Jeff Killed John (EP)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Jeff Killed John

| type = EP

| artist = Jeff Killed John

| cover =Jeff Killed John (EP).jpg

| alt =

| released = 2003

| recorded = 2002

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Nu metal{{cite web|title= Bullet for My Valentine |publisher= BBC Cymru Wales |date= 3 July 2009 |accessdate= 20 March 2018 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/bullet-for-my-valentine/}}{{cite web|first= Vince |last= Neilstein |title=Bullet for My Valentine Used to Be Nu-Metal Mooks |website= MetalSucks |date= 26 December 2007 |accessdate= 20 March 2018 |url= http://www.metalsucks.net/2007/12/26/bullet-for-my-valentine-used-to-be-nu-metal-mooks/amp/}}{{cite book|first= Ben |last= Welch |year= 2016 |title= Bullet for My Valentine: Scream Aim Conquer: The Biography |chapter= Chapter Two: School of Rock |publisher= John Blake |location= London |isbn= 978-1784189815|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_yOUCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT14}}

| length = 22:43

| label = Self-released

| producer =

| prev_title = Don't Walk Away

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Bullet for My Valentine

| next_year = 2004

}}

Jeff Killed John is an EP by Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine, under their original name Jeff Killed John. This EP marks the last recorded material by the band before the name change, as well as the last with bassist Nick Crandle, before Jason James replaced him.{{Cite web|url=http://jeffkilledjohn.blogspot.com/2011/02/jeff-killed-john-full-discography.html|title=Jeff Killed John: Jeff Killed John Discography|date=6 February 2011}} Many song elements from this EP would be reworked into later tracks for Bullet for My Valentine music: "Routine Unhappiness" contains riff elements that would later become "Tears Don't Fall," with lyrical content that would appear on "10 Years Today;"Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/zwuPzTyOHLU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130825211253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwuPzTyOHLU&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwuPzTyOHLU| title = Jeff Killed John (now Bullet for My Valentine)-Routine Unhappiness | via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} "Nation2Nation" would eventually become the sampler track "Turn to Despair"; and "All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)" is an early demo of the song of the same name that would eventually appear on Bullet for My Valentine's debut album The Poison.{{Cite web|url=http://jeffkilledjohn.blogspot.com/2011/02/jeff-killed-john-full-discography.html|title=Jeff Killed John: Jeff Killed John Discography|date=6 February 2011}} Skindred vocalist Benji Webbe, who performs guest vocals in "Nation2Nation", would also be featured in the song "Take It Out on Me" from Bullet for My Valentine's second album Scream Aim Fire.