Disrupters

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. (1) (2) (3)

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

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).

Themes

Napalm

In collections

European Songs · Punk Songs