Agent Orange

Annotation

Thrash Metal group, formed in 1984, in Frankfurt, Germany, and disbanded in 1991. Members included Adrian Hahn (vocals, bass), Andy Ergün (guitar), Lario (guitar), Stefan Arnold (drums), Andi Reichert (bass) David Hoffman (bass, guitar). The song "Agent Orange" (No Remorse Records # NRR 1007) combined the issues of the the defoliant / herbicide used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, which had long tern negative health effects, and the My Lai massacre - the mass murder of between 300-500 civilians in the South Vietnamese area known as "Pinkville", containing the hamlets, known as My Lai 4 and My Khe 4, and throughout the area of Song My, by US forces on 16 March 1968. The vivid lyrics conjured the familiar images used to portray the Vietnam conflict, including the helicopters and jungles: "caged into the chopper, crossing the green". It recalled the reasons for fighting: "patriotic to fight for stars and stripes, heroic left his home to invade a land". However, there are no more "war games", as they are in the "hell of Vietnam". The soldier is then "trying to forget Operation My Lai", and noted "it's been hard to watch 'em die", also the narrator also expressed a cold side…

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

About the artist

Thrash Metal group, formed in 1984 in Frankfurt, Germany, disbanded 1991. Members included Adrian Hahn (vocals, bass), Andy Ergün (guitar), Lario (guitar), Stefan Arnold (drums), Andi Reichert (bass), David Hoffman (bass, guitar).

Themes

Agent Orange · My Lai · Helicopter · Jungle · Vet · Flag · Calley-Chaos · Anti-Calley · Combat

In collections

European Songs · Metal Songs · My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs