M.A.D. EP
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The M.A.D. EP is a 2009
EP
by New Rave
band Hadouken!
. It was released on 14 September 2009. It was released in the UK as a digital download
EP, however, a CD single
is available in Japan. M.A.D. stands for Mutually Assured Destruction. The title track later appeared on the band's second studio album, For the Masses
.
The music video was directed by Martyn Thomas with Tim Mo'Gridge as director of photography & produced by Marie Claire Denyer. George Herse portrayed the mouse, and Tom Harris portrayed the cat.
2009 in music
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EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by New Rave
New Rave
New rave is a term applied to several types of music that fuse elements of electronic music, new wave, rock, indie, techno, bastard pop, breakbeat hardcore and electro house...
band Hadouken!
Hadouken!
Hadouken! are an English grime, electronica, dance band who formed in Leeds in October 2006 by singer, writer and producer James Smith, alongside his girlfriend, synth player Alice Spooner, guitarist Daniel "Pilau" Rice, and drummer Nick Rice. The band name is taken from the name of a special...
. It was released on 14 September 2009. It was released in the UK as a digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
EP, however, a CD single
CD single
A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...
is available in Japan. M.A.D. stands for Mutually Assured Destruction. The title track later appeared on the band's second studio album, For the Masses
For the Masses (Hadouken! album)
For the Masses is the second studio album by British grindie band Hadouken!. It was recorded in Groningen, Holland during the Summer of 2009, and preceded by the release of the M.A.D. EP.-Track listing:All songs written by James Smith...
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Track listing
- "M.A.D." - 3:26
- "Something Very Bad" - 3:04
- "Ugly (Dub Mix)" - 4:08
- "M.A.D. (Detboi Remix)" - 4:32
- "M.A.D. (Plastician Remix)" - 4:10
- "M.A.D. (PhacePhacePhace is the alias used by Florian Harres, a drum and bass producer and label owner from Germany. With long time friend Michael Braeuninger, more widely known as Misanthrop, they both teamed up to create the record label, Neosignal, in 2008...
Remix)" - 6:19
Music video
The music video for the Hadouken! song M.A.D. shows a man dressed in a mouse outfit being a public menace. The mouse trips on an elderly women, and he tries to flirt the two women on the street, but the two women on the street repel him and walk away because of being a public menace. The mouse goes into the shop to buy a bottle of alcoholic cider from the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper refuses to sell an alcohol to him, among other things, and that causes the mouse to beat him up. The mouse drinks a bottle of alcoholic cider, and finally, a man dressed in a cat outfit being a public hero chases and wins a fight against the mouse.The music video was directed by Martyn Thomas with Tim Mo'Gridge as director of photography & produced by Marie Claire Denyer. George Herse portrayed the mouse, and Tom Harris portrayed the cat.