtrack for Mallrats, the then-upcoming film by Kevin Smith. The Squirtgun song "Social" was chosen as the opening song to the film, which has since become a cult classic.

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Squirtgun's first full-length, self-titled Squirtgun, was released in 1995 on Lookout Records, and included the song "Social," in addition to a song called "Make it Up," which featured a guest vocal appearance by Mike Dirnt of Green Day.

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Mass Giorgini: Mass Giorgini (son of renowned artist Aldo Giorgini) has played bass in some notable pop punk bands. He is one of the founding members of Squirtgun, who he continues to play with presently. Mass has also played bass in Screeching Weasel and Common Rider, and for a short time also played bass guitar ...

Rattail Grenadier: Rattail Grenadier was founded in 1984 by Mass Giorgini (bassist) and Flav Giorgini (guitarist). They began as a three-piece, with drummer Steve Best filling out the line-up, and Flav and Mass sharing lead vocal duties. They soon added second guitarist Kevin Galbraith, and by the end of their first m...

Green Day: Green Day is a California based pop punk band consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass, backing vocals, born Michael Ryan Pritchard), and Tr? Cool (drummer, backing vocals, born Frank Edwin Wright III, in Germany). Since their sixth album, the band have included cl...

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