''Simon'' is the second EP by

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band

Dirty Little Rabbits Dirty Little Rabbits was an American alternative rock band formed in 2007 in Johnston, Iowa. They are often referred to as a side project of Shawn Crahan, a member and founder of heavy metal music, heavy metal band Slipknot (band), Slipknot. His ...

. The EP was recorded and produced at the

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in Jamaica, Iowa and was scheduled for release on January 20, 2009, however it was pushed back a week and released on January 27, 2009, through

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. ''Simon'' was the first release by the band which will be available to a much wider range of people, whereas their first EP; ''

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'' was available only through select music stores in the United States.

Track listing

# "Poor Poor Woman with Her Head in the Oven" - 4:03 # "You Say" - 3:23 # "Hello" - 4:12 # "I'm So Beautiful" - 3:51 # "Happy" - 3:29 # "Same Mistakes" - 3:26

Personnel

Stella Katsoudas Stella Katsoudas (born November 3, 1971) is a Greek-American pop and rock singer better known for stage names Stella Soleil and Sister Soleil as well as having been frontwoman for Dirty Little Rabbits. Katsoudas most recently released the 2015 ...

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* Ty Fyhrie -

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* Jeff Karnowski - bass *

Shawn Crahan Michael Shawn Crahan (born September 24, 1969), more commonly known by his stage persona "Clown", is an American musician. He is the co-founder and one of two percussionists for heavy metal band Slipknot in which he is designated #6. Crahan he ...

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, producer, art direction, photography *

Michael Pfaff Michael Pfaff is an American musician, best known as one of the two current percussionists of heavy metal music, heavy metal band Slipknot (band), Slipknot. He was also a member of the alternative rock band Dirty Little Rabbits as their keyboar ...

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* Matt Sepanic - mixing, mastering, engineering * AJ Mogis - mixing, engineering * Doug Van Sloun - mastering * "Tadpoll" - engineering * Ryan Martin - engineering

References

Dirty Little Rabbits albums 2009 EPs {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub