Post Office Bomb
1994 · Artichoke 1 · USA
- Artist
- MK Ultra
- Title
- Post Office Bomb
- Release
- MK Ultra
- Year
- 1994
- Label
- Artichoke # 1
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Rock · Indie Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Indie rock group, formed in 1994 in San Francisco, California, USA, disbanded in 1999, comprised of John Vanderslice, Jon Merker, Jordan Newhouse, and Matt Torrey. They released the song "Post Office Bomb" (Artichoke Records # 000001). This was an anti-establishment piece, which made several historical references, such as to the third president of the US Thomas Jefferson, the communist revolution in Russia in 1917, and high profile protests in the 60s and 70s: "Paris 68, Rome 70, Chicago 68, 1917, small bombs are better than none".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: At sundown / Grab your gun / And C4 / I've staked it out / We're gonna bomb the local post office / We'll fight for our father's original intention / Here comes the bloody revolution / At sundown / I'll set the bomb / When it goes off / We'll be in Canada / I'm sick of dreaming of the better days: / Paris 68, Rome 70, Chicago 68, 1917 / Small bombs are better than none / When Jefferson returned to Monticello / And the railroads and banks had moved in / He cried: "What we feared is happening again" / If it was up to them / They'd suspend the constitution / And all deviants would be high strung / This I call treason / At sundown / Kill your nerves / And say goodbye / To who you were / Leaving trains are all the same / Gotta move fast / Gotta think fast /Gotta move like the minutemen / After the bomb blast
About the artist
Formed 1994, San Francisco, California, USA. Disbanded 1999