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Quo Vadis?

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1.
Wenn ich wollte 1) Ich weiss ich könnte wenn ich wollte Richtig funktionieren Um erfolgreich einst zu sein Wie ihr es definiert Ich weiss ich könnte wenn ich wollte Scheisse gold anstreichen Den Gestank ignorierend Könnt ich reichlich abkassieren CH: Nein – Nein - Nein Aber nein, ich will es nicht Nein, ich verkauf mich nicht Verpiss dich Mit dem Karriere Angebot Nein, ich will es nicht Nein, ich verkauf mich nicht Am Ende frisst das Kapital Sonst mich und dich - uns alle auf! 2) Sozialvetrag kapier ich ja und hab auch nix dagegen mich selber einzubringen in diesem einen Leben doch will ich machen was mir passt und nicht nur eure scheisse entweder als Lohnsklave oder als Sklavenhalter CH: Nein – Nein - Nein Aber nein, ich will es nicht Nein, ich verkauf mich nicht Verpiss dich Mit dem Karriere Angebot Nein, ich will es nicht Nein, ich verkauf mich nicht Am Ende frisst das Kapital Sonst mich und dich - uns alle auf! Bridge/Outro: Total-Kapitalismus Frisst Leib und Willenskraft Kein Gewinn ohne Verlust Wer hat die hat der hat Ich Weiss ich könnte mit euch Pissern Golf spielen jeden Tag Ich könnte, doch ich tue es nicht Und darauf kommt es an ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If I (only) wanted 1) I know I could if I wanted Work properly To be successful once As you define it I know I could if I wanted Paint shit gold Ignoring the stench I could make shitloads of money CH: No no no But no, I do not want it No, I do not sell myself fuck off With the career offer No, I do not want it No, I do not sell myself Otherwise, 'the capital' eats me and you - all of us! 2) The social contract - I get it, yes and I have nothing against it to contribute to the common good in this one life but I want to do what suits me and not just your shit either as a wage slave or as a slave driver CH: No no no But no, I do not want it No, I do not sell myself fuck off With the career offer No, I do not want it No, I do not sell myself Otherwise, 'the capital' eats me and you - all of us! Bridge / Outro: Total Capitalism Eats body and willpower No profit without loss The one who has got it, has got it, has got it (wealth - hard to translate this sentence) I know I could play golf with you fuck heads everyday I could, but I do not do it And that is what counts
2.
Brick by Brick 1) Look at the run-down neighbourhoods Where the youth are crims and the parents are crooks Invisible walls prevent social change The meth-pipe ensures it stays this way CH) Brick by brick – they’ve built a wall No way to pass You’ll never be that tall Brick by brick – you must tear it down If you want a future If you want your future 2) Policy makers say things have to change “Get off the dole - that fixes it all” Fighting crime with criminalisation Their ‘guidance’ turns pipes into needles CH) Brick by Brick … 3) Prison gates – a revolving door The struggle with the law - the only constant you know They teach you skills for a life outside But outside has no future for these skills to be applied CH) Brick by Brick … Take it!
3.
Quo Vadis? 03:51
Quo Vadis? 1) Quo vadis stranger? - We would like to know Your trigger happy fellas - Come and won’t go Increasingly – We’re getting somewhat uneasy As you shoot our people - Whilst you take our sea view --- Quo vadis stranger? - We would like to know Stories of atrocities - Travel ahead of you Now you’re taking our land - Hundreds of miles from the shores We resist but often lose - Got nowhere else to go CH: No No No bloody sympathy For colonial Nazi-like history No No No bloody sympathy For a nation’s racist story in its infancy There is no pride in colonialism It’s a pile of shit – bloody deal with it There is no pride in colonialism Stop the dirty laundry whitewash of your murderous history 2) Romantic stories - of the pioneers Really mean displacement - and it won’t go away Memories of rape and murder – won’t go away It was war out at the frontier – the invaders stayed - Genocidal aspirations - for the cause For the colonial project - with rifle and horse Killing with violence - killing with disease White supremacy still rules – way too many destinies CH: No No No bloody sympathy For colonial Nazi-like history No No No bloody sympathy For a nation’s racist story in its infancy There is no pride in colonialism It’s a pile of shit – bloody deal with it There is no pride in colonialism Stop the dirty laundry whitewash of your murderous history + one more chorus +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This song is about the implications of settler colonialism - a history that should not be celebrated. The colonisation of Australia was only possible due to the then prevailing white supremacist attitudes of Mother England and the rest of Western Europe. History needs to be known, history is important, history is bloody interesting but celebrating any aspects of (Australian) settler colonialism is each time a slap in the face of indigenous Australia and as such just wrong. The Brits' attitudes were more or less the same attitudes that the Nazis incorporated to make up their fucked up view of the world to legitimise war, colonisation and eventually attempted genocide by way of mass murder. The British colonisers never built extermination camps but the logic of conquest and accompanied killings of indigenous people where the 'value' of supposedly different types of human beings is weighed up for political expediency appears to be in hindsight very closely related. Tip: Read Patrick Wolfe on 'the logic of elimination' in relation to settler colonialism.
4.
Angewannte Kapitalismuskritik Oh schreck, ein Luxusschlitten brennt Besitzterlein nun mächtig flennt Besitzerlein versteht es nicht Die Unschuld rotzt ihm ins Gesicht Wohltätig is des Feuers Macht Wenn Aktivisten es entfacht So brennt das Kaufhaus lichterloh Konsum wie Heu verbrennt wie Stroh Wer setzt hier bitte was in Brand Was hat das Bankhaus uns getan? Kann denn jemand mal erklären Wie sich die Flammen so gut ernähren? CH) Holger Meins hat nen Film gedreht Nicht mal 2 MInuten und ihr wisst wie’s geht Flasche, Lappen, Heizöl und Benzin Machen angewannte Kapitalismuskritik ++++++++++++++++ Applied criticism of capitalism Oh dear, a luxury car is burning Owner sheds a many tears Owner does not understand it Innocence spits in his face The power of fire is rather agreeable When activists kindle it So the department store burns brightly Consumption like hay burns like straw Who sets fire here, please? What did the bank do to us? Can someone explain, please? How the flames feed so well? CH) Holger Meins has made a movie Not even 2 minutes and you know how it's done Bottle, rag, diesel (2/3) and petrol (1/3) They make 'applied criticism of capitalism'
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Schlaue Welt 03:23
Schlaue Welt 1) Die Lügen sind jetzt weichgekocht - Und schmackhaft, leicht verdaubar Was einmal höchst verdächtig war - Ist heute frei durchschaubar Die Dreistigkeit der Transparenz – Hat Wahrheit uns versprochen Denn Wahrheit spricht wer Wahrheit schreit – Lässt keine Fragen offen CH) In einer Welt in der alle schlau sind – Fällt es ihnen schwehr nichts als die Wahrheit zu sehn In einer Welt in der die Schlauen alles Wissen – Sehen sie nicht was sie nicht verstehen Ihre Arroganz macht die Schlauen blind – Jenseits ihrer – ich! – ich! - Welt In einer Welt aus Scheisse halt ihnen Scheisse ins Gesicht - Und so seh’n sie die Scheisse drumherum nicht 2) Heute wird nicht mehr geflüstert – Es wird deklariert Und so merkt lang schon keiner mehr – da wird auch selektiert Extrovertierte Ausbrüche – Wir schrei’n die Wahrheit raus Und keiner hört was wir nicht schrei’n – Leis lachen sie uns aus CH) In einer Welt in der alle schlau sind – Fällt es ihnen schwehr nichts als die Wahrheit zu sehn In einer Welt in der die Schlauen alles Wissen – Sehen sie nicht was sie nicht verstehen Ihre Arroganz macht die Schlauen blind – Jenseits ihrer – ich! – ich! - Welt In einer Welt aus Scheisse halt ihnen Scheisse ins Gesicht - Und so merken sie die Scheisse drumherum nicht Bridge) Wer sich Ethik auf die Fahne schreibt - Kann kein schlechter Mensch nicht sein Wer Freiheit stetig zelebriert – Den kann mensch doch nicht kritisier’n Die Logik rülpst, dass Opfer sein – halt Täterschaft ausschliesset Die Logik ist der schlauen Stolz – Achilles sie verbietet CH) In einer Welt in der alle schlau sind – Fällt es ihnen schwehr nichts als die Wahrheit zu sehn In einer Welt in der die Schlauen alles Wissen – Sehen sie nicht was sie nicht verstehen Ihre Arroganz macht die Schlauen blind – Jenseits ihrer – ich! – ich! - Welt In einer Welt aus Scheisse halt ihnen Scheisse ins Gesicht - Und so seh’n sie die Scheisse drumherum nicht ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Smart world 1) The lies are now soft-cooked - and tasty, easily digestible What was once highly suspicious - is today freely transparent The audacity of transparency - has truth promised to us For truth speaks who shouts "truth" - leaves no questions unanswered CH) In a world where everyone is smart - they can not believe but see the truth In a world where the smart ones know everything - They do not see what they do not understand Their arrogance blinds the smart ones - Beyond their - me! - me! - World In a world of shit present them shit straight to their faces - And so they do not see the shit around them 2) These days one does no longer whisper but one declares And so nobody has noticed for a long time that there is also selection going on Extrovert Outbreaks - We shout out the 'truth' And no one hears what we do not shout - quietly they laugh at us CH) In a world where everyone is smart - they can not believe but see the truth In a world where the smart ones know everything - They do not see what they do not understand Their arrogance blinds the smart ones - Beyond their - me! - me! - World In a world of shit present them shit straight to their faces - And so they do not see the shit around them Bridge) The one who writes 'ethics' on their flag - Cannot be a bad person Those who celebrate freedom steadily - one should not critise The logic belches that victimhood excludes the possibility of being a perpetrator The logic is pride of the smart one - Achilles forbids it CH) In a world where everyone is smart - they can not believe but see the truth In a world where the smart ones know everything - They do not see what they do not understand Their arrogance blinds the smart ones - Beyond their - me! - me! - World In a world of shit present them shit straight to their faces - And so they do not see the shit around them

about

All drums and guitars were recorded during the ISM recording process in 2017.
Cheers to Al for lending his drums.
Vocals and most leads recorded in 2019.
Backing vocals by Schuni and recorded by himself (thanks heaps).
Recording, mixing, mastering by Grobi in Perth, WA.

Lyrics available via each songs - including English translations where applicable.

This is a free download EP (no physical output). But you have the option to make a 'gold coin' donation via band camp.

Also, the Album ISM (2018) is still available on vinyl!

One further track (Weitergehen) of the 2019 recording session appeared late 2019 on the 25 Years of Attack Records LP compilation. You can check out the track on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9T8-55jRK8

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released August 11, 2019

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Anti Machine Records is a punk and hardcore label from Perth, WA. AMR releases predominantly online and many of the downloads are for free with a donation option. Most bands are either from Berlin / Germany or Perth and I either recorded and/or mixed these releases here on bandcamp or/and I played myself in these bands. So it's all more or less family.

Cheers, Grobi
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