''Connection'' is a split EP by the

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bands

Home Grown Home Grown was a North American ska punk/pop punk 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 f ...

and

Limbeck Limbeck is an American rock band that formed in Laguna Niguel, California in 1999. The group featured Robb MacLean on lead vocals and guitar, Patrick Carrie guitar and backing vocals, Justin Entsminger on bass, and Jon Phillip, who replaced Matth ...

, released in 2000 by Utility Records. It resulted from a tour the previous year on which the two bands played together and became friends. The EP was Home Grown's final recording with guitarist Justin Poyser and drummer Bob Herco, who both left the band in 2000.

Track listing

#Home Grown - "Promise Breaker" #Limbeck - "29 Times" #Home Grown - "Single All the Way" #Limbeck - "Invisible" #Home Grown - "She Don't Care" #Limbeck - "Rush Hour in Logtown"

Personnel

Home Grown: *John "John E. Trash" Tran -

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*Justin Poyser - guitar, vocals *Adam Lohrbach - vocals,

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*Bob Herco -

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Limbeck: *Patrick Carrie - guitar, vocals *Robb MacLean - guitar, vocals *Justin Entsminger - bass guitar *Matthew Stephens - drums *David Delfonzo -

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Album information

*Record label: Utility Records *Mixed by Craig Nepp at Frontpage Studios and mastered by Charlie at Mono Phonix, both in

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. *Tracks 1, 3 & 5 produced and engineered by Craig Nepp and Home Grown at Frontpage Studios. *Tracks 2, 4 & 6 engineered by Kyle Homme at Pool House Audio and Literary Commissions in

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, and produced by Limbeck. *Cover photo and design by Jamie from

The Stereo The Stereo is a pop-rock and roll band started in early 1999 by former ska-punk band frontmen Jamie Woolford (of Animal Chin) and Rory Phillips (of The Impossibles). The pair were initially brought together on recommendation of their record l ...

*Photo of Matt from Limbeck drumming by Dave Rothenberg *All other photography by Dave Lauridsen *Layout and art direction by Robb MacLean and Adam Lohrbach

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Connection (Ep) Home Grown albums Limbeck albums 2000 EPs