Hello ladies and gents. Now, I know what you're gonna say....there hasn't been a seven inch of the week for quite a few weeks now, and I just threw away my record player, thinking that it was no more. Well....you're wrong. So go out to the dumpster, dust off that needle, and get ready for some more seven inches that will change your freaking life!! It is true that the Johns have been secluded in an underground cave working on a new EP, to be released in time for CMJ. Now that we have come to the surface of the earth again, you should be expecting to see blogs on a more regular basis. Anyway, the seven inch this week is a split seven inch : Bad Religion/Noam Chomsky's - New World Order: War # 1. Okay, so you all know Bad Religion. If you don't, you've got problems, and I'm not even going into it. Now, we have seen recently many musicians and bands getting into politics in their music. Bad Religion was doing it before it was the hip thing to do. This split 7 inch was a release in 1991 to protest the First Gulf War. The release came on maximum rock 'n' roll's label, which was a prevalent punk/hardcore zine back in the late 80's early 90's, and remains a source of music candor today. The tracks on this 7" by Bad Religion are both on the A-side and are 1) Heaven is Falling and 2) Fertile Crescent. They are both ROCKERS, and amazing tracks. In fact, I would also suggest you check out the full-length record on which they eventually appeared, entitled Generator. Now, the great thing about this seven inch is that the B-Side is a political analysis by the famous MIT professor Noam Chomsky. All I have to say is splitting your 7 inch with an anarchist/libertarian socialist.....now that's PUNK ROCK!!!
