Pat playing with Ramshackle Glory in 2011
Your heart is a muscle the size of your fist
Keep on loving, keep on fighting
And hold on, and hold on
Hold on for your life
Keep on loving, keep on fighting
And hold on, and hold on
Hold on for your life
—Ramshackle Glory, "Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist"
Patrick Schneeweis, better known by his stage name Pat the Bunny, is a retired anarcho-Folk Punk musician known for raspy vocals and straight-to-the-point lyrics, often covering topics such as drug addiction, capitalism, squatters, and protests.
Pat was involved in numerous folk punk projects throughout his career, most notably:
- Johnny Hobo & the Freight Trains (2000-2007)
- Wingnut Dishwashers Union (2007-2009)
- Ramshackle Glory (2011-2016)
Selective Discography
Solo work
- Die the Nightmare (2011)
- The Volatile Utopian Real Estate Market (2013)
- Probably Nothing, Possibly Everything (2014)
Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains
- Anarchy Means I Hate You (EP, 2003)
- All Power to the Wingnut (EP, 2005)
- Easter Sunday Hangover (EP, 2005)
- Chaos Infiltration Squad (EP, 2006)
Wingnut Dishwashers Union
- Towards a World Without Dishwashers (2007)
- Never Trust a Man Who Plays Guitar (2008)
- Burn the Earth! Leave It Behind! (2009)
Ramshackle Glory
- Live the Dream (2011)
- Who Are Your Friends Gonna Be? (2012)
- One Last Big Job (2016)
In 2015, Pat announced his retirement from the folk punk scene, stating that the views of anarchism no longer aligned with his own. Since Ramshackle Glory’s final show at Plan-It-X Fest in 2016, Pat has not released any new music.
Never trust a man who reads tropes
- Album Title Drop: See Title Track
- The Alcoholic: Pat himself, discussed on songs such as "More About Alcoholism"
- Anti-Love Song: “Love Song” is a strange example in that it is directed at all of humanity and its selfishness.
- The Anti-Nihilist: Pat’s lyrics often highlighted the horrible things going on in the world before optimistically explaining how they can improve.
- Anti-Police Song: "Urine Speaks Louder Than Words"
- In general, many of Pat's songs have lyrics showing his disdain for cops.
- Audience Participation Song: During the last song at Ramshackle Glory’s last show
, the audience screamed along the entire time. - Bookends: Live the Dream begins with "First Song" and ends with "First Song, Part 2," and both songs feature the same chord progression.
- Concept Album: Live the Dream is a concept album "about the first year of sobriety, from the perspective of a punk and an anarchist." When he was active as a musician Pat had a personal website up that detailed the meaning of each track within the broader narrative, and though the site has since gone down today those snippets are still on Bandcamp.
- Either/Or Title: Appears frequently throughout Pat’s discography, most notably on Live the Dream, where three tracks in a row have one.
- Epic Rocking: "From Here Till Utopia" is almost 7 minutes long.
- Protest Song: More of Pat's songs are political in nature than aren't.
- Recycled Lyrics: "From Here Till Utopia" reuses all of the lyrics from "Do You Wanna Go to Party Town?"
- Self-Deprecation: Lots and lots.
- Many of Pat's songs are based around his self-loathing and disappointment with himself. One of the most blatant examples is the song "I'm Not a Good Person."
- Ramshackle Glory often described themselves as "a punk band with all the wrong instruments."
- Soprano and Gravel: Pat's raspy vocal delivery on Ramshackle Glory songs is contrasted with backing vocalist Nick Berger's soft, delicate voice.
- Studio Chatter: "First Song, Part 2" ends with Pat and another band member talking about the take they just recorded.
- Three Chords and the Truth: Johnny Hobo & the Freight Trains was mainly low-quality recordings of Pat on guitar with programmed drums.
- Title Track:
- Wingnut Dishwashers Union: “Never Trust a Man (Who Plays Guitar)"
- Ramshackle Glory: “Who Are Your Friends Gonna Be?”
