''God's Favorite Sons'' is the debut EP by Canadian

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band

Organ Thieves Organ Thieves is a southern and soul-influenced experimental hard rock side project by Brown Brigade guitarists Chuck Coles and Dave Baksh, formed by Coles in mid-2008. It has since become their main project. History Formation and ''God's F ...

(then known as The Organ Thieves), self-produced and released in March 2009. The EP includes 5 first demo songs recorded by the band in Jesse Smith and Jason Bone's studio "The Boom Cave" in Oshawa, Ontario, in January 2009. The EP was co-produced by the band and former

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bassist Jason Bone. The music on the EP ranges from simple

to more bass-driven reggae tracks, as well as more country and

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influenced southern rock songs. The songs "Fix the Hearts of the Hollow" and "Question Your Crown" were later re-recorded for the band's first full-length album ''

Somewhere Between Free Men and Slaves ''Somewhere Between Free Men and Slaves'' is the first full-length studio album by Canadian hard rock band Organ Thieves, released on April 24, 2012, through MapleMusic Recordings, through the Canada iTunes service, later followed by a physical C ...

'', which was released in 2012.

Track listing

Personnel

Chuck Coles Chuck Coles (also known as Chuut Coles) (born 20 March 1980 in Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canadian musician. He was the guitarist for heavy metal band Brown Brigade and the lead singer, guitarist, and "band leader" for the band The Organ Thieves ...

- lead vocals, guitar * Dave Baksh - guitar * Ben Davies - guitar, mandolin * Mike Smith – bass * John Owens – drums, percussion 2009 EPs Hard rock EPs Organ Thieves albums {{2000s-hard-rock-album-stub