War Widows Vietnam
2011 · Fat FAT769-2 · New York
- Artist
- Star Fucking Hipsters
- Title
- War Widows Vietnam
- Release
- From the Dumpster to the Grave
- Year
- 2011
- Label
- Fat # FAT769-2
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York, USA
- Genre
- Punk · Punk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Punk Rock band formed in 2005 in New York, USA. It had a revolving line-up, but led by Stza (aka Scott Sturgeon). They released the anti-war song "War Widows Vietnam" (Fat Wreck Chords # FAT769-1), which looked at the toll of the war from the Vietnamese home front perspective, "from Da-Nang to Saigon...two hundred thousand dead", noting the widows left behind. The narrator placed the blame on the "profiteers from the White House to the fucking Pentagon". The song also noted the widows and parents in the US who lost family: "waste of their sons in a case, draped in red, white and blue".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American punk band formed 2005 in New York City. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
Anti-Government · Anti-War · Flag · Grenade · Saigon