8-Way Santa is the third album by the Seattle grunge

Grunge

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...

 band Tad

Tad (band)

Tad was an American grunge band from Seattle, Washington led by Tad Doyle. Among the first of the many bands which came out of Seattle in the grunge era, Tad was notable for the fact that its music had a noticeable 1970s metal influence, rather than the punk which influenced most other grunge bands...

. It was released in February, 1991 through Sub Pop

Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

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Tad ran into legal trouble after the man and woman featured on the album cover saw the record and sued the band. The cover was an altered photo, the original of which was found in a photo album purchased from a thrift store in Seattle.

Singles

"Jinx" and "Jack Pepsi" were the singles released from this album. Pepsi

Pepsi

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 filed a lawsuit against the band for using their logo on the single "Jack Pepsi".

The song "Jinx" was featured in the movie Singles.

Track listing

1. "Jinx" – 3:03
2. "Giant Killer" – 3:03
3. "Wired God" – 3:03
4. "Delinquent" – 2:57
5. "Hedge Hog" – :39
6. "Flame Tavern" – 3:19
7. "Trash Truck" – 3:25
8. "Stumblin' Man" – 3:35
9. "Jack Pepsi" – 3:10
10. "Candi" – 4:29
11. "3-D Witch Hunt" – 3:34
12. "Crane's Cafe" – 2:47
13. "Plague Years" – 2:30

Personnel

• John Agnello – Mixing
• Kurt Danielson – Bass
• Tad Doyle – Vocals, Guitar
• George Marino – Mastering
• Doug Olson – Engineering
• Gary Thorstensen – Guitar
• Butch Vig
  Butch Vig
  Butch Vig is an American musician and record producer, best known internationally as the drummer of the Madison, Wisconsin-based alternative rock band Garbage and the producer of multi-platinum selling album Nevermind by Nirvana....
  
   – Producer, Engineering
• Steve Wied – Drums

External links

Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears

Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears

Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears is a documentary detailing the career of Seattle-based band Tad....

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210838/