''Bulldozer'' is the second EP by

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post-hardcore band Big Black, released in 1983. It was their first release to feature an actual band performing, including Pat Byrne from

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playing drums on some of the songs in addition to the

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drum machine that provided rhythm tracks on all of Big Black's records. On ''Bulldozer'', Big Black's founder and frontman

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achieved a signature "clanky" sound with his guitar by using metal guitar picks notched with sheet metal clips, creating the effect of two guitar picks at once. The ''Bulldozer'' EP was recorded with

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and released in December 1983, with the first two hundred copies packaged in a

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sleeve in homage to Public Image Ltd.'s ''

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''. Many of the EP's lyrics depicted scenarios drawn from Albini's midwest upbringing, such as "Cables", which described the slaughtering of cows at a Montana

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, and "Pigeon Kill", about a rural

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town that dealt with an overpopulation of

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s by feeding them poisoned corn. The EP's final song, "Jump the Climb," was recorded by Albini before the addition of his bandmates. ''Bulldozer'' was later compiled with Big Black's earlier six-song EP ''

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'' on the 1986 LP '' The Hammer Party''. The CD version also included Big Black's follow-up EP, '' Racer-X''.

Track listing

# "Cables" - 2:40 # "Pigeon Kill" - 1:47 # "I'm a Mess" - 1:56 # "Texas" - 4:02 # "Seth" - 3:32 # "Jump the Climb" - 2:59

Personnel

* Jeff Pezzati -

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- "smash" guitar *

- "klang" guitar,

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* Roland -

drum machine * Pat Byrne - drums (all tracks except "Jump the Climb")

References

Albums produced by Iain Burgess Big Black EPs 1983 EPs Ruthless Records (Chicago) EPs Touch and Go Records EPs {{1980s-punk-album-stub