Die for the Government

by Anti-Flag

Overview

Admittedly, it's strange that an old school-sounding punk trio would criticize punk scene denizens thusly: "Covered in leather, or plaid patches, or metal studs/Your hair is dyed or spiked with glue/You only talk to those who look and act the way you do/You scoff at how the cops treat you/But they're no worse than dicks like you!" ("Punk by the Book"). It's even more strange in light of Anti-Flag's Discharge/Rancid haircuts, a dog collar, and even a shirt that says "destroy." But since they point out that what you think is more important than how you dress, fair enough, because they carry on a more crucial custom: warning MTV-polluted, 85-TV-channel youth that punk means doing something productive instead of being passive or getting drunk and into fights, and becoming aware of politics and history is a prerequisite before bitching about the government (such as the Pentagon's attempts to pretend there is no Gulf War syndrome, as Anti-Flag points out). Criticism from within is the only kind that's listened to. As well, on songs such as "Safe Tonight" and "Police State in the U.S.A.," Anti-Flag tosses up the kind of vintage, early-'80s, So-Cal, melodic punk that B.Y.O., Frontier, Posh Boy, and other labels specialized in, and a ska song is welcome. ~ Jack Rabid

Product Details

Release Date:	11/13/2012
Label:	Cleopatra
UPC:	0741157955422
Rank:	84355

Tracks

1. You'd Do the Same
2. You've Got To Die For the Government
3. Drink Drank Punk
4. Rotten Future
5. Safe Tonight
6. Red White and Brainwashed
7. Davey Destroyed the Punk Scene
8. Summer Squatter Go Home
9. She's My Little Go Go Dancer
10. Police State In the USA
11. Punk By the Book
12. Fuck Police Brutality
13. I'm Being Watched By the Cia
14. Kill the Rich
15. No More Dead
16. Confused Youth
17. Your Daddy Was a Rich Man, Your Daddy's Fucking Dead

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Anti-Flag   Primary Artist
Pat Thetic   Drums
Justin Sane   Guitar,Vocals
Mike Armstrong   Vocals (Background)
Anne Flag   Vocals (Background)
Andy Wheeler   Vocals (Background)
Jason DeCosta   Vocals (Background)
Ricky "Reagan" Wright   Vocals (Background)
Andy Flag   Bass,Vocals

Technical Credits

Joe West   Producer,Engineer
Anti-Flag   Engineer,Producer
Andy Wright   Mixing
Chick   Artwork
Shelia Ali   Photography
John Joh   Artwork
Keriann "The Sneetch" Martin   Artwork
Alex Submachine   Artwork