Following the release of this split EP, Parkway Drive and I Killed the Prom Queen toured together. The line-up was Ling on guitar Ben Gordon on drums Luke Kilpatrick on guitar Winston McCall on lead vocals Brett Versteeg on bass guitar and vocals.
Parkway Drive's tracks were recorded on 26 and 27 April of that year at Topcat Studio by Brad Wann, they were mixed by Wann and the group on 3 May, also at Topcat. Their line-up was Crafter on lead vocals Kevin Cameron and Jona Weinhofen on guitars Sean Kennedy on bass guitar and JJ Peters on drums. I Killed the Prom Queen's two tracks were recorded in March 2003 at Soundhouse Studios with Anj recording and co-producing with the group. I was just clueless and I don't really think we played well." Nevertheless, after hearing that first show, Crafter asked Parkway Drive's members if they wanted to do a split extended play with his band and they accepted. I was onstage wearing board shorts and my socks pulled up. I had never played in front of people and I never thought about what it would be like. Jeff Ling, guitarist for Parkway Drive, recalled his first gig, "It was horrible. Saw the first show ever, and I just couldn't believe it, it actually was just like, "I've got to get this band on something". And then I heard them and was just like, "These are the biggest breakdowns ever", and I was just freaking out. This was like the first day I came to Byron, so I didn't really expect this band to be good. In an interview on the DVD Crafter states: Crafter had travelled from Adelaide to visit his then-girlfriend in early 2003.
I Killed the Prom Queen's then lead singer, Michael Crafter, was in Byron Bay at the time of Parkway Drive's first show at the local youth centre, and came along to watch. The origins of Split CD are explained in a documentary on Parkway Drive: The DVD which was released by Parkway Drive in 2009. Split CD was Parkway Drive's first release, and I Killed the Prom Queen's second. The two tracks by Parkway Drive were later re-released as bonus tracks on the reissue version of their solo EP, Don't Close Your Eyes, in 2006. I Killed the Prom Queen / Parkway Drive or Split CD is a four-track split extended play released by Australian metalcore bands Parkway Drive and I Killed the Prom Queen in May 2003 on Final Prayer Records.
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