The NO WTO COMBO "Live from the Battle in Seattle" Alternative Tentacles VIRUS 250 CD 2000 (44:24)
Battle
in Seattle (15:02)
Let's Lynch the Landlord (3:42)
New
Feudalism (4:16)
Electronic Plantation (4:55)
Full
Metal Jackoff (16:29)
There's no way a protest against the WTO (World Trade
Organization) is going down without Jello Biafra getting involved.
Jello has helped expose the evils of corporations and government for over
20 years through spoken word and music. This past December, Biafra
and makeshift band Krist Novoselic (Nirvana, Sweet 75), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
and Gina Mainwal (Sweet 75) performed live, amidst a sea of cops and tear
gas, for some of the 40-50,000 protesters at the "Battle in Seattle".
The introductory track is a fifteen minute spoken ramble by Biafra explaining
the importance and details of the protest and various other related tangents.
Of the 4 songs, 2 are new and 2 are old. The band, who were raised
on old school punk, do justice to the Dead Kennedy's classic "Let's Lynch
the Landlord" and the 16+ minute Biafra/D.O.A. epic "Full Metal Jackoff".
The new songs "New Feudalism" and "Electronic Plantation" are fast punk
rock anthems that lyrically attack the WTO and big business practices.
The 26 page booklet contains all the lyrics (some updated for the year
2000), liner notes of the happenings by Biafra and Novoselic, information
on the WTO courtesy of the Institute for Consumer Responsibility and photos
of the band and protesters in action. It's a shame there isn't any
multimedia footage of the band and/or protest on the cd itself. The
NO WTO Combo helped make a little bit of history, in style, and this cd
does a great
job of documenting it and informing the public (myself
included) beyond the agendas of the mainstream media ...
Where did I get this cd? - mail order via CD World.