''Pulling Teeth'' is the fourth full-length studio album by the

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band

Straight Faced Straight Faced was an American rock band formed in Huntington Beach, California, United States, in 1992. Origin Straight Faced began as a Huntington Beach, California hardcore band named "Above All" in 1991. The founding members were Eric Glen ...

. It was released in 2000 on

Epitaph Records Epitaph Records is an American independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. A large portion of the record label, known as Hellcat Records, is owned by Tim Armstrong, frontman of the punk rock band Rancid. Several ...

. The album was produced by

Blag Dahlia Paul Cafaro (born May 8, 1966), known professionally as Blag Dahlia, is an American singer and record producer, best known as the vocalist for punk band Dwarves.Ritchie, Ryan (2007)Locals Only – Blood, Guts and Literacy: Blag Dahlia steps out ...

of Dwarves. The track "Happy" appeared on

' '' Punk-O-Rama Vol. 5''.

Critical reception

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'' wrote: "Their sound has a heaviness that sticks out among their sunny-sided SoCal brethren. This is the sort of thing that would come out of New York, sounding like Helmet meets Sick Of It All." ''

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'' called the album "nothing more than a lame attempt to rip off Rage Against the Machine."

Track listing

Personnel

;Straight Faced * Johnny Miller – vocals * David Tonic – guitar * Jeff Hibben – bass * Ron Moeller – drums ;Production * Recorded at Grandmaster Recorders,

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, USA * Produced by

& Bradley Cook * Recorded by Bradley Cook * Mixed by Blag Dahlia & Bradley Cook at Bay7,

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* Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering,

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References

External links

Epitaph Records album page
{{Authority control Epitaph Records albums 2000 albums Straight Faced albums