Baghdad

Baghdad is a 7-inch EP from the Offspring, released on 15 May 1991 on Nemesis Records. It sits between their self-titled debut album of 1989 and Ignition in 1992, when the band were still working in a hardcore punk style well before their later breakthrough. The title track is a re-recorded version of "Tehran", which first appeared on that debut.

It is out of print, and the first week of sales reached 3000 copies, a healthy start for a small-label single of its day. The EP has never come out in full on CD, so the vinyl is the place to look for the whole thing. The title track did find a second life on Fat Wreck Chords' compilation Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1, which makes it the easiest way to hear the song. For anyone tracing the band's early days, it is a neat footnote.