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Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by the Orange County, California

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Home Grown

Home Grown

Home Grown was an American rock band formed in 1994 in Orange County, California. They released three full-length albums and several EPs before disbanding in 2005. Their music is often characterized as pop punk, lyrically favoring humor and silly or satirical subjects.-Formation:Home Grown was...

, released in 1999 by Outpost Recordings. It was the band's first recording with guitarist Justin Poyser, who replaced Ian Cone the previous year.

In between some of the tracks there are brief "joke" songs of only a few chords with the lyrics "This song is only _ seconds long." Between "This Way" and "Sixteen" there is a 5-second song, between "Giving Up" and "No Way Out" there is a 6-second one, and after "No Way Out" a 1-second one. Also "hidden" shortly after this 1-second song are takes of the band trying to record these joke songs.

Track listing

1. "Barbie Girl" (Johnny Mosegaard/Karsten Dahlgaard/Claus Norreen
   Claus Norreen
   Claus Norreen is a Danish musician and record producer known for being a part of the band Aqua, which sold around 33 million records.-Early life:...
   
   /Søren Rasted
   Søren Nystrøm Rasted
   Søren Nystrøm Rasted is a Danish musician, producer and songwriter. He plays keyboard, guitar and sings backing vocals...
   
   /René Dif
   René Dif
   René Dif is a musician and actor, best known as the male vocalist in the Danish pop-dance group Aqua.-Biography:...
   
   /Lene Nystrom
   Lene
   -People called Lene:*Lene Alexandra, Norwegian singer*Lene Demsitz, Danish long jumper*Lene Elise Bergum, Norwegian actress*Lene Espersen, Danish politician*Lene Hall, Barbadian model*Lene Hau, Danish physicist*Lene Kaaberbøl, Danish writer...
   
   ; originally performed by Aqua
   Aqua (band)
   Aqua is a Danish dance-pop group, best known for their 1997 breakthrough single "Barbie Girl". The group formed in 1989 and achieved huge success across the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group managed to top the UK Singles Chart with their first three singles. The group released two...
   
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2. "This Way" (Lohrbach)
3. "Sixteen" (Tran)
4. "Giving Up" (Tran)
5. "No Way Out" (Lohrbach)

Personnel

• John "John E. Trash" Tran - vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Justin Poyser - guitar, vocals
• Adam Lohrbach - vocals, bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Bob Herco - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  

Technical personnel

• Record label: Outpost Recordings
• Produced by Craig Nepp and Home Grown
• Recorded at For the Record Studios in Orange, California
  Orange, California
  Southern California is well-known for year-round pleasant weather: - On average, the warmest month is August. - The highest recorded temperature was in 1985. - On average, the coolest month is December. - The lowest recorded temperature was in 1950...
  
  
• Mixed by Craig Nepp at Front Page Studios in Glendale, California
  Glendale, California
  Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
  
  
• Mastered by Alan Douches for West Westside Mastering in Tenafly, New Jersey
  Tenafly, New Jersey
  Tenafly is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 14,488. Tenafly is an affluent suburb of New York City....
  
  
• Art direction and illustrations by John D. Repka
• Photography by Kevin Estrada and David Crowley