The Loved Ones is an EP by the American punk rock

Punk rock

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 band The Loved Ones

The Loved Ones (American band)

The Loved Ones is a punk band based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in late 2003, the band currently consists of Dave Hause , David Walsh , Chris Gonzalez , and Mike Sneeringer...

. It was released on February 22, 2005 by Jade Tree Records

Jade Tree Records

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, who had previously released albums by Trial by Fire and Kid Dynamite

Kid Dynamite

Kid Dynamite was a Philadelphia-based melodic hardcore band consisting of drummer Dave Wagenschutz, guitarist Dan Yemin, vocalist Jason Shevchuk, and bassist Michael Cotterman, who replaced original bassist Steve Farrell. The band put out two full-lengths before lead singer Jason Shevchuk left the...

, bands the members of The Loved Ones formerly played in.

The EP was the band's first release through a label, as they previously only self-released a four-song demo. Two of the songs on this EP, "Chicken" and "Candy Cane", were also on that demo. The band followed this with their debut album, Keep Your Heart

Keep Your Heart

Keep Your Heart is the full length debut by the punk rock band The Loved Ones. It was released on February 21, 2006 by Fat Wreck Chords. Among the 13 tracks on the album, one, "100K", originally appeared on their EP, The Loved Ones from the year before and two, "Jane" and "Arsenic" originally...

, which was released just over a year later. That album featured "100K" which originally appeared on this EP.

Track listing

All songs by Dave Hause unless otherwise noted.

1. "100K" – 2:54
2. "Chicken" (Hause, Sneeringer) – 2:50
3. "Massive" – 3:54
4. "Drastic" – 2:51
5. "Candy Cane" (Hause, Sneeringer) – 3:15

Credits

• Dave Hause – vocals, guitar
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• Michael Cotterman – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Mike Sneeringer – drum
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