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Release For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?
Year 1980
Label Rough Trade # ROUGH 9
Format LP · Album
Country UK: England
Songs here 2 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — The Pop Group, For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?; cite each song by its SongID

For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?

1980 · Album · Rough Trade # ROUGH 9 · UK: England
2 songs from this release are in the archive, listed below in catalogue order. Track positions are not recorded; the release may carry other songs that do not reference the war.
Annotation
Post-Punk & Art Punk album from The Pop Group, formed 1978 in Bristol, UK, featuring Mark Stewart (vocals), Gareth Sager (guitar, saxophone), Bruce Smith (drums, percussion), John Waddington (guitar, 1978-81), Simon Underwood (bass, 1978-80), and Dan Catsis (bass, 1980-present). This album contained a couple anti-war songs referencing the Vietnam War. The first song "How Much Longer" (Rough Trade Records # ROUGH 9), criticised apathy towards war: "what's pathetic is our apathy" , wondering why "we tolerate mass murder" . The lyrics looked at the economics of war, noting "hell of a lot of money to be made from wars" . Direclty-related to Vietnam, the song called the US incursion into Cambodia in 1970 a war crime: "Nixon and Kissinger should be tried for war crimes for the secret bombing of Cambodia" - of course a reference to President Richard Nixon and his National Security Adviser / Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the time of the incursion.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collections
Songs from this release appear in these 3 curated collections.
The songs
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1980 · Album · Rough Trade # ROUGH 9 · Bristol, UK · For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?

Post-Punk and Art Punk group, formed in 1978 in Bristol, England, UK, disbanded in 1981 and reformed in 2010; members included Mark Stewart (vocals), Gareth Sager (guitar, saxophone), John Waddington (guitar), Simon Underwood (bass), Dan Catsis (bass) and Bruce Smith (drums, percussion).

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1980 · Album · Rough Trade # ROUGH 9 · Bristol, UK · For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?

Post-Punk and Art Punk group, formed in 1978 in Bristol, England, UK, disbanded in 1981 and reformed in 2010; members included Mark Stewart (vocals), Gareth Sager (guitar, saxophone), John Waddington (guitar), Simon Underwood (bass), Dan Catsis (bass) and Bruce Smith (drums, percussion).