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California-based Bracket -- comprised of vocalist/guitarist Marty Gregori, bassist Zack Charlos, guitarist Larry Tinney, and drummer Ray Castro -- got together in the early '90s and first showcased their power pop and punk sensibilities on the self-released 7" Giant Midge EP. Playing all around the San Francisco area, they signed to Caroline Records and released 924 Forestville St. and 4-Wheel Vibe to a growing fan base. Four tracks left off the latter album were issued on the 1996 EP 4 Rare Vibes, and their catchy guitar-driven punk soon caught Fat Wreck's attention. While the label had previously put out a few of the band's 7" singles, Bracket officially joined their ranks in the summer of 1996. Their first official Fat releases came that same year with the double 7" F Is for Fat, and the E Is for Everything CD/EP. Touring all over the world followed, including U.S. dates with SNFU, NOFX, Smoking Popes, MXPX, Everclear, and Tilt, before Bracket issued the full-length Novelty Forever in September 1998. Guitarist Angelo Celli joined on in Tinney's place the following year. When All Else Fails appeared in May 2000; two years later their installment of the Fat Wreck Live in a Dive series surfaced complete with a comic-book booklet and an enhanced CD of videos and interviews. They inked a deal with Takeover in July 2005, and for their next album, Bracket enjoyed a newfound sense of freedom and control by recording in a self-made studio inside an abandoned trailer, producing, mixing, and engineering the record themselves. The resulting exploratory 17-song Requiem was released in February 2006 to rave reviews. In 2011, after a long period of inactivity that saw its members pursuing other projects, Bracket began work on a brand new album. A three-volume set of rarities released under the Rare Cuts title was released in 2013, with their seventh studio album, Hold Your Applause, arriving the following year.
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Tracks:
| Title | Album |
| 2RAK005 |
Fat Music Volume I: Fat Music For Fat People
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| 2RAK005 |
Wrecktrospective: Twenty Years...And Counting!
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| 2RAK005 |
E Is For Everything On Fat Wreck Chords
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| 2RAK005 (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| 867-5309/Jenny |
Before You Were Punk Volume 1
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| A Familiar Sound |
Hold Your Applause
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| A Striking Disappearance |
Hold Your Applause
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| Back To Allentown |
Novelty Forever
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| Back To Allentown (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| Betterman |
Like You Know
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| Can't Make Me |
924 Forestville St
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| Caving In |
Hold Your Applause
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| Circus Act |
4 Rare Vibes
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| Circus Act |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Circus Act (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| Closed Caption |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Cool Aid |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Crash Diet |
4 Rare Vibes
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| Cynically Depressed |
When All Else Fails
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| Daddy-In-Law |
Hold Your Applause
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| Dodge Ball |
924 Forestville St
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| Don't Tell Miss Fenley |
Novelty Forever
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| Drama Queen |
Novelty Forever
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| Eating Pie |
Like You Know
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| Eating Pie |
E Is For Everything On Fat Wreck Chords
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| Envy |
E Is For Everything On Fat Wreck Chords
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| Envy |
Like You Know
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| Everyone Is Telling Me I'll Never Win, If I Fall In Love With A Girl From Marin |
When All Else Fails
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| Everyone Is Telling Me I'll Never Win, If I Fall In Love With A Girl From Marin (Acoustic Demo) |
Wrecktrospective: Twenty Years...And Counting!
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| Fairweathered Friend |
Hold Your Applause
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| Flea Market |
E Is For Everything On Fat Wreck Chords
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| Flea Market |
Like You Know
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| Fresh Air |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| G. Vibe |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Get It Rite |
924 Forestville St
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| Gone |
Hold Your Applause
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| Green Apples |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Green Apples (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| Habit |
Hold Your Applause
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| Happy Song |
When All Else Fails
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| Happy To Be Sad |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Happy to Be Sad (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| Hearing Aid |
Fat Music Volume V: Live Fat, Die Young
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| Hearing Aid (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| Hermit |
E Is For Everything On Fat Wreck Chords
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| Hermit |
Like You Know
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| Hermit (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| Huge Balloon |
535
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| Huge Balloon |
924 Forestville St
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| Huge Balloon (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| I Won't Mind |
Novelty Forever
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| J. Weed |
924 Forestville St
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| J. Weed (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| John Wilkes Isolation Booth |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Last Day Sunday |
Novelty Forever
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| Lazy |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Lazy (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| Little Q. And A. |
Novelty Forever
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| Little Q. And A. (Reprise) |
Novelty Forever
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| Mandy Lynn |
Hold Your Applause
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| Me Vs. The World |
When All Else Fails
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| Metal One |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Missing Link |
924 Forestville St
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| My Phantom Limb |
Hold Your Applause
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| My Stepson |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| My Stepson |
E Is For Everything On Fat Wreck Chords
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| My Very Own Apple Tree |
Like You Know
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| No Brainer |
When All Else Fails
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| No Excuse |
Hold Your Applause
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| Not A Pear |
Hold Your Applause
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| One More Hangover Day (Warren's Song, Part 7) |
Novelty Forever
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| Optimist |
Novelty Forever
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| P.C. |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Parade |
When All Else Fails
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| Parade (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| Pessimist |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Place In Time |
When All Else Fails
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| Rod's Post |
924 Forestville St
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| Rod's Post (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| S.O.B. Story |
When All Else Fails
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| Schmooze King |
4 Rare Vibes
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| Serena Hides |
Like You Know
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| Shadow Puppets |
Like You Know
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| She's My Eraser |
Hold Your Applause
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| Shoe Gazer |
Like You Know
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| Skanky Love Song |
924 Forestville St
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| Sleep |
924 Forestville St
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| Sour |
Novelty Forever
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| Sour |
Fat Music Volume III: Physical Fatness
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| Sour (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| Spazz |
When All Else Fails
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| Speed Bump |
Like You Know
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| Speed Bump |
E Is For Everything On Fat Wreck Chords
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| Stalking Stuffer |
924 Forestville St
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| Stylin' |
4 Rare Vibes
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| Suicide Note |
When All Else Fails
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| Talk Show |
E Is For Everything On Fat Wreck Chords
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| Talk Show |
Fat Music Volume II: Survival Of The Fattest
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| Talk Show (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| The Evil Bean |
Novelty Forever
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| The Light |
Hold Your Applause
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| The Opportunist |
Hold Your Applause
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| Three Gardens |
Novelty Forever
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| Tractor |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Trailer Park |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Trailer Park (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| Two Hotdogs For 99c |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| W.W.F. |
E Is For Everything On Fat Wreck Chords
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| Warren's Song Part 27 |
Hold Your Applause
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| Warren's Song Part 8 |
Short Music For Short People
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| Warren's Song, Part 1 |
924 Forestville St
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| Warren's Song, Part 10 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 11 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 12 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 13 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 14 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 15 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 16 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 17 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 18 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 19 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 2 |
924 Forestville St
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| Warren's Song, Part 2 |
E Is For Everything On Fat Wreck Chords
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| Warren's Song, Part 2 (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| Warren's Song, Part 20 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 21 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 22 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 23 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 24 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 25 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 26 |
Requiem
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| Warren's Song, Part 4 |
4-Wheel Vibe
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| Warren's Song, Part 5 |
4 Rare Vibes
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| Warren's Song, Part 6 |
Like You Know
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| Warren's Song, Part 8 (Live) |
Live In A Dive
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| Warren's Song, Part 9 |
When All Else Fails
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| Whatever Piper |
Like You Know
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| Why Should Eye |
924 Forestville St
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| Why Should Eye |
535
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| Wrong (What Am I Doing?) |
Hold Your Applause
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| Yoko Oh-No |
When All Else Fails
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| You/Me |
When All Else Fails
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