Vietnam
1984 · Fundamental SAVE-1 · USA
- Artist
- Shockabilly
- Title
- Vietnam
- Release
- Vietnam
- Year
- 1984
- Label
- Fundamental # SAVE-1
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Punk · Psychobilly
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
A short lived New York noise rock band (1982-1985), led by Eugene Chadbourne, which did an interesting cover of the John Lee Hooker song I Don't Want to Go to Vietnam, mixed with news extracts played faintly in the background. A very politically charged album (Fundamental # SAVE-1), it used Vietnam to remind the listeners of the possible consequences of US foreign interventions. They linked the war to Ronald Reagan's involvement with Nicaragua and Iran.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Punk Songs
A short lived New York noise rock / Psychobilly band (a sub-genre of Punk Rock) (1982-1985), led by Eugene Chadbourne, which did an interesting cover of the John Lee Hooker song I Don't Want to Go to Vietnam, mixed with news extracts played faintly in the background. A very politically charged album (Fundamental # SAVE-1), it used Vietnam to remind the listeners of the possible consequences of US foreign interventions. They linked the war to Ronald Reagan's involvement with Nicaragua and Iran.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Shockabilly was an American avant-rock trio from New York City - Eugene Chadbourne (guitar, vocals), Mark Kramer (bass, organ) and David Licht (drums) - active 1982-1985 across four studio albums on Rough Trade and Fundamental plus a 1990 live album. The album "Vietnam" (Fundamental Music, 1984) is confirmed in the documented discography. Date recorded as fact. [Source: Wikipedia]