Agent Orange
1982 · Carnage Benelux KILL 2 · Peterborough, UK: England
- Artist
- Destructors
- Title
- Agent Orange
- Release
- Religion! There is No Religion!
- Year
- 1982
- Label
- Carnage Benelux # KILL 2
- Format
- EP
- Language
- English
- Country
- Peterborough, UK: England
- Genre
- Rock · Punk Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
This UK82 band, a sub-genre of Hardcore Punk, originally formed in 1977 in Peterborough, UK, featuring Alan Adams (vocals, bass), Neil Singleton (vocals), Andy McDonald (drums), Andy Jackson (guitar), Dave Ithermee (guitar), Graham Butts (guitar). Also known as "Destructors 666". Between 1980-1984 they released a series of singles and EPs on political and religious themes, dealing with Reagan and Thatcherite policies, and looking back at the past. In 1982 they released the song "Agent Orange" about the Vietnam War, on the EP Religion! There is No Religion! (Carnage Benelux # kill 2). Their 1984 compilation The Destructors: A Final Testament (Carnage Benelux # kill 666) said "Bomb Hanoi, Bomb Saigon" on its front cover. In 2005, Alan Adams reformed the band in Peterborough, working with many different musicians across many albums.1 In 2010 they released the song "Kent State Reprobate" on the album Dead Beat to White Heat.. On this release is the anti-war song "Agent Orange" (Carnage Benelux # KILL 2), a reference to the defoliant / herbicide used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, which had long term negative health effects on the Vietnamese and US soldier whom came into contact with the chemical: "you’re victim of chemical warfare... Agent Orange pollutes the waters, and deforms your sons and daughters". The lyrics also reference napalm: "napalm will burn all around, you’re victim of American aggression" - chemical weapon Napalm B - a jellied gasoline mixture, with polystyrene, benzene, and gasoline. Declared a war-crime since 1980, the US government extensively used this weapon during the Vietnam conflict, dropping 388,000 tons on Indochina between 1963 and 1973.123 These themes are frequently referenced in post-war songs. This song was covered by Tarnfarbe in 1984 on the album Heroes of Today, discussed below.Sources1destructors666.com (archived copy)↩2Times Higher Education: Napalm an american biography by robert m neer↩3Napalm, An American Biography (book website)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Punk Songs
This UK82 band, a sub-genre of Hardcore Punk, originally formed in 1977 in Peterborough, UK, featuring Alan Adams (vocals, bass), Neil Singleton (vocals), Andy McDonald (drums), Andy Jackson (guitar), Dave Ithermee (guitar), Graham Butts (guitar). Also known as "Destructors 666". Between 1980-1984 they released a series of singles and EPs on political and religious themes, dealing with Reagan and Thatcherite policies, and looking back at the past. In 1982 they released the song "Agent Orange" about the Vietnam War, on the EP Religion! There is No Religion! (Carnage Benelux # kill 2). Their 1984 compilation The Destructors: A Final Testament (Carnage Benelux # kill 666) said "Bomb Hanoi, Bomb Saigon" on its front cover. In 2005, Alan Adams reformed the band in Peterborough, working with many different musicians across many albums.1 In 2010 they released the song "Kent State Reprobate" on the album Dead Beat to White Heat.. On this release is the anti-war song "Agent Orange" (Carnage Benelux # KILL 2), a reference to the defoliant / herbicide used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, which had long term negative health effects on the Vietnamese and US soldier whom came into contact with the chemical: "you’re victim of chemical warfare... Agent Orange pollutes the waters, and deforms your sons and daughters". The lyrics also reference napalm: "napalm will burn all around, you’re victim of American aggression" - chemical weapon Napalm B - a jellied gasoline mixture, with polystyrene, benzene, and gasoline. Declared a war-crime since 1980, the US government extensively used this weapon during the Vietnam conflict, dropping 388,000 tons on Indochina between 1963 and 1973.123 These themes are frequently referenced in post-war songs. This song was covered by Tarnfarbe in 1984 on the album Heroes of Today, discussed below. Sources1destructors666.com (archived copy)↩2Times Higher Education: Napalm an american biography by robert m neer↩3Napalm, An American Biography (book website)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Warplanes in the sky and you wonder why / Because when the bomb hits the ground / The napalm will burn all around / You’re victim of American aggression / You’re victim of chemical warfare / You’re victim of technological oppression / You’re victim of push-button warfare / For total war civilian stands / In the centre of the battleground / And this insidious chemical warfare / Will ultimately affect his welfare / And children with flesh burnt to the bones / Ruining your TV-dinners in your homes / And with your taxes you pay for carnage / And to your armed forces paid homage / Agent Orange pollutes the waters / And deforms your sons and daughters / But you hide it from your eyes / And cover it with government lies / And sleep happy in your beds / And never think about the dead
About the artist
English punk band formed in the late 1970s in Peterborough, England. [Source: Wikipedia]