Behind the Times (EP)

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Behind the Times E.P.
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EP by
AFI
ReleasedJune 11, 1993 (1993-06-11)
RecordedApril, 1993
StudioCity of Light, Lakeport, CA
Genre Hardcore punk [1]
Length10:46
Label Key Lime Pie
AFI chronology
Dork
(1993)
Behind the Times E.P.
(1993)
Eddie Picnic's All Wet
(1994)
Professional ratings
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Behind the Times E.P. is an EP by AFI, released on 11 June 1993 on Key Lime Pie Records. It is the band's first EP, and second overall after their split EP with Loose Change earlier in the year.

Contents

The EP was reissued in October 2016 via Atom Age Industries, [2] a company owned by former AFI bassist Geoff Kresge. The reissue featured slightly altered artwork on a glossier sleeve, but was otherwise identical.

Tracks 1 and 2 were re-recorded and released on the vinyl pressing of Very Proud of Ya and later on the AFI retrospective. Tracks 3-5 were rerecorded for AFI's debut full-length album, Answer That and Stay Fashionable .

Track listing

  Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Who Said You Could Touch Me?"1:28
2."Rolling Balls"2:28
3."Highschool Football Hero"1:38
  Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Rizzo in the Box"2:01
2."Cereal Wars"1:28
3."Born in the U.S. of A."1:43

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [3] [4]

Studios

Release history

RegionDateFormatVariantsEditionLabelCatalogue
United StatesJune 11, 1993 7" vinyl black400 copies Key Lime Pie keyEP2
December 16, 1994black100 copies
October 15, 2016 [2]
  • ivory
  • lavender
  • black
  • Key Lime Pie
  • Atom Age Industries

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References

  1. 1 2 eatdogs (May 12, 2017). "Behind the Times [EP] (1993)". Punknews.org. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Instagram post by Atom Age Industries". Atom Age Industries. September 1, 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  3. Behind the Times E.P. (Liner notes). AFI. Key Lime Pie. 1993. keyEP2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. Behind the Times (Liner notes). AFI. Key Lime Pie and Atom Age Industries. 2016.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)