Background Music (album)

ReleasedJune 12, 2001 (2001-06-12)

GenreHardcore punk

Length23:33

LabelEqual Vision (EVR062)

Background Music
Studio album by American Nightmare
Released	June 12, 2001 (2001-06-12)
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	23:33
Label	Equal 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^[3] 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.^[4] Background Music was also reissued in 2011 through Deathwish Inc. in celebration of the band's reunion shows.^[5]