Album
The Empire Strikes First
2004 · Rock
14 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Empire Strikes First is a Punk album by Bad Religion, originally released in 2004. On Gatefold: 25 pressings tracked, owned by 14 collectors.
About
Released at the low ebb of the George W. Bush years, <i>The Empire Strikes First</i> is a deliciously satisfying but bittersweet entry in the Bad Religion catalog, marking the point when American politics caught up to the dystopian warnings that Bad Religion had been singing about for 20 years. The atrocities of the War on Terror fueled Bad Religion's creativity and helped the band produce some of its best material in years, including “Atheist Peace,” “Let Them Eat War," and “The Empire Strikes First,” a fight song for the utterly disgusted and dispossessed. “To Another Abyss” might contain the darkest lyrics of any Bad Religion song, but is also expresses vulnerability—you can hear that singer Greg Graffin is beyond the point of sloganeering and has been pushed to emotional pain by the corrosive decisions of his government. The album’s essential song is “Boot Stamping on a Human Face Forever,” which references a quote by writer George Orwell: "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Overture
- A2Sinister Rouge
- A3Social Suicide
- A4Atheist Peace
- A5All There Is
- A6Los Angeles Is Burning
- A7Let Them Eat War
- A8God's Love
Side B
- B1To Another Abyss
- B2The Quickening
- B3The Empire Strikes First
- B4Beyond Electric Dreams
- B5Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever
- B6Live Again (The Fall Of Man)
Sound DNA
- Punk
- Punk Rock
- heavy
- defiant
- political
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Atticus RossMUSICIAN , PROGRAMMED BY PROGRAMMED BY
- Brett GurewitzBAND , GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS GUITAR GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
- Brian BakerBAND , GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS GUITAR GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
- Brooks WackermanBAND , DRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Greg GraffinBAND , VOCALS VOCALS
- Greg HetsonBAND , GUITAR GUITAR
- Jay BentleyBAND , BASS, BACKING VOCALS BASS BASS, BACKING VOCALS
- Claude SarneMUSICIAN , CHOIR, SOPRANO VOCALS SOPRANO VOCALS VOCALS
- Dave BraggerMUSICIAN , VIOLIN
- David BraggerVIOLIN
- John GintyELECTRIC ORGAN MUSICIAN , ELECTRIC ORGAN ORGAN
- Leopold RossMUSICIAN , ELECTRONICS
- Mike CampbellGUITAR MUSICIAN , GUITAR
- Sage FrancisMUSICIAN , GUEST, VOCALS VOCALS
- SublimeFEATURING
14 collectors on Gatefold own this · 25 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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