''Same Old Tunes'' is the debut album by Swedish punk rock band

Millencolin Millencolin is a Swedish punk rock band that was formed on 12 October 1992 by Nikola Šarčević, Mathias Färm, and Erik Ohlsson (musician), Erik Ohlsson in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band. The name Mil ...

, released on 28 October 1994 in Sweden by

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under the original title ''Tiny Tunes''. The song "

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" was released as the album's single, with an accompanying music video.

Controversy

The album's title and cover art mimicked the

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television show ''

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'', leading to a number of

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lawsuits against the band when the album was re-released in the United States on 22 September 1998 through

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, the owner of ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', sued the record label and caused the band to change the title and cover art. They chose the title ''Same Old Tunes'' to reflect the fact that the album's track list had not changed. The band also printed T-shirts for the song "Chiquita Chaser" that imitated the logo of

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, who threatened them with a lawsuit causing them to cease production of the shirts.

Track listing

All songs written by

Nikola Sarcevic Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montene ...

except where noted.

Personnel

Millencolin

– lead vocals, bass guitar * Erik Ohlsson – guitar *

Mathias Färm Mathias Färm (born September 9, 1974, in Örebro, Sweden) is a guitar player, best known as a member of the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin. He is also the frontman of a punk band named Franky Lee, a side-project of Millencolin. He started ...

– guitar *

Fredrik Larzon Fredrik Larzon (born April 25, 1973) is the drummer of the Swedish punk band Millencolin. He was born and lives in Örebro, Sweden. He runs another project named Kvoteringen. Before joining Millencolin in 1993, Larzon was a member of the band Ku ...

– drums

Additional musicians

*Fredrik Folcke – saxophone on "Da Strike"

References

External links

''Same Old Tunes''
at

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