''E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals'' is the debut studio album by

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group

The Matches The Matches are an American rock band from Oakland, California, active from 1997 to 2009. Formed as the Locals, the group changed their name after five years to avoid conflict with a Chicago band of the same name. As the Matches, they self-release ...

. It was originally self-released in February 7, 2003 and later re-released on May 11, 2004 via

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. The self-release contained the track "Superman" which was removed from the Epitaph re-release because the band felt it would be a good bonus to those fans who had been with them from the beginning. The versions of "Scratched Out" and "The Jack Slap Cheer" that appear on the

version each have changed lyrics due, in both cases, to copyright liability. The

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re-release contained two new tracks, "Borderline Creep" and "More Than Local Boys" although "Superman" was removed and "Scratched Out" was renamed as "Track 11". The album title is a reference to the band's legal battle with Yvonne Doll and their subsequent name change from The Locals to

Track listing

Personnel

The following credits are presented for the original 2003 release, adapted from

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*Shawn Harris – lyrics, vocals, guitar, artwork *Justin San Souci – lyrics (track 10), vocals, bass, artwork *Jonathan Devoto – vocals, guitar *Matt Whalen – drums *Mike Harwood – lyrics *Matt Esposito – lyrics (tracks: 3, 5, 8) *Vanessa Harris – vocals (track 11) *Rene Carranza – synthesizer, percussion & keyboards (track 11) *Mo Juanson – blues harp (track 9) *Mike Green – additional guitar (track 4), engineering (tracks: 1, 2, 10), additional producer (track 2), producer & recording (tracks: 3-6, 8, 11) *Matt Radosevich – producer & recording (tracks: 1, 2, 7, 9, 10) *Alex Studer – engineering (track 4) *Miles Hurwitz – producer, management *Mark Chalecki – mastering *Gene Grimaldi – mastering (for

re-release only) *

Joe Barresi Joe Barresi (nicknamed "Evil Joe") is an American record engineer and producer who has worked with Kyuss, The Melvins, Tool, Chevelle, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria, Tomahawk, L7, The Jesus Lizard, Parkway Drive, New Model Army, Ba ...

– producer & mixing (for Epitaph re-release only)

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2003 debut albums 2004 debut albums The Matches albums Self-released albums Epitaph Records albums Albums produced by Mike Green (record producer)