Pinhead Gunpowder (2000 EP)

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Pinhead Gunpowder
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ReleasedJune 6, 2000 (2000-06-06)
RecordedOctober, 1999 at The Catbox
Genre Punk rock [1]
Label THD
Producer Willie Samuels
Pinhead Gunpowder chronology
Dillinger Four / Pinhead Gunpowder
(2000)
Pinhead Gunpowder
(2000)
8 Chords, 328 Words
(2000)

Pinhead Gunpowder is the fifth EP by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder. It was released on June 6, 2000, through THD Records. The EP features the same cover as the band's second compilation album Compulsive Disclosure (2003), all of the songs on the EP are also featured on that album. [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Aaron Cometbus, except where noted.

Side A

  1. "Buffalo" - 1:51
  2. "Crazyhorse" - 1:44

Side B

  1. "New Blood" (Wilhelm Fink) - 1:32
  2. "Letter from an Old Friend" - 1:21

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