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This Is Only a Test
This Is Only a Test is the sixth studio album by the Chicago-based pop punk band the Smoking Popes, released March 15, 2011 through Asian Man Records. It was produced by Matt Allison and is their first album with drummer Neil Hennessy, who joined the band in 2008. It is a concept album, with all of the songs written from the perspective of a single teenage boy dealing with the growing pains of adolescence. Singer, guitarist, and songwriter Josh Caterer described it as
Mash Down Babylon Records
Mash Down Babylon Records is a record label started by Matt Embree, the lead singer of the Rx Bandits.
About.
Most of the music is recorded in Matt Embrees garage (a.k.a. "The Elizabethan") which also doubles as a mail order room for merchandise ordered from their website. The label only promotes positive progressive ideas and has no tolerance for violence, hatred, or disrespect of any kind. This rule was put to the test in 2007 when ANTI Rhyme was kicked out