Barrelhouse Cam in Vietnam
1989 · BAR 6 · Blackpool, UK: England
- Artist
- Crackousrockanroll
- Title
- Barrelhouse Cam in Vietnam
- Release
- Back Home / Barrelhouse Cam in Vietnam
- Year
- 1989
- Label
- BAR # 6
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Blackpool, UK: England
- Songwriter
- K. Heaney
- Genre
- Rock · Punk Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Punk Rock band Crackousrockanroll, from Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, which featured in its line-up Gash Riprock (vocals), Jethro D. Bullsmore (guitar, fiddle), Vicious 'Ike' Pigswill (bass, guitar, fiddle), Quart Manly (drums), and Judge Swampsnake (guitar, fiddle). Its only released would seem to be this single, which included the song "Barrelhouse Cam in Vietnam" (BAR 6), which referenced Saigon, Laos, Mekong Delta, and the Viet Cong or "VC" - the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Vietnamese: Mặt trận Dân tộc Giải phóng Miền Nam Việt Nam) (NLFSV or NLF), the political and military resistance to the US and South Vietnamese government from within South Vietnam.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: ...In old Saigon / Lets get some action with the Vietcong / The Mekong Delta to the borders of Laos / The sound of rumbling every damn house... / This little place is called Vietnam...
Notes
BAR 6, silver one-sided label marked "One Side", stereo, 45 RPM, ℗ + © 1989 Crackousrockanroll, made in France; "1. Back Home" (Martin/Coulter), EMI Music Publishing Ltd, and "2. Barrelhouse Cam in Vietnam" (K. Heaney), Bunko Squad Publishing; produced by Crackousrockanroll & Carl Stipetic. The front sleeve shows a black-and-white photograph of a football match goalmouth in front of a packed stand with Cinzano and Martini advertising. The back has a band photograph by Shaun Offshotgun Kenny and lists the members as Gash Riprock (vocals), Jethro D. Bullsmore (guit fiddle), Vicious "Ike" Pigswill (bass guit fiddle), Quirt Manley (drums + boing) and Judge Swampsnake (guit fiddle); engineered by Carl Stipetic, recorded at In A City Studio, 152 Canal Road, Bradford, artwork and design by Georgio Maurauder, management Nobby Rocker. A note by Paul Swinnerton of the HTB fanzine says this is the…
About the artist
English act based in Blackpool, Lancashire. [Source: Discogs]