No Cigar is an 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 the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 punk rock

Punk rock

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 band Millencolin

Millencolin

Millencolin is a punk rock band that was formed in October 1992 by Nikola Šarčević, Mathias Färm, and Erik Ohlsson in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band...

, released on May 8, 2001 by Burning Heart Records

Burning Heart Records

Burning Heart Records is an independent record label formed in 1993 and based in Örebro, Sweden. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output in North America...

 in Sweden, Epitaph Records

Epitaph Records

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 in North America

North America

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, and Shock Records

Shock Records

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 in Australia

Australia

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. The title track is a single from the album Pennybridge Pioneers

Pennybridge Pioneers

Pennybridge Pioneers is the fourth album by the Swedish punk rock group Millencolin, released on February 22, 2000 by Epitaph Records. It was the band's first album recorded outside their native country of Sweden, and their first to be certified gold in sales after selling over 35,000 copies in...

, and the EP itself is an extended single release. The North American release includes "No Cigar" as well as the tracks from the album's other two singles "Penguins & Polarbears

Penguins & Polarbears

"Penguins & Polarbears" is a song by the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin from the album Pennybridge Pioneers. It was released as a single on January 24, 2000 by Burning Heart Records, including two b-sides from the album's recording sessions, "Queen's Gambit" and "Dinner Dog". An accompanying...

" and "Fox

Fox (song)

"Fox" is a song by the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin from the album Pennybridge Pioneers. It was released as a single on June 5, 2000 by Burning Heart Records, including the b-side song "Kemp" from the album's recording sessions and live versions of "Penguins & Polarbears" and "No Cigar"...

". In Australia "No Cigar" was released as an enhanced CD

Enhanced CD

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 single including the band's songs from their split EP with Midtown as well as four videos. "No Cigar" was also featured on the soundtrack to the video game, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2

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Track listing

The Australian release includes enhanced CD

Enhanced CD

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 content with the music video

Music video

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s for "Fox" and "Penguins & Polarbears", and live performances of "Pepper" and "Olympic" filmed at the Independiente Festival in Bologna, Italy.

Millencolin

• Nikola Sarcevic
  Nikola Sarcevic
  Nikola Šarčević is the bassist, vocalist, and primary songwriter in the punk rock band Millencolin. He lives in Gothenburg, Sweden with his wife Lisa, and three daughters....
  
   - lead vocals, bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Erik Ohlsson
  Erik Ohlsson (musician)
  Erik Ohlsson is the lead and rhythm guitarist of Swedish punk rock band Millencolin. He currently resides in Örebro, Sweden. He designs most all of the band's artwork, including their t-shirts, logos, cover artwork, and their official . Ohlsson edited and designed Millencolin's 1998 video...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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• Mathias Färm
  Mathias Färm
  Mathias Färm is a guitar player, best known as a member of the Swedish skate punk band Millencolin. He is also the frontman of a punk band named Franky Lee, a side-project of Millencolin....
  
   - guitar
• Fredrik Larzon
  Fredrik Larzon
  Fredrik Larzon is the drummer of the Swedish skate-punk band Millencolin. He currently lives in Örebro, Sweden.He runs another project named Kvoteringen....
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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