Vietnam is Back 94
1994 · Havoc HC7003 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Artist
- Aus-Rotten
- Title
- Vietnam is Back 94
- Release
- Fuck Nazi Sympathy
- Year
- 1994
- Label
- Havoc # HC7003
- Format
- 7" · EP
- Language
- English
- Country
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Genre
- Punk · Hardcore Punk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Hardcore Punk group formed in August 1991, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. They disbanded in 2001. Core members included Dave Trenga (vocals), Ajax (guitar), Eric Good (guitar), Corey Lyons (bass), with several different drummers. The song "Vietnam Is Back '94" (Havoc Records # HC7003), like many post-war tracks, used Vietnam as a benchmark to evaluate contemporary conflicts: "fighting another war at our cost...Vietnam is back". The lyrics took an anti-war position: "don't support any fucking war". No specific war is mentioned, and there were of course dozens of ongoing conflicts around the world, although this could be in reference to the high-profile US bombing of Bosnia in 1994, said to be for the prevention of "ethnic cleansing" perpetrated by Serbs in the region. The US also sent troops to join a NATO peacekeeping force.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: They're fighting another war at our cost... / Bodies fill the bloody streets... / They want another war... Vietnam is back / Barricades and tear gas to keep us all in line... / They make themselves seem innocent... / They want another war...Vietnam is back / Stand up against the mass... / Don't support them anymore / Don't support any fucking war / They want another war...Vietnam is back
Notes
Side A label, printed over a photograph of a shouting singer, carries typed strips reading "Tuesday, May 18th, 1993" and "Vietnam Is Back '94". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American anarcho-punk band formed 1991 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [Source: Wikipedia]