Name: Die for the Government
Brand: Cleopatra
SKU: 30011056
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Die for the Government

Rating

Album: Die for the Government
#	Song Title		Time
1)	You'd Do the Same	More Info...	0:02
2)	You've Got to Die for the Government	More Info...	0:03
3)	Drink Drank Punk	More Info...	0:01
4)	Rotten Future	More Info...	0:02
5)	Safe Tonight	More Info...	0:02
6)	Red, White and Brainwashed	More Info...	0:02
7)	Davey Destroyed the Punk Scene	More Info...	0:02
8)	Summer Squatter Go Home	More Info...	0:03
9)	She's My Little Go Go Dancer	More Info...	0:02
10)	Police State in the USA	More Info...	0:02
11)	Punk By the Book	More Info...	0:02
12)	Fuck Police Brutality	More Info...	0:02
13)	I'm Being Watched By the CIA	More Info...	0:02
14)	Kill the Rich	More Info...	0:03
15)	No More Dead	More Info...	0:03
16)	Confused Youth	More Info...	0:04
17)	Your Daddy Was a Rich Man, Your Daddy's Fucking Dead	More Info...	0:02

Album: Die for the Government
#	Song Title		Time
1)	You'd Do the Same	More Info...	0:02
2)	You've Got to Die for the Government	More Info...	0:03
3)	Drink Drank Punk	More Info...	0:01
4)	Rotten Future	More Info...	0:02
5)	Safe Tonight	More Info...	0:02
6)	Red, White and Brainwashed	More Info...	0:02
7)	Davey Destroyed the Punk Scene	More Info...	0:02
8)	Summer Squatter Go Home	More Info...	0:03
9)	She's My Little Go Go Dancer	More Info...	0:02
10)	Police State in the USA	More Info...	0:02
11)	Punk By the Book	More Info...	0:02
12)	Fuck Police Brutality	More Info...	0:02
13)	I'm Being Watched By the CIA	More Info...	0:02
14)	Kill the Rich	More Info...	0:03
15)	No More Dead	More Info...	0:03
16)	Confused Youth	More Info...	0:04
17)	Your Daddy Was a Rich Man, Your Daddy's Fucking Dead	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Anti-Flag: Justin Sane (vocals, guitar); Andy Flag (vocals, bass); Pat Thetic
(drums).
Personnel: Justin Sane (vocals, guitar); Andy Flag (vocals); Pat Thetic (drums); Mike Armstrong, Dan Druff, Anne Flag, Andy Wheeler, Jason DeCosta, Ricky "Reagan" Wright, Jason Angst, Disco Crisis, Dan D. Lion, Sybrina Crisis, Snotty Queer, Mike Poisel (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Dave Grenier.
Recording information: Andy's Basement.
Photographer: Shelia Ali.
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