The Riverdales

The Riverdales are an American punk rock music group. It was formed in 1994 when the band Screeching Weasel broke up for the second time and members Ben Weasel (born Ben Foster), Danny Vapid (born Dan Shaefer) and Dan Panic (born Dan Sullivan) ended up without a band. They formed The Riverdales, with Ben on guitar, Vapid on bass, and Panic on drums. Their first album was released July 7 1995 on Lookout! Records and was produced by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Mass Giorgini (from Squirtgun and Screeching Weasel). Panic later left the group and was replaced by Dan Lumley, Screeching Weasel's other drummer.

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Punk rock - Screeching Weasel - Ben Weasel - Danny Vapid - Dan Panic - Guitar - Bass - Drum - July 7 - Lookout! Records - Green Day - Billie Joe Armstrong - Mass Giorgini - Squirtgun

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Throughout their career, The Riverdales stuck with an old-school punk sound. The influence of Screeching Weasel sets the band apart from other Ramones soundalikes. Both Vapid and Weasel do the vocals.

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Ramones - Vocal

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The band likely takes its name from the fictional town of Riverdale, the setting of Archie Comics and home of fictional band The Archies.

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Riverdale - Archie Comics - The Archies

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In 2004 Ben Weasel rescinded all of the Screeching Weasel and Riverdales masters from Lookout! Records after beign unable to resolve a breach of contract dispute over unpaid royalties with the label. All of these masters have since been reissued or licensed to Asian Man Records.

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2004 - Screeching Weasel - Lookout! Records - Breach of contract - Asian Man Records

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