![]() The format was kind of shitty because we didn’t have any money when we made the record and it was all recorded on ADAT using DA-78HR machines. I had sent the last full set of the master tapes to Sony Music, our record label at the time. ![]() ![]() To learn more we chatted to Brown about this daunting endeavour and his plans for the future of the pop rock anthem.įirst of all, how did the masters go missing? ![]() This has led Brendan Brown and his band to embark on an ambitious re-recording project to recreate not just “Teenage Dirtbag”, but their entire debut album with the goal of releasing a 20th anniversary edition later this year. During those last two decades the song’s popularity has shown no signs of waning as it continues to reach new audiences in the digital era.īut while “Teenage Dirtbag” still generates a decent amount of yearly income (lead singer and songwriter Brendan Brown compared it to “owning a deli” in a recent Rolling Stone interview), there is one issue that has plagued the band for years and prevented them from monetising the song to its full potential: they do not own or even have access to the master recording. In August of this year Wheatus’ enduring cult classic “Teenage Dirtbag” turns 20. ![]()
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