A Who's Who Road Of Living is the first EP by the now-defunct Australian alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 band Horsell Common. The EP was released during September, 2003, and its style consists mainly of hardcore punk with random melodic moments, traces of alternative rock and even, in "Take A Breath", a tribute to hip-hop.

After its release, the EP became extremely rare and highly-sought-after by fans. Few people would have ever heard the EP, let alone own it on CD. However, the EP was released on Horsell Common's 2010 compilation album "For Laughter, For Drama along with the bands other two EPs (Satellite Wonderland, Lost A Lot Of Blood

Lost a Lot of Blood

Lost A Lot Of Blood is the second EP by Australian alternative rock band Horsell Common. The EP has a more melodic style than the band's previous EP, A Who's Who Road Of Living. However, it was heavier than the band's later releases...

), the split with Trial Kennedy

Trial Kennedy

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 (The Birds And The Bees

The Birds and the Bees (album)

The Birds And The Bees is split EP between Australian bands Trial Kennedy and Horsell Common, released 4 April 2006. It features three songs by each band, one of them being an acoustic cover of one of the other band's songs....

), and some unreleased tracks.

Recording

"A Who's Who Road of Living" was recording at Atlantis Studios in Melbourne, and mixed by George Elliot Swanson. Ten songs were actually recorded during this session; "Recital", "Order", "Dagger", "In Theory", "The First Lines", "Take A Breath", "Broken Hands", "Falling Short", "Stick & Move", and "Plaster Cast". The band felt they were not yet ready to release a full-length album, so they split up the songs; the first six were released on this EP; "Order" was re-released along with "Broken Hands", "Plaster Cast" and "Stick & Move" on the "Order" 7" single in February 2004; and "Falling Short" was released on the "Caddy of the Year" compilation CD from Below Par Records.

Singles

"Order" was released on the afore-mentioned 7" single.

A video was made for "In Theory", featuring Chopper Read

Chopper Read

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 and directed by Remo Camerota. This was the band's first video. The song is the shortest on the EP at only 2:09, and is the only the song on the EP that consists entirely of clean singing.

Track listing

• "Recital" – 2:43
• "Order" – 2:48
• "Dagger" – 2:38
• "In Theory" – 2:09
• "The First Lines" – 2:10
• "Take A Breath" – 2:33

Personnel

• Mark Stewart – vocals
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  , guitar
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• Luke Cripps – bass guitar
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• Leigh Pengelly – drums
  Drum kit
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