Raygun was a five-song EP released by the Matthew Good Band

Matthew Good Band

Matthew Good Band was a Canadian alternative rock band formed by Matthew Good that existed from 1993 to 2002. The band consisted of Good , Dave Genn , Ian Browne and Geoff Lloyd from 1995 to 1999...

 in 1996 as a followup to their enormously popular indie

Indie (music)

In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....

 release, Last of the Ghetto Astronauts

Last of the Ghetto Astronauts

Last of the Ghetto Astronauts was the debut album of the Matthew Good Band. It was released independently in 1995 on a budget of roughly $5,000 CAD. With the singles "Alabama Motel Room", "Symbolistic White Walls", the album achieved incredible popularity, particularly in western Canada...

. Distributed by A&M Records on Matthew Good

Matthew Good

Matthew Frederick Robert Good is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer for the Matthew Good Band, one of Canada's most successful alternative rock bands in the 1990s, before dissolving the band in 2002...

's own imprint, Darktown, it was the first MGB album to include guitarist Dave Genn

Dave Genn

David Robert Madison Genn is a musician and a member of Canadian rock group 54-40. Genn was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on 2 March 1969.-Matthew Good Band:...

 as a member of the band proper. The EP includes a newly-recorded version of Haven't Slept In Years; it is not the original version found on Last of the Ghetto Astronauts

Last of the Ghetto Astronauts

Last of the Ghetto Astronauts was the debut album of the Matthew Good Band. It was released independently in 1995 on a budget of roughly $5,000 CAD. With the singles "Alabama Motel Room", "Symbolistic White Walls", the album achieved incredible popularity, particularly in western Canada...

.

Track listing

All tracks written by Matthew Good, except where noted.

1. "Raygun" – 3:17
2. "Generation X-Wing" – 4:32 (Good, Genn)
3. "Haven't Slept In Years" – 3:31
4. "Alabama Motel Room" – 3:22 (Good, Lloyd, Browne)
5. "So Long Mrs. Smith" – 1:36

Production

Produced and engineered by Dale Penner for Paradise Alley Productions. Mixed by Clif Norrell at Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles, CA, except Alabama Motel Room, which was produced and engineered by John Shepp and remixed by Clif Norrell. Recorded at Greenhouse Studios and Utopia Parkway Studios, Vancouver, BC. Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles, CA.

Band members

• Matthew Good Band
  Matthew Good Band
  Matthew Good Band was a Canadian alternative rock band formed by Matthew Good that existed from 1993 to 2002. The band consisted of Good , Dave Genn , Ian Browne and Geoff Lloyd from 1995 to 1999...
  
  
  • Matthew Good
    Matthew Good
    Matthew Frederick Robert Good is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer for the Matthew Good Band, one of Canada's most successful alternative rock bands in the 1990s, before dissolving the band in 2002...
    
      - vocals
    Singing
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    , Guitar
    Guitar
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  • Geoff Lloyd - Bass Guitar
    Bass guitar
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  • Ian Browne
    Ian Browne (musician)
    Ian Browne is a Canadian-born musician and composer, known as being a member of the Matthew Good Band between 1995 and 2002...
    
      - drums
    Drum kit
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  • Dave Genn
    Dave Genn
    David Robert Madison Genn is a musician and a member of Canadian rock group 54-40. Genn was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on 2 March 1969.-Matthew Good Band:...
    
      - Guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
    
    , Keyboards
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