In Vietnam
2001 · Disaster 9005 · USA
- Artist
- Duane Peters and the Hunns
- Title
- In Vietnam
- Release
- Tickets to Heaven
- Year
- 2001
- Label
- Disaster # 9005
- Format
- Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Rock · Punk Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Duane Peters - well-known Punk Rock artist from the group U.S. Bombs, based in Los Angeles, California, USA. The song "In Vietnam" (Disaster Records # Disaster 9005) looked at a disabled Vietnam veteran: "36 years in a wheelchair, lost his leg in Da Nang", who was mistreated on his return to the US: "mud thrown on his face" - this can be considered a reference to the famous "spitting image", although no actual incidents have been documented, and this is considered to be a myth.12 The song also continued the post-war trend of referencing Agent Orange: "Agent Orange is killing you" - 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.Sources1The New York Times: Myth spitting vietnam protester↩2Wikipedia: The Spitting Image↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Punk Songs
Duane Peters - well-known Punk Rock artist from the group U.S. Bombs, based in Los Angeles, California, USA. The song "In Vietnam" (Disaster Records # Disaster 9005) looked at a disabled Vietnam veteran: "36 years in a wheelchair, lost his leg in Da Nang", who was mistreated on his return to the US: "mud thrown on his face" - this can be considered a reference to the famous "spitting image", although no actual incidents have been documented, and this is considered to be a myth.12 The song also continued the post-war trend of referencing Agent Orange: "Agent Orange is killing you" - 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. Sources1The New York Times: Myth spitting vietnam protester↩2Wikipedia: The Spitting Image↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: He going to live 36 years in a wheelchair / Lost his leg in Da Nang / The Agent Orange is killing you / With the patriotic guts to serve... / His twin brother... seventeen, buried in a land... / In Vietnam / In Vietnam / In Vietnam / In Vietnam / Welcome home for Hank / The anti-war movement was slain / Moved from place to place / ...Mud thrown on his face... / Look what the US gave him / Didn't ask why... he's got to go off to war / In Vietnam... / He's looking over the city... / Lottery draft... / In Vietnan....
About the artist
Duane Peters and the Hunns were formed in Southern California in 2000 by Duane Peters (born 12 June 1961, Orange County, California), the professional skateboarder and frontman of the punk band U.S. Bombs. 'In Vietnam' is track 13 of their 2001 album Tickets To Heaven. [Source: Discogs; RateYourMusic; Wikipedia]
Themes
Agent Orange · Mistreatment of Vet · Disabled Vet · Spitting Image · Da Nang · Draft