May 1994
(originally released by Death Ska Records on the tape 'Kumite: Banned In 36 Countries', August 1994, produced by Bob Phair)
"...Chicago pigs they killed Fred Hampton!
...His son now rots in a jail cell, crammed in!
...Revolution time has come!
Off the pigs, off the pigs!
Now's the time to pick up the gun!..."
Dave Willemain - lead vocals, trombone
Bob Phair - trumpet, keyboard, back up vocals
Eddie Macintosh - saxophone back up vocals
Lee Versoza - bass, back up vocals
Luke Mysko - baritone horn, back up vocals
Joe Mysko - drums, back up vocals
Chris Teret - guitar, back up vocals
Stephanie Rabins - back up vocals
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Sonic Youth is one of those bands where you easily run out of superlatives to describe what they created. This could've easily come off as a cynical cash-grab by a band that had broken up 11 years prior to the release of this record, but that's not what this is. Some of my favourite Sonic Youth instrumentals. sentient meat
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