Gidget is the debut EP

Extended play

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 by the Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz, California

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-based hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

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 band Good Riddance

Good Riddance

Good Riddance was a punk rock band from Santa Cruz, California. They released seven full-length studio albums on Fat Wreck Chords, and their final album was a live recording of their farewell concert in 2007. Led by vocalist Russ Rankin, the band's longtime lineup included guitarist Luke Pabich,...

, released in 1993 through Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

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 record label Little Deputy Records. The EP is titled after the fictional character Gidget

Gidget

Gidget is a fictional character created by author Frederick Kohner in his 1957 novel, Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas. The novel follows the adventures of a teenage girl and her surfing friends on the beach at Malibu. The name Gidget is a portmanteau of "girl and midget"...

, and the cover image is of actress Sally Field

Sally Field

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 as the character from the Gidget

Gidget (TV series)

Gidget is an American sitcom about a surfing, boy-crazy teenager called "Gidget" and her widowed father Russ Lawrence, a UCLA professor. Sally Field stars as Gidget with Don Porter as her father. The series was first broadcast on ABC from September 15, 1965 through April 21, 1966...

television series of 1965–1966. Singer Russ Rankin

Russ Rankin

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 later recalled "that recording was from our first demo tape. Little Deputy basically took four songs from that demo tape and pressed 'em". It was the band's only recording with bassist Devin Quinn, who according to Rankin was "a disciple of Pete [Rypins] from Crimpshrine

Crimpshrine

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 and Matt [Freeman

Matt Freeman

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] from Operation Ivy

Operation Ivy (band)

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 and you can hear all his runs and counter melodies in ['Not So Bad']." "Last Believer" was titled after an episode of the 1991 PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

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 documentary series on President Lyndon B. Johnson

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; the song was re-recorded for the band's 1996 album A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion

A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion

A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion is the second album by the Santa Cruz, California-based hardcore punk band Good Riddance, released June 4, 1996 through Fat Wreck Chords. It was the band's first album with drummer Sean Sellers, replacing Rich McDermott who had left the group...

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Track listing

Band

• Russ Rankin
  Russ Rankin
  Russ Rankin is an American singer from Santa Cruz, CA. He has recorded and played in such notable bands as Good Riddance and Only Crime.-Musical Biography:...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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• Luke Pabich – guitar
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• Devin Quinn – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Rich McDermott – drums
  Drum kit
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External links

• Gidget at Little Deputy Records