Saigon to El Salvador
1987 · Big Home BHP 994 · Australia
- Artist
- La Sect Rouge
- Title
- Saigon to El Salvador
- Release
- Viva La Sect Rouge
- Year
- 1987
- Label
- Big Home # BHP 994
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
- Songwriter
- L.S.R.
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Garage Punk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Obscure Australian underground garage punk group from the 80s, based on the Sydney scene.1 This album contained the following credits: Chris Beaky (bass), Adam Spleen (drums), and Tont Shakin Bones (aka A.C. Pavey) (guitar, vocals). It contained the song "Saigon to El Salvador" (Big Home Productions # BHP 994)..Sources1last.fm: La Sect Rouge↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Australian & New Zealand Songs
Obscure Australian underground Garage Punk group from the 80s, based on the Sydney scene.1 This album contained the following credits: Chris Beaky (bass), Adam Spleen (drums), and Tont Shakin Bones (aka A.C. Pavey) (guitar, vocals). It contained the song "Saigon to El Salvador" (Big Home Productions # BHP 994) which opposed US interventions under Ronald Reagan, as indicated in the title of the song, a reference to US involvement in the Salvadoran Civil War.2 The narrator noted that "America's fighting another bloody war".Sources1last.fm: La Sect Rouge↩2Wikipedia: Salvadoran Civil War↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: From Saigon to El Salvador, America's fighting another bloody war / Some kind of witch-hunt to even some old score / I seen and heard your word before / The rivers runs red... / From Saigon to El Salvador... / This time be the last time / Seems I've heard those word before... / Round and round, around the world... / America fighting a bloody war
Notes
BHP 994, made in Australia; hand-lettered red label and sleeve, "All songs L.S.R ©87", label code "MX300239". Tracklist: Everbody, Junk Baby, King Cane Toad, Saigon to El Salvador (track 4), Zombie Bar-B-Q, Prisoner, Bundle 'O' Joy, Mad Dog, Bin Thinkin, Dreams Turn to Dust, Death Row, God Bless America. Front cover "Viva La' Sect Rouge" with a high-contrast live photo of the band; back with a red-tinted band photo framed by drawn totem designs. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Sydney, Australia
Themes
In collections
Australian & New Zealand Songs · Garage Rock Songs · Punk Songs