Thursday, January 28, 2010

Anti-Flag: Die for the Government

(New Red Archives, 1996)

"Punk by the book"

Discovery: Anti-Flag was another one of those bands that as a young kid first getting into punk rock and politics, I couldn't avoid hearing about or getting into. I have a random collection of their albums, but they always put on a great live show, and ignite some of that old punk rock angst even in their (and my) ripe age.

Result: This album was AF's debut, and would set the tone for many, many angry punk rock records full of anthems complete with plenty of gang-vocal chants about various injustices in the world. I find Anti-Flag a bit much these days so I don't really listen to them that often, but the times I've seen them in recent years have still been pretty fun.

Stand-out Tracks: "Drink Drank Punk", "She's My Little GoGo Dancer", "Punk by the Book"


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