Listening to Dan Vapid and the Cheats today, and remembering that Dan was the TRUE talent that came from Screeching Weasel. Ben Weasel is a dick, and I don't like his voice or his songwriting. Screeching Weasel ALWAYS sounded like crap to me, and I never understood when my friends got all into them. There are SO MANY other bands out there that are better and sound better than SW. For example, Dan and the Cheats! It even has kind of a Mr. T Experience (I like Dan's stuff more than MTX) or a Dickies vibe (which is cool, I used to love the Dickies, but Leonard, their singer, is too much of a dick for me, too).
Dan's album from last year, 'Welcome to Dystopia' is KILLER and full of punk BANGERS - it might be his best yet.