The Court's Closed on Christmas, by The Eradicator

The Court's Closed on Christmas

by The Eradicator

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1.	The Court's Closed on Christmas 02:48	info	buy track
2.	In My Court 02:48	info	buy track
3.	I Wanna Be a Squash Man 02:36	info	buy track
4.	The Man in the Mask 02:44	info	buy track
5.	I'm Not the One 02:14	info	buy track
6.	Squashie 04:16	info	buy track

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The Court's Closed on Christmas is a special EP release from the Chicago/Milwaukee based aggressive punk band & solo artist The Eradicator, which is based on an absurdist expansion of the classic Kids in the Hall sketch of the same name where a masked squash player attempts to terrorize his opponents in an athletic club squash league.

On the EP's profanity-laden title track, The Eradicator expresses his selfish discontent with the one day every year where he can't play the sport of squash with others - Christmas Day. The track explores the same contradiction between aggression and melody that can be heard on the prior release from The Eradicator, 2017's debut full length LP, titled The Eradicator.

The remaining tracks of the EP are augmented covers of Minor Threat, Ramones, Johnny Cash, Descendents, and Atom And His Package. The Eradicator claims that his grandfather, referred to as The Grandfather of Squash, originally wrote these songs and the aforementioned artists stole, re-wrote, and popularized their own versions.

This EP is a precursor to the upcoming 2nd full length from The Eradicator, titled Peak Eradicator, which will be released in 2019.

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released October 15, 2018

Engineered and Mixed by Pete Grossmann at Bricktop Recording from May to July 2018
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege in July 2018
Layout and Illustrations by Eric Baskauskas at Wall of Youth

The Eradicator on this recording is:

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards – Andy Slania
Guitar – Scott Thomson
Bass, Backup Vocals – Ryan Bollis
Drums – Danny Walkowiak

Song 1 inspired by the rendition of “Frosty the Snowman” by Ella Fitzgerald.
Song 2 based on the track “In My Eyes” by Minor Threat. Used with permission.
Song 3 based on the track “I Wanna Be Sedated” by The Ramones. Used with license courtesy of WB Music Corp. OBO Taco Tunes.
Song 4 based on the track “The Man In Black” by Johnny Cash. Used with license courtesy of Bug Music OBO Songs of Cash, Inc.
Song 5 based on the track “I’m The One” by Descendents. Used with license courtesy of All Group, Inc. d/b/a Schwinn Tone.
Song 6 based on the track “Goalie” by Atom And His Package. Used with permission.

Song 1 written by Andy Slania
Songs 2-6 originally written by my grandfather, The Grandfather of Squash.
Songs 2-6 re-written with different lyrics, and made more popular by the artists mentioned above.

Gang vocal appearances on The Court’s Closed on Christmas, I Wanna Be A Squash Man, and Squashie by Kendra Sheetz, Mike Slania, Stephanie Fitting, Pete Grossmann.

The Eradicator concept is based on the Kids in the Hall sketch of the same name.

Thank you to everyone who was a part of this project in current, previous, and future form, which includes Nick Woods, Danny Walkowiak, Steve Maury, Ryan Bollis, Justin Morrow, Chris Siuty, Kevin Chapman, Dave Hofer, Scott Thomson, Lawrence Kole, Taylor Shupe, Josh Stacey, Adam Schurman, Chris Lidstone, Alex Ewigleben, Matt Stacks, Dylan Wachman, Tommy McPhail, Caleb Coffey, and Luke Gunn.

All songs published by The Eradicator (ASCAP).

Access The Eradicator:
facebook.com/theeradicatorband
eradicator.bandcamp.com

The Eradicator is officially endorsed by Squash.
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