Headache (EP)
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Headache is a 1987 EP
Extended play
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 by Chicago
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 post-hardcore
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 band Big Black
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. The record generated some controversy due to a cover photograph of a shotgun suicide
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 victim whose head was split in half; it only appeared on a very limited edition of the record and was later replaced with a drawing by Savage Pencil
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. Original pressings bore the sticker reading "Not as good as Atomizer
Atomizer (album)
Atomizer is a 1986 album by the American noise rock group Big Black. It is their debut album as all previous releases are EPs. The LP is accompanied by liner notes that explain the stories behind many of the songs...

, so don't get your hopes up, cheese!", not as a gimmick but to warn fans as the band thought that Headache was not the stronger release.

Track listing

  1. "My Disco" – 2:51
  2. "Grinder" – 2:22
  3. "Ready Men" – 3:50
  4. "Pete, King of all Detectives" – 2:40

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