''Pinhead Gunpowder'' (also known as the ''West Side Highway'' EP) is the second eponymously titled

extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

by the American punk rock band

Pinhead Gunpowder Pinhead Gunpowder is an American punk rock band that formed in East Bay, California, in 1991. The band currently consists of Aaron Cometbus (drums, lyrics), Bill Schneider (bass), Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Jason White (guitar, ...

. It was released on August 19, 2008, through Recess Records, the group's first release on Recess. ''Pinhead Gunpowder'' marked the band's first new release in over 5 years. The first pressings of the extended play were on green and blue vinyl. All of the tracks were re-released on the 2009 compilation ''

Kick Over the Traces ''Kick Over the Traces'' is a compilation album by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder. The album contains tracks from Pinhead Gunpowder releases since the band formed in 1990. The album was released through Recess Records on June 16, 2 ...

''.

Track listing

Vinyl colors include: #Dark Purple (Transparent) #Light Purple (Transparent) #Purple (Opaque) #Dark burgundy (Transparent) #Light Burgundy (Transparent) #Yellow (Transparent) #Green (Transparent) #Red(Transparent) #Dark Blue (Transparent) #Light Blue (Transparent) #Gray (Opaque) #Dark Gray (Opaque) #Light Gray (Opaque) #Olive (Opaque) #Tan (Opaque) #White (Opaque) #Black (Opaque)--test press only

Personnel

Aaron Cometbus Aaron Elliott (born May 20, 1968), better known as Aaron Cometbus, is an American musician, songwriter, roadie, and magazine editor, best known as the creator of the punk zine ''Cometbus''. Career Born in Berkeley, California, Cometbus started ...

- drums *

Billie Joe Armstrong Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for ...

- lead vocals,

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 ...

* Jason White - guitar,

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

* Bill Schneider - bass,

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Additional performers * Lauren - vocals on "On the Ave." (version one) Production *

Chris Dugan Chris Dugan (born May 11, 1973) is an American Grammy-winning audio engineer, cinematographer, record producer, musician, and singer, best known as the drummer of the Effection and as an audio engineer for Green Day. In 2018, along with Green Da ...

- producer * Aaron Cometbus - graphic design, artwork * Bill Schneider - photography 2008 EPs Pinhead Gunpowder albums {{2000s-punk-album-stub