Background Music (album)

Background Music
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 12, 2001 (2001-06-12)
GenreHardcore punk
Length23:33
LabelEqual Vision (EVR062)
American Nightmare chronology
The Sun Isn't Getting Any Brighter
(2001)
Background Music
(2001)
We're Down Til We're Underground
(2003)
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Background Music is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band American Nightmare. The album was originally released on June 12, 2001 through Equal Vision Records. Background Music was later reissued in 2003 under the name Give Up the Ghost after another band named American Nightmare filed a cease and desist order. Background Music was also reissued in 2011 through Deathwish Inc. in celebration of the band's reunion shows.