''Decoy'' is an EP by the

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band Good Riddance. It was released August 26, 1995 through

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, six months after their debut album '' For God and Country'', which included the EP's title track, "Decoy". The first two tracks on the EP, "United Cigar" and "12 Year Circus", are taken from the album, while "Free" was previously unreleased. Singer

Russ Rankin Russ Rankin (born May 25, 1968) is an American musician, best known as the singer for the punk rock bands Good Riddance and Only Crime. Career Rankin is the lead vocalist for melodic hardcore band Only Crime, Creep Division, and punk rock ...

later remarked that he had written "Free" "as a vehicle with which to lyrically attack two of my favorite targets: pro-lifers and cops. I remember enjoying this song when we played it at shows and it was one of our most requested live songs for a little while after ''For God and Country'' came out and a whole slew of new fans bought the ''Decoy'' 7-inch after picking up the full length." ''Decoy'' was Good Riddance's final release with drummer Rich McDermott, who left the band and was replaced by Sean Sellers.

Track listing

Personnel

Band

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* Luke Pabich –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

* Chuck Platt –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Rich McDermott – drums

Production

* Steve Papoutsis – recording engineer

References

External links

''Decoy''
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{{Authority control Good Riddance (band) EPs 1995 EPs Fat Wreck Chords EPs