- Slappy
Infobox Album
Name = Slappy
Type = EP
Artist =Green Day
Released = April 1990
Recorded = April 1990
Genre =Punk rock
Length = 10:11
Label = Lookout!
Producer =Andy Ernst and Green Day
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ki1ibkh9kak9 link]
Last album = "39/Smooth "
(1990)
This album = "Slappy"
(1990)
Next album = "Sweet Children"
(1990)"Slappy" is the second
EP byGreen Day , and was released onLookout! Records in the summer of 1990 on seven-inch vinyl. Upon its release, several different colors of vinyl were available in limited quantities.Billie Joe Armstrong cites this record as the one on which Green Day begins to find their sound."Paper Lanterns" was a popular Green Day song and a live staple for many years. "Why Do You Want Him?" was the first song written by Armstrong, back when he was fourteen. The song was about his dislike for his stepfather. The title "409 in Your Coffeemaker" is taken from a prank Billie Joe pulled on his teacher. It was later re-recorded during the "
Dookie " sessions. Although it didn't make the album, it can still be heard on the "Basket Case"CD single released in theUnited Kingdom . "Knowledge" is an Operation Ivy cover, and Green Day still performs the song live, often inviting fans onstage to play their instruments for them during the performance of the song.All four tracks from "Slappy" were included on the 1991 CD release "
1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours ". Slappy remained in print until August 2005, when Green Day removed their catalog from Lookout! Records.Track listing
All tracks by
Green Day , except where noted.;Side A
#"Paper Lanterns" – 2:23
#"Why Do You Want Him?" – 2:30;Side B
#"409 in Your Coffeemaker" – 2:51
#"Knowledge" (Tim Armstrong /Freeman/Michaels/Mello) – 2:18The Dog on the cover
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.
External links
* [http://www.greendaydiscography.com/records/slappy.html Slappy EP] on [http://www.greendaydiscography.com greendaydiscography.com]
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