Crawl (Laughing Hyenas EP)

Crawl is an EP by American garage rock band Laughing Hyenas, released on October 19, 1992 by Touch and Go Records.[1]

Crawl
EP by Laughing Hyenas
Released	October 19, 1992
Recorded	June 1992
Studio	White Room Studios, Detroit, MI
Genre	Garage rock, punk blues
Length	18:22
Label	Touch and Go
Producer	Laughing Hyenas, Al Sutton
Laughing Hyenas chronology
Life of Crime (1990) Crawl (1992) Hard Times (1995)

Recording

After original members Kevin Strickland and Jim Kimball departed from the band to form Mule, they were replaced by Kevin Ries, a fan from Cleveland, and Todd Swalla, former drummer of Necros.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

AllMusic critic Mark Deming awarded the EP 4.5 stars, although he criticized it for showing the band "in the midst of a rebuilding year" and noted that "they weren't playing badly, but it would be a little while before the new lineup was fully up to speed".[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Laughing Hyenas.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Crawl"	5:14
2.	"Living in Darkness"	3:43
3.	"Walk"	4:24
4.	"Girl"	5:01

Personnel

Adapted from the Crawl liner notes.[4]

Laughing Hyenas John Brannon – lead vocals Kevin Ries – bass guitar Larissa Strickland – guitar Todd Swalla – drums

Production and additional personnel Laughing Hyenas – production Al Sutton – production, engineering Bill Widener – cover art

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1992	Touch and Go	CD, CS, LP	TG102

References

1. Christe, Ian; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Laughing Hyenas". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
2. Laughing Hyenas Touch and Go Records biography, cited February 6, 2010
3. Deming, Mark. "Crawl". Allmusic. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
4. Crawl (booklet). Laughing Hyenas. Chicago, Illinois: Touch and Go Records. 1992.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Crawl at Discogs (list of releases)