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Friends and Nervous Breakdowns

album by Josh Eppard

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 5, 2025
Entity authorityQ5504226
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Friends and Nervous Breakdowns is the first/debut album by rapper Weerd Science (real name Josh Eppard) also the former drummer of progressive rock bands 3 and current drummer of Coheed and Cambria. A video was released for "Conspiracy Theories w/ out Mel Gibson".

Track listing

"Intro" – 1:55

"Conspiracy Theories w/ out Mel Gibson" – 3:40

"My War, Your Problem" – 3:34

"Ordinary Joe (WCH)" – 4:41

"Girl, Your Baby's Worm Food" – 4:29

"Blueprint" – 5:44

"In a City With No Name" – 4:44

"God Bless Pepsi" – 3:38

"Fuck You & Your Filthy A&R Dept." – 3:42

"Joshua, They're Laughing at You" – 3:23

"Super Friends" – 5:23

"How to Be a Terrorist" – 4:41

"The Sitcom Really Really Isn't All That Real" – 4:26

"Methods n Test Tubes" – 4:21

"Kill Your Rapper" – 1:41

All songs by Weerd Science.

Personnel

Josh Eppard – Vocals

Michael Birnbaum – Recording, engineering, mixing, guitar on Girl, Your Baby's Worm Food

Chris Bittner – Recording, engineering, mixing, production, bass tracks on My War, Your Problem, Ordinary Joe (WCH), In A City With No Name, Joshua, They're Laughing At You, How To Be A..., and This Sitcom Really Really Isn't All That Real, and music for Ordinary Joe (WCH)

Danny Illchuck – Recording, engineering, production, all scratches, guest vocals on Super Friends

Dave Parker – Recording, engineering, production

Kwame "Gangstophagus" Wiafe-Atenken – spoken word on My War, Your Problem and Fuck You And Your Filthy A&R Dept.

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