Heaven, Purgatory, Vietnam
2006 · Chainsaw KUDG CD 001 · Ribnica, Slovenia
- Artist
- Golliwog
- Title
- Heaven, Purgatory, Vietnam
- Release
- More Than Meets D.I.Y.
- Year
- 2006
- Label
- Chainsaw # KUDG CD 001
- Format
- Album
- Country
- Ribnica, Slovenia
- Genre
- Rock · Punk Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Punk Rock group formed in 1998 in Ribnica, Slovenia. Its membership featured Saša Hrovatin (vocals, guitar, trumpet), Vid Trdan (guitar, backing vocals), Matej Oven (bass, backing vocals), and Jure Pucelj (drums). This album contained the song "Heaven / Purgatory / Vietnam" (Chainsaw # KUDG CD 001) which took an anti-war war, anti-US position, looking back at "Vietnam 1974", where the US government sought to implement "the American way". Its main focus was on criticising the US President Richard Nixon: "what has Nixon done...58,000 Santa-soldiers gone". It also referenced the Watergate scandal, suggesting that it was of little significance compared to the war: "what was so called Watergate affair? I don’t know and I don’t care".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Slovenia, Europe