The Kings of Nuthin' discography
The Kings of Nuthin' albums discography | |
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Studio albums | 3 |
EPs | 1 |
Singles | 2 |
Other appearances | 28 |
The discography of Boston-based punk rock and rockabilly band The Kings of Nuthin' consists of three albums, one extended play, two singles and 28 compilation appearances[1]
The Kings of Nuthin' started their music career in 1999.[2] The same line-up performed already in 1998 under the name The Boston Blackouts and the core group Torr Skoog (upright bass), Liam Crill (drums) and Chris “Necro” Wilkinson (washboard) began meeting in 1996 and performed with a changing line-up including other musicians under the name The Saturday Night Specials.[3] There are no known recordings of both former bands.
Their first EP Get Busy Livin' or Get Busy Dyin' (2000)[4] was released through the lesser known label Reckloose Records[5] and half a year later through Crazy Love Records.[6] Their first full-length album Fight Songs for Fuck-Ups (2002) was released through Disaster Records.[7] The album Punk Rock Rhythm & Blues (2005) was first released on People Like You for the European market[8] and appeared on the American market under the name Over the Counter Culture (2006) on Sailor's Grave Records.[9] This label also released their last album Old Habits Die Hard (2010).[10]
Albums
Title | Album Details |
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Fight Songs for Fuck-Ups |
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Over the Counter Culture |
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Old Habits Die Hard |
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Extended Plays
Title | Album Details |
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Get Busy Livin' or Get Busy Dyin' |
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Singles
Title | Single Details | Album |
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Shit out of Luck |
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Fight Songs for Fuck-Ups |
The Kings of Nuthin' / The Briggs |
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Non-album single |
Other appearances
Year | Song(s) | Album | Label |
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2002 | "Shit out of Luck | Ox-Compilation #48 - Hell | Ox Fanzine – oxcd 35[11] |
"Drive All Night" | Old Skars & Upstarts 2002 | Disaster Records – DSR 9014-2[12] | |
2003 | "Livin' or Dyin'" | Kicked Outta Purgatory: Psychobilly for Sinners! | Hairball 8 – HB8-007, Psychobilly US – PSYCHO US-001[13][14] |
"Where Do We Go?" | L.A. Shakedown | Acetate Records – ATE 7013[15] | |
"Fight Song for Fuck-Ups" | From the Bottom of the Barrel Volume II | Superhero Records – SHR 005[16] | |
"Get Busy Livin' or Get Busy Dyin'" | Der weltbeste Moloko Plus Sampler #25 | Moloko Plus Fanzine – none[17] | |
2004 | "Let It Burn" | Welcome to Circus Punk-a-Billy | Wolverine Records – WRR 111[18] |
"Cry, Cry, Cry" | Dear Johnny...A Tribute to Cash | Hairball 8 – HB8-008[19] | |
2005 | "For You" | Plastic Bomb #53 | Plastic Bomb Records – MAG # 53[20] |
"Wild in the Streets" [Rare Track] |
Old Skars and Upstarts 505 | Disaster Records – 9039-2[21] | |
"For You" | Up Sampler 25 | Up Magazine – UPCD025[22] | |
"Women and Cadillacs" | Dynamite! CD #01 (Issue 46) | Dynamite (The World of Rock'n'Roll) – 1[23] | |
"For You" | Ox-Compilation #63 - Dance, Dance, Dance | Ox Fanzine – OXCD 50[24] | |
2006 | "Over the Counter Culture" | Where the Bad Boys Rock 3 | "I Used to Fuck People Like You" Records – Prison 110-2PS[25] |
"Banned from the Pubs" | Psychomania No.1 | Halb 7 Records – PROMO HALB 39-2[26] | |
"Banned from the Bars" | Bound for the Bar Vol. 1 | "I Used to Fuck People Like You in Prison" Records – LUCKY 01[27] | |
"If I Were You" | Loud Fast Rules! Volume #3 | Loud Fast Rules – none[28] | |
2007 | "If I Were You" | The Kamikaze Broadcast Volume 2 | No Front Teeth Records – NFTR0030[29] |
"Banned from the Pubs" | Rock'n'Roll Mobsters - True Music for the Underdogs of Today | Suburban Records – BURBCD 052[30] | |
2008 | "Shit out of Luck" | Haunted Town Records Sampler #1 | Haunted Town Records –#169[31] |
"Shitsville USA" | Where the Bad Boys Rock 4 | "I Used to Fuck People Like You in Prison" Records – Prison168-2[32] | |
"Only Time" | Punk N Roll A Licious Volume 3 | Punk'n Drunk Recordings – GCR 55000-2[33][34] | |
"For You" | King Calavera - St Pauli O Muerte - Songs from the Home of Punk'N'Roll | "I Used to Fuck People Like You in Prison" Records – PRISON KCV 08-2-P[35] | |
2010 | "New Scenery" | Dynamite! CD #20 (Issue 65 04/2010) | Dynamite (The World of Rock'n'Roll) – 20[36] |
"For You" | Fight Songs for Fuck-Ups | "I Used to Fuck People Like You in Prison" Records – 4682092[37] | |
"Dead Set Against" | Ox-Compilation #90 | Ox Fanzine – oxcd 77[38] | |
"Old Habits" | It's Like Bringing a Fork to a Gunfight | ThePunkSite.com – none[39] | |
"Black and Blue", "Sick and Tired" | New Release Highlights (Thrilling Albums out on Century Media Records in April/Early May 2010) | Century Media – 9980212P, Inside Out Music – 9980212P, "I Used To Fuck People Like You In Prison" Records – 9980212P[40] | |
2011 | "For You (Live)" [Rare Track] |
Dirty Home of Riot Rock 'n' Roll | Century Media / EMI / People Like You Records – 468237[41] |
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- ^ "The Dirty Home of Riot Rock 'n' Roll |Various Artists". AllMusic. Retrieved July 20, 2025.