''We Became Snakes'' is

Saccharine Trust Saccharine Trust is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1980 by singer Jack Brewer and guitarist Joe Baiza. The band would frequently perform with SST labelmates Minutemen and Black Flag. However, Baiza descri ...

's second album, released in 1986 through SST. It would be their last studio effort until the release of ''The Great One Is Dead'' fifteen years later.

Track listing

Personnel

;Saccharine Trust *

Joe Baiza Joe Baiza (born January 11, 1952) is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Most of Baiza's music touches on a fusion of punk rock and jazz. Eugene Chadbourne cites Baiza as one of the most noteworthy guitarists to emerge from the South ...

– guitar, vocals on "Longing for Ether" * Jack Brewer – vocals, acoustic guitar on "Belonging to October" *Tony Cicero – drums *Bob Fitzer – bass guitar * Steve Moss –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

, harmonica on "Belonging to October" ;Additional musicians and production *Louise Bialik –

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

on "Belonging to October" *Gary Jacobelly – vocals on "Longing for Ether" * Ethan James –

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

*Lame Dude – twelve-string acoustic guitar on "Belonging to October" *

Mike Watt Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded and played bass guitar for the rock bands Minutemen (1980–1985), Dos (1985–present), and Firehose (1986–1994). He began a solo ca ...

– production *

Paul Roessler Paul Roessler (born August 27, 1958) is an American musician and record producer. Roessler was a prominent member of the L.A. punk scene during the late 1970s and 1980s. He played keyboards in bands such as The Screamers, Twisted Roots, 45 Grav ...

– piano on "The Need"

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:We Became Snakes 1986 albums SST Records albums Saccharine Trust albums