Screeching Weasel was an American punk band from Chicago, Illinois. They were formed in 1986 by Ben Weasel and John Jughead. The band gained prominence in the early 1990s after signing a record deal with the East Bay punk label, Lookout! Records. After Weasel and Jughead, who remained in the band for its entirety, the two most prominent members in the band were Danny Vapid on guitar and bass and Dan Panic on drums. However, since their formation, the band went through many line-up changes and at times included such notable musicians as Mike Dirnt and Mass Giorgini.

Many popular pop punk or power pop bands cite Screeching Weasel as influential, including Green Day, Blink-182, and The All-American Rejects.

Screeching Weasel was a punk band from Chicago, Illinois. They formed in 1986, fronted by future Maximum RocknRoll columnist Ben Weasel (aka Ben Foster) and John Jughead (aka John Pierson). Through the years, the band went through many line-up changes up until their 2003 break-up. Members included renowned punk rock record producer Mass Giorgini on bass guitar, Dan Panic (born Dan Sullivan) on drums, and Danny Vapid (born Dan Schafer, currently in The Methadones and briefly Sludgeworth) on guita