''Slappy'' is the second EP by American rock band Green Day. It was released in 1990 through

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. Upon its release, several different colors of vinyl were available in limited quantities.

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 ...

cited the extended play as the one on which Green Day began to find its sound.

Liner notes

Recorded in a few hours on April 20, 1990 at Art of Ears Studio with Andro Engineering and mixed April 23 in a few more hours. Produced by Andro and Green Day. Mastered by John Golden at K-Disc, Hollywood. Front cover photo by Al Sobrante, back Sean Hughes Layout and "Green Day Bitz" by Aaron Cometbus. Green Day's ''

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'' L.P. and ''

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'' E.P. were also available on Lookout.

Album information

"Paper Lanterns" was a popular Green Day song and a live staple for many years and was brought back for the 2010 leg of the

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. "Why Do You Want Him?" was the first song Armstrong wrote, back when he was fourteen. He expressed in a 2010 interview that contrary to the common belief, the song is not about his stepfather. The title "409 in Your Coffeemaker" is taken from a prank Armstrong pulled on his teacher. The prank was that he put some Clorox cleaner in his teacher’s coffeemaker, and it was known as Formula 409, hence the name of the song. It was later re-recorded during the ''

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'' sessions, and was released as a B-Side on the " Basket Case" CD single in the

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. "Knowledge" was originally performed by Operation Ivy for their 1989 album

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. Green Day still performs the song live, often inviting fans onstage to play the band members' instruments for them during the performance of the song. All four tracks from ''Slappy'' were included on the compilation album '' 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours'' in 1991. ''Slappy'' remained in print until August 2005, when Green Day removed its catalog from Lookout! Records. Since March 24, 2009, ''Slappy'' (along with ''

'') has been back in print as a bonus to the vinyl reissue of the ''

'' album. However, a possible error may have been made as ''Slappy's'' artwork is now tinted pink instead of dark red.

Track listing

Personnel

— lead vocals,

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Mike Dirnt Michael Ryan Pritchard (born May 4, 1972), better known by his stage name Mike Dirnt, is an American rock musician who is the co-founder, bassist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and former guitarist of Green Day. He has also played in seve ...

— bass,

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

John Kiffmeyer John Kiffmeyer (born July 11, 1969), known professionally as Al Sobrante, is an American cinematographer and retired musician and songwriter. He is best known as the first drummer for the punk rock band Green Day. His stage name is a reference to ...

— drums *

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 ...

— backing vocals, "teeth" on "Knowledge"

Notes

* The dog on the cover of ''Slappy'' was known as Mickey. "Slappy" was a nickname given to him by Mike Dirnt's friend Jason Relva (the subject of Green Day's later song

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). * "Why Do You Want Him?" was reportedly written by Armstrong when he was 14 years old and was the first song he wrote.Green Day Bits, ''1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours'' liner notes. Retrieved 2011-07-30 MTV News Raw interview October 16, 1995. Retrieved 2011-07-30 * "409 in Your Coffeemaker" was re-recorded for the group's third studio album ''Dookie'' in 1994. However, the band declined having it put on the record. The ''Dookie'' recording of the song can still be found in "unmixed" form on the U.K. "Basket Case" single. Armstrong has also stated that "409 in Your Coffeemaker" is his favorite song on ''Slappy''.

References

{{Authority control 1990 EPs Green Day EPs Lookout! Records EPs Reprise Records EPs Albums produced by Andy Ernst