As Good as Dead is the second studio album by American rock band Local H. It was released on April 16, 1996 by Island Records. A concept album, As Good as Dead is about dead-end, small-town life based on the band's origins in Zion, Illinois. The album's title comes from a line in the song "Eddie Vedder." Some prints of the album received a Parental Advisory sticker, due to the use of profanity in ... Wikipedia