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band Pailhead. The original EP was released in 1988, containing the first four songs in a slightly different order. When re-released on CD in the early 1990s, the group's first single ("I Will Refuse" b/w "No Bunny" 12") was added as a bonus.

Artwork

The album cover is an slightly altered photo of one of the tornadoes that formed above

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during the 1922 Austin tornado outbreak.https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123852/m1/1/

Track listing

Original vinyl EP

Side One

# "Don't Stand in Line" – 3:47 # "Ballad" – 3:53

Side Two

# "Man Should Surrender" – 3:40 # "Anthem" – 4:45

CD

# "Man Should Surrender" – 3:40 # "Anthem" – 4:45 # "Don't Stand in Line" – 3:47 # "Ballad" – 3:53 # "I Will Refuse" – 4:17 # "No Bunny" – 5:00

Personnel

Ian MacKaye Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (; born April 16, 1962) is an American musician. Active since 1979, he is best known as the co-founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.–based independent record label, and the frontman of hardcore pu ...

– vocals, guitar *

Al Jourgensen Alain David Jourgensen (born Alejandro Ramírez Casas; October 9, 1958) is a Cuban-American singer, musician and music producer. Closely related with the independent record label Wax Trax! Records, his musical career spans four decades. He is t ...

– guitar *

Paul Barker Paul Gordon Barker (born February 8, 1959), also referred to as Hermes Pan, is an American musician, best known as the former bass guitarist, producer and engineer for industrial metal band Ministry from 1986 to 2003. Prior to Ministry, he pr ...

– bass *

Bill Rieflin William Frederick Rieflin (September 30, 1960 – March 24, 2020) was an American musician. Rieflin came to prominence in the 1990s mainly for his work as a drummer with groups (particularly in the industrial rock and industrial metal scen ...

– drums (tracks 1–5) *Eric Spicer – drums (track 6)

References

{{Authority control Albums produced by Al Jourgensen 1988 debut EPs Wax Trax! Records albums