P.O.W.M.I.A.
2003 · Pagan Flames PFEP 002 · Massachusetts
- Artist
- War Plague
- Title
- P.O.W.M.I.A.
- Release
- Government Issued Murder
- Year
- 2003
- Label
- Pagan Flames # PFEP 002
- Format
- EP
- Country
- Massachusetts, USA
- Songwriter
- Mark
- Genre
- Metal · Thrash Metal
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Thrash Metal group War Plague, formed in 2002 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Its members were: Markymetal (vocals, guitar), Bazooka Joe (vocals, guitar), and Tripwire (vocals, drums). The song "P.O.W.M.I.A." (Pagan Flames Productions # PFEP 002) propagated the myth that many US soldiers remained in Vietnam as P.O.W.s, as seen in a spate of early 80s films, such as First Blood [Rambo] (1982), Uncommon Valor (1983), and Missing in Action (1984), and represented in dozens of songs in the post-war period, containing the line: "an end to America's involvement in Vietnam cannot come before we have achieved the fullest possible accounting of those missing in action".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Nuclear winter, bio terror / Missing in action / Under the radar / Installations / Ammunition / Propaganda / Prisoners of War / Mortals drown in blood / 'An end to America's involvement in Vietnam cannot come before we have achieved the fullest possible accounting of those missing in action' / Vultures / Conquest / Torment / Ovens on / Icons dethroned / Air raid / Ground attack / Troops engage / Sacrifice / Take by force / Cross the enemy lines / 'We are once again fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution but from annihilation'
Notes
Pagan Flames Productions, PO Box 11653, Cedar Rapids, IA 52410-1653, "2006 Pagan Flames Productions"; sides titled "Side War" ("One Mission (To Kill, Combat, and Destroy)", "Advance", "Feeding Worms") and "Side Plague" ("P.O.W.M.I.A.", "War Head", and the bonus track "And War Did Rage", demo version, written by Joe Robidoux); plain white labels with the War Plague crosshair logo. "All songs written recorded and produced by Mark", mastered at Ultrasound 2002-2003, cover art by Mark, layout by Syntax Imagery; contact [email protected]. The front cover painting shows a helmeted skeleton riding a shark-mouthed fighter plane, gripping two pentagram-marked bombs, over a burning landscape; the back prints all the lyrics beside a drawing of a sniper, with the slogan "This is cold violent noise". The "P.O.W.M.I.A." lyric quotes "An end to America's involvement in Vietnam cannot come before we…
About the artist
Thrash Metal group, formed in 2002 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Members: Markymetal (vocals, guitar), Bazooka Joe (vocals, guitar), Tripwire (vocals, drums).