Napalm
1983 · Radical Change RCLP1 · Norwich, UK: England
- Artist
- Disrupters
- Title
- Napalm
- Release
- Unrehearsed Wrongs
- Year
- 1983
- Label
- Radical Change # RCLP1
- Format
- LP · Album
- Country
- Norwich, UK: England
- Genre
- Punk · Anarcho Punk · Punk Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Disrupters, an Anarcho-Punk group, sub-genre of Punk Rock, formed in 1980, in Norwich, Norfolk, UK. Its members included: Steve Hansell (vocals), Kevin Wymer (drums), Paul Greener (guitar), Steve Hough (bass), Andrew Gibson (guitar), Tim Perkins (bass), Prem Nick (spoken word), Steve Hardy (guitar), Mash (bass). The song "Napalm" (Radical Change Records # RCLP1) was about the use of chemical weapon Napalm B during the Vietnam War - a jellied gasoline mixture, with polystyrene, benzene, and gasoline. Declared a war-crime since 1980, the US government extensively used this weapon during the Vietnam conflict, dropping 388,000 tons on Indochina between 1963 and 1973.123Sources1Napalm: An American Biography (Robert M. Neer, 2013)↩2Times Higher Education: Napalm an american biography by robert m neer↩3Napalm, An American Biography (book website)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Punk Songs
Disrupters, an Anarcho-Punk group, sub-genre of Punk Rock, formed in 1980, in Norwich, Norfolk, UK. Its members included: Steve Hansell (vocals), Kevin Wymer (drums), Paul Greener (guitar), Steve Hough (bass), Andrew Gibson (guitar), Tim Perkins (bass), Prem Nick (spoken word), Steve Hardy (guitar), Mash (bass). The song "Napalm" (Radical Change Records # RCLP1) was about the use of chemical weapon Napalm B during the Vietnam War - a jellied gasoline mixture, with polystyrene, benzene, and gasoline. Declared a war-crime since 1980, the US government extensively used this weapon during the Vietnam conflict, dropping 388,000 tons on Indochina between 1963 and 1973.123 Sources1Napalm: An American Biography (Robert M. Neer, 2013)↩2Times Higher Education: Napalm an american biography by robert m neer↩3Napalm, An American Biography (book website)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: We've got some napalm.... we'll bomb your village... and spill your guts / We want to hear you scream... / We are the master race... You haven't got too long / We've got some napalm / Napalm / Napalm / Napalm...
About the artist
Anarcho-Punk group, a sub-genre of Punk Rock, formed in 1980 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK; members included Steve Hansell (vocals), Paul Greener (guitar), Andrew Gibson (guitar), Steve Hardy (guitar), Steve Hough (bass), Tim Perkins (bass), Mash (bass), Prem Nick (spoken word) and Kevin Wymer (drums).