As previously reported, DANKO JONES will release the B-Sides compilation, featuring 27 rare and unreleased songs, via Bad Taste Records on February 2nd. He has given BW&BK; a track-by-track overview of the album; it appears below in its entirety.

1) 'The Rules' - "This song has been around for quite some time. I think we wrote it back in 1997 or 1998 and brought it back all throughout 2001 and 2002. It's always been a great song to open a show and we still open with it every now and then. If you listen to the lyrics there seems to be only 4 rules. Not much to ask for really."

2) 'My Time Is Now' - "We wrote this in 1999 and it's a mammoth train song. Over the years we've had quite a few train songs but this one remained in our live repertoire the longest. It's got such a great punch and I dig the lyrics and solo. This song, along with 'The Rules' were on a split 10" with Gluecifer and Peter Pan Speedrock called Ritual Of The Savage."

3) 'I Like To Ball' - "A song about fucking from 1997. The main riff in the verses has a very distinct James Canty/ Make Up vibe to it. At the time we were hanging with them a bit so of course it ended up rubbing off on us. I haven't heard this in a while and the lyrics are making me laugh. JC's bass is in full effect here."

4) 'Never Again' - "We wrote this back in 1996 and played it non-stop for 5 years. This song was on our self-titled debut e.p. back in 1998. We bring it back into the set every now and then and it always punches up the live show. As far as the lyrics, I was able to live up to them as I never went back to said girl and never will."

5) 'My Problems (Are Your Problems Now)' - "A song that didn't make it to the Never Too Loud sessions but we ended up recording it at Phase One in January of '08. It's got a lot of melody, more than what this band's used to, but I like it. The lyrics weren't finished until a few days before I had to lay down vocals. On rare occasions I'll have the melody for months without any lyrics and then right before I have to record them I jot something down to be used forever. This is one of those times."

6) 'Starlicker' - "The title is a play from the Stones song - 'Star Star' off of Goat's Head Soup which was originally titled 'Starfucker'. JC's bass line just destroys here and it's got that dirty Stonesy/Stooges vibe too. The song ended up on the soundtrack to Bruce Labruce's 2000 gay porno film, Skinflick - rent it if you find it at your local video store."

7) 'Woogie Boogie' - "This is probably one of my top 3 songs we've ever written/recorded. I absolutely love this song. I fought for it's inclusion on We Sweat Blood but sadly it didn't make the cut. We will still play this song live and I love doing it every time. There's a blatent Kiss rip off on one part of the song from 'Fits Like A Glove' off of Lick It Up but no one's ever been able to pick up on it. If Gene sues us then the Raspberries, The New York Dolls and Alice Cooper should sue him and Paul."

8) 'Sugar High' - "This was our favorite song that never made Never Too Loud so we decided to record it and make sure it got heard. Lyrically it was inspired by Jeff Beck's The Jeff Beck Group album, sometimes called the Orange album. I even reference it with singing, 'with Bob Tench singing 'Sugar Cane'', a track off said album and dropping 'Ice Cream Cakes' in the chorus. A lot of our songs have these kinds of references but no one, especially interviewers, hardly ever picks up on it. No one really listens anymore do they?"

9) 'Ice Cold Angel' - "Another early song. We wrote it, played it, dropped it and suddenly started playing it again. We played it from 1996 to 2001 and then after that never touched it again. I love it. People who saw us back in the day still ask for it. We should put it in the set again."

10) 'Choose Me' - "This is a twist on the old James Brown song, 'Try Me', while keeping the sentiment. It is a train song about unrequited love. The song was recorded during the Sleep Is The Enemy sessions. The countdown came about when we realized there was a lot of nothing during the beginning. I love the preacher bridge part and the countdown coming out of that part ends up working. That's Matt DiMatteo doing the last countdown. I don't think my whispers were up to snuff."

11) 'Big Bed' - "This track was originally released on our first S/T EP back in 1998 and then again on the compilation I’m Alive And On Fire. Lyrically it's one of my favorites and the phrasing has a little bit of 'Firehouse' by Kiss in it. 'You got a small bed/ You want a bigger bed/ You want the biggest fucking bed of them all/ But she decided you get a bunk bed and now you ain't getting no action at all.' It made me laugh when I came up with those lyrics back then and it's making me laugh right now. Just so everyone knows, at the time, my bed was as small as can be so it's very autobiographical."

12) 'Sold My Soul' - "We did this with Rob Sanzo at Signal To Noise. The chorus goes - 'I sold my soul' but sounds more like 'asshole maso'. I do like the bridge part which has a little bit of the old Soundgarden - 'Rusty Cage' vibe to it."

13) 'Sex' - "Taken from the Sleep Is The Enemy sessions. I still get asked questions as to why the heavy sex content in our lyrics, which I don't think is anymore than any other rock band out there, so this song gives them, meaning music journos, something to talk about. I guess those music writers have never heard a Prince, AC/DC, Outkast or any contemporary R&B; song. It's got a VH reference, my pathetic attempt at a Robert Plant impression, and some mean backing vocals so you can't go wrong."

14) 'Fucked Up' - "The title says it all and the lyrics go even one further. This was a song on our first self-titled E.P. and the lyrics caught me at my most fucked up indeed. Most bands deliberately go for the garage rock sound but this is true garage rock: low-fi out of necessity not for mere aesthetics. Again, for anyone keeping score, I could give a shit about the girl now I was singing about back then."

15) 'First Date' (edit) - "When this song was released as a single in the States back in '06 we were up against songs like BuckCherry's 'Crazy Bitch'. Why the fuss over just a kiss when some guy's singing about a crazy bitch? I guess you can blame it on our Canadian modesty. Melody wise we were trying to take a cue from Rocket From The Crypt and Joan Jett. I like the GVSB and Superchunk references too. Also, any girl who spray paints their jeans on has my vote. And for the last time - Yes, I do kiss on the first date and won't be with anyone who doesn't."

16) 'Cheater' - "This song was written quite quickly and we ended up playing it so much we all got sick of it. It's really about a bad relationship that refuses to end and both parties are at fault. I was in a bad one at the time this got written and yes, it's about the girl I was going out with. Shitty relationship, but great song. I'll say I won out in the end because of just this song alone."

17) 'Pump It Up' - "We're big Costello fans and although there are at least a dozen other of his songs worthy of being covered we decided on his most popular one for the only reason that it would hook in with more people easier. I'm always up for doing originals over cover songs but it's a great song and we had a lot of fun recording it. We've never done it live but it's managed to have a life on it's own being heard on ESPN and other few media outlets so I say it served us (and Elvis) quite well."

18) 'The Big Holdout' - "Another song from the Brendan McGuire sessions at the Sloan space. I like this one. It's an old riff from my old band, The Violent Brothers, and we brought it back again on Never Too Loud in the song 'Let's Get Undressed'. The bridge of this song was also used again on the song 'Natural Suntan' off Sleep Is The Enemy. The lyrics are interesting as I was single at the time and frustrated as hell."

19) 'You Ruin The Day' - "One of the last songs completed during the Never Too Loud sessions 'cause it was hellish coming up with a proper melody for the chorus and bridge. It's got a sweet Urge Overkill feel to it. I love the 'fucking nuts' pre-chorus. The lyrics have been lived out by most guys, including myself."

20) 'Hit Song' - "Ah another train song! We got a few of those. This was originally released on our self-titled debut back in 1998 and along with Big Bed' and 'Fucked Up' was recorded with Jerry Teel of the Chrome Cranks and The Honeymoon Killers at the Funhouse in NYC. This song was actually about a breakup (what's new?) and the new friends an ex of mine was hanging out with at the time. I've since become a little more social in a relationship, but back then I was pretty misanthropic. Some say I still am. Fuck'em."

21) 'The Return Of Jackie And Judy' - "Dregen from the Backyard Babies got us on this Ramones tribute album called The Song Ramones The Same. The Dictators, The Hellacopters, Wayne Kramer, Jesse Malin and of course the Backyard Babies were also on the compilation. This has always been one of my favorite Ramones songs and I've always thought it was overlooked. I read somewhere that Tom Waits did the same song for another compilation but I haven't heard it. We didn't do too much different but we did do it sans Phil Spector."

22) 'Make A Move' - "Recorded by Brendan McGuire in a one day session at the Sloan space next to our jam space . It's ok, but obviously it didn't make the cut when we went in to record Born A Lion a year later. I don't know how long we played this live but it couldn't have been more than 4 or 5 times. I think I wrote the lyrics in the hall outside the room just before Brendan set up my mic to record them."

23) 'Drop Your Man' - "JC's bass head elicited such a sticky bottom sound that it was caught properly on tape during these first sessions. This was the first song recorded the first time we were in the studio and one of the first songs we ever wrote. It's got that Curtis Mayfield intro vibe to it and this should've been on the I'm Alive And On Fire album but got overlooked. This is one of my all-time favorite songs of ours and no one outside of two dozen people has ever even heard it until now."

24) 'Thinking Of You' - "This is going back to 1996. I still love the main riff although I wanted this song to be slower, more mid-paced but alas....drummers. If you listen to the lyrics they're pretty autobiographical and during that time I was going through exactly what I was singing about. Just for anyone out there wondering - No, I do not think about her anymore."

25) 'RIP R.F.T.C.' - "One of my favorites we wrote for the Never Too Loud album that didn't make the recording session. We went back to the studio in January '08 and laid this sucker down. Rocket From The Crypt is one of our favorite contemporary rock bands ever and their 2005 breakup prompted this song. It evokes a RFTC vibe and contains a few lyrical references to their songs and albums."

26) 'Peacock Stomp' - "One of my favorite songs we ever wrote! We wrote this in '96 and recorded it in '97 in New York City with Jerry Teel engineering (Honeymoon Killers/ Chrome Cranks). The lyrics rank among one of my proudest lyrical moments, just a lot of chest pounding but I love how it's phrased. 'I'm custom fit for your body/ I fit you like a glove/ If you try me on for size/ I am always in style.' Ha ha gotta pat myself on the back for those lyrics."

27) 'Take Me Out On A Stretcher' - "Recorded during the We Sweat Blood sessions. This was a favorite of mine but it got bumped because, quite frankly, there were better songs that made the cut. This is some sort of pro-masochistic song. However, when I got reeled into the operating room to get my eye poked out of its socket a few years later at St. Mike's hospital I changed my tune very quickly. We did play this a handful of times during 2003 though."