I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive: Split CD

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Split CD
Parkway Drive & I Killed TheProm Queen - Split CD.jpg
EP (split)by
ReleasedMay 2003 (2003-05)
Recorded
  • March 2003 (I Killed the Prom Queen)
  • 26–27 April 2003 (Parkway Drive)
Studio
  • Soundhouse Studios
  • Topcat Studio
Genre Metalcore
Length16:03
Label Final Prayer
Producer
  • Anj
  • I Killed the Prom Queen
  • Brad Wann
I Killed the Prom Queen chronology
Choose to Love, Live or Die
(2002)		Split CD
(2003)		 When Goodbye Means Forever...
(2003)
Parkway Drive chronology
Split CD
(2003)		 Don't Close Your Eyes
(2004)

I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive or Split CD is a four-track split extended play released by Australian metalcore bands Parkway Drive and I Killed the Prom Queen in May 2003 on Final Prayer Records. [1] The two tracks by Parkway Drive were later re-released as bonus tracks on the reissue version of their solo EP, Don't Close Your Eyes , in 2006. Split CD was Parkway Drive's first release, and I Killed the Prom Queen's second.

Contents

Background

The origins of Split CD are explained in a documentary on Parkway Drive: The DVD which was released by Parkway Drive in 2009. I Killed the Prom Queen's then lead singer, Michael Crafter, was in Byron Bay at the time of Parkway Drive's first show at the local youth centre, and came along to watch. [2] Crafter had travelled from Adelaide to visit his then-girlfriend in early 2003. [2] In an interview on the DVD Crafter states:

This was like the first day I came to Byron, so I didn't really expect this band to be good. And then I heard them and was just like, "These are the biggest breakdowns ever", and I was just freaking out. Saw the first show ever, and I just couldn't believe it, it actually was just like, "I've got to get this band on something". [3]

Jeff Ling, guitarist for Parkway Drive, recalled his first gig, "It was horrible. I was terrified. I won't pretend I was cool. I had never played in front of people and I never thought about what it would be like. I was onstage wearing board shorts and my socks pulled up. I was just clueless and I don't really think we played well." [2] Nevertheless, after hearing that first show, Crafter asked Parkway Drive's members if they wanted to do a split extended play with his band and they accepted.

I Killed the Prom Queen's two tracks were recorded in March 2003 at Soundhouse Studios with Anj recording and co-producing with the group. [4] Their line-up was Crafter on lead vocals; Kevin Cameron and Jona Weinhofen on guitars; Sean Kennedy on bass guitar; and JJ Peters on drums. [4]

Parkway Drive's tracks were recorded on 26 and 27 April of that year at Topcat Studio by Brad Wann, they were mixed by Wann and the group on 3 May, also at Topcat. [4] The line-up was Ling on guitar; Ben Gordon on drums; Luke Kilpatrick on guitar; Winston McCall on lead vocals; Brett Versteeg on bass guitar and vocals. [4] It was released in May 2003. [5] Following the release of this split EP, Parkway Drive and I Killed the Prom Queen toured together. [2] When Parkway Drive returned to home base after the tour I Killed the Prom Queen's label, Resist Records, offered them a recording contract. [2]

I Killed the Prom Queen issued live versions of both of this EP's tracks on Sleepless Nights and City Lights (November 2008), a live DVD/CD album. [6] Parkway Drive's two tracks were reissued on a bonus disc on the extended version of Don't Close Your Eyes (2006). Recidivist of Metal Amino reviewed that album and observed, "The highlights being 'Swallowing Razorblades' and 'I Watched', both taken from their Split. Undoubtedly MUST Listen tracks especially 'Swallowing Razorblades'." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)PerformersLength
1."Homicide Documentaries"Josef John Peters, Jona Weinhofen, Kevin Cameron, Sean Kennedy, Michael Crafter [8] I Killed the Prom Queen4:07
2."Death Certificate of a Beauty Queen"Peters, Weinhofen, Cameron, Kennedy, Crafter [8] I Killed the Prom Queen4:13
3."I Watched"Jeff Ling, Ben Gordon, Winston McCall, Luke Kilpatrick, Brett Versteeg [9] Parkway Drive3:29
4."Swallowing Razorblades"Ling, Gordon, McCall, Kilpatrick, Versteeg [9] Parkway Drive4:14
Total length:16:03

Personnel

Credits: [4]

I Killed the Prom Queen (tracks 1, 2)
Parkway Drive (tracks 3, 4)
Additional personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Split CD (I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive)", Missing Link Records. Archived on 8 May 2005 from the original. Retrieved on 21 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Wiederhorn, Jon (15 July 2016). "Parkway Drive Discusses New Album, Ire, Humble Beginnings". Guitar World . Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Michael Crafter (22 September 2009). Parkway Drive: The DVD (DVD). Fromthegarage.net. Event occurs at 8:50. This was like the first day I came to Byron, so I didn't really expect this band to be good. And then I heard them and was just like, "These are the biggest breakdowns ever", and I was just freaking out. Saw the first show ever, and I just couldn't believe it, it actually was just like, "I've got to get this band on something
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 I Killed the Prom Queen; Parkway Drive (2003), Split CD, Final Prayer Records, retrieved 3 January 2018
  5. ↑ "I Killed the Prom Queen – Biography". Metal Storm.
  6. ↑ "Sleepless Nights and City Lights / I Killed the Prom Queen". Stomp Entertainment. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Recidivist (October 2009). "Album Review | Parkway Drive – Don't Close Your Eyes". Metal Amino. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  8. 1 2 "'Homicide Documentaries' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 3 January 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:'
  9. 1 2 "'I Watched' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 3 January 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:'
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