Hysteria

Annotation

Alternative Metal group, formed in 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, consisting of Todd Smith [aka El-Creepo!] (vocals), Jasan Stepp (guitar), Tom Maxwell (guitar), David Cullen (bass), and Tommy Sickles (drums). The anti-war / protest song "Hysteria" (Razor to Wrist Records), about atomic destruction, contained the line: "bombs away, I love the smell of napalm in the morning... red skies and mushroom clouds". This was of course a passing reference to the film Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by the political liberal and dove Francis Ford Coppola. Captain Kilgore (Robert Duvall) of the Air Cavalry attacks a Vietcong held village while playing Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" on the loud speakers of his helicopter. Once on the ground, Kilgore strips of his shirt and scarf and prepares to go surfing with explosions and gunshots all around. As fighter jets bomb the forest behind the Vietcong village, Kilgore says happily "I love the smell of napalm in the morning….smells like victory". Thus, another example showing the impact of Vietnam War films on US culture.Dozens of songs are influenced by Apocalypse Now either in title or lyrics, especially the quote "smell of napalm in the moring". Here are a select few "Charlie Don't Surf" by The Clash on Sandinista! (1980) Napalm Beach" by The Five on Napalm Beach / Excite Me (1981) Beach Party Vietnam" by The Dead Milkmen on Eat Your Paisley! (1986) Rambo Rat" by The Queers on Grow Up (1990) The War in Vietnam" by New Scene on Technomakinita 2 (1991) Back to Nam EP" by Commando Alan Jamming Nam (1994) Wa Wa Zat!!" by David Lee Roth on DLR Band (1998) Vietnam" by Big Red on Big Redemption (1999) New World Disorder" by Biohazard on New World Disorder (1999) Napalm in the Morning" by Sodom on M-16 (2001) Hysteria" by Knives Out! on Black Mass Hysteria (2012)

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Metal Songs

Alternative Metal group, formed in 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, consisting of Todd Smith [aka El-Creepo!] (vocals), Jasan Stepp (guitar), Tom Maxwell (guitar), David Cullen (bass), and Tommy Sickles (drums). The anti-war / protest song "Hysteria" (Razor to Wrist Records), about atomic destruction, contained the line: "bombs away, I love the smell of napalm in the morning... red skies and mushroom clouds". This was of course a passing reference to the film Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by the political liberal and dove Francis Ford Coppola. Captain Kilgore (Robert Duvall) of the Air Cavalry attacks a Vietcong held village while playing Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" on the loud speakers of his helicopter. Once on the ground, Kilgore strips of his shirt and scarf and prepares to go surfing with explosions and gunshots all around. As fighter jets bomb the forest behind the Vietcong village, Kilgore says happily "I love the smell of napalm in the morning….smells like victory". Thus, another example showing the impact of Vietnam War films on US culture.Dozens of songs are influenced by Apocalypse Now either in title or lyrics, especially the quote "smell of napalm in the moring". Here are a select few:

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: In this after-school special / The children never make it home / Hysteria / Red skies and mushroom clouds / Hysteria / Nowhere to go from here / 21st century Armageddon is near / 21st century Armageddon is here / Panic, panic, panic / Relentless black mass hysteria / Panic, panic, panic / Armageddon till the break of dawn / Godspeed you tortured soul / Broken, bruised and beaten / Riding a headless horse / Into a non-stop suicide / Go write your eulogy in blood / All over the bathroom walls / Constantly cursed and denied / Please have mercy on me, master.... / Bombs away / I love the smell of napalm in the morning / Floating in limbo / Hysteria / Red skies and mushroom clouds / Hysteria / Nowhere to go from here / Do you remember what you said / When you were speaking to the dead / Please have mercy on me, master / You're my only friend / And the walls are closing in / Sinking deeper into hopeless oblivion / Shy away the snake / Your virtue is far more poisonous / And deadlier than he ever was / Death valley summer swelter... / Goodnight, sleep well my love / There's nothing left to die for / In death I am eternal / And one day it will arrive / To shine a homeward beacon / To be reborn into the light In this after-school special / The children never make it home / Hysteria / Red skies and mushroom clouds / Hysteria / Nowhere to go from here / 21st century Armageddon is near / 21st century Armageddon is here / Panic, panic, panic / Relentless black mass hysteria /…

About the artist

Alternative Metal group, formed in 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Todd Smith [El-Creepo!] (vocals), Jasan Stepp (guitar), Tom Maxwell (guitar), David Cullen (bass), Tommy Sickles (drums).

Themes

Anti-War · Atomic · Napalm · Apocalypse Now

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