the 2nd
EARTH CRISIS 7" was called
FIRESTORM. the title track, which is a brilliant song music-wise, is one of the songs that seemed like they were made to fuck up any revolutionary potential that might be present! I saw
EARTH CRISIS live a couple of times and this song was one of the songs were the whole audience went crazy and was singing along
"STREET BY STREET, BLOCK BY BLOCK, TAKING IT ALL BACK, THE YOUTH IMMERSED IN POISON, TURN THE TIDE COUNTERATTACK! VIOLENCE AGAINST VIOLENCE, LET THE ROUND UPS BEGIN, A FIRESTORM TO PURIFY THE BANE THAT SOCIETY DROWNS IN! NO MERCY, NO EXCEPTIONS, A DECLARATION OF TOTAL WAR! THE INNOCENTS DEFENSE, THE REASON IS WAGED FOR!" and I´m sure most of the people felt pretty dangerous and revolutionary at that moment and some maybe saw themselves as part of an underground army even days after the show! yup, nice... the problem is that this would be
the most revolutionary act the majority of those people would ever commit!
EARTH CRISIS delivered the soundtrack to a revolution that was already postponed before it began!
"THE HELPLESS ARE CRYING OUT - WE HAVE RISEN TO THEIR CALL!" if "the helpless" are
EARTH CRISIS then that might be true as they had in fact risen to their call to attend at the show, buy a shirt, drive home and by doing so feel like they are part of a revolutionary movement that will take the world by storm! but if I haven´t missed anything important the peak of this revolution (and many others) was reached by going to those shows and a vegan diet! and to avoid misunderstandings: I´m not trying to slag off
EARTH CRISIS or being vegan! I don´t know anyone from
EARTH CRISIS personally so I can´t comment on that and being vegan is more than fine with me! I´m also not saying that
EARTH CRISIS meant what they said or did it for fame and fortune! in my opinion it´s a kind of
R.A.T.M. thing! I wouldn´t doubt for a second that Zach De La Rocha has good intentions and tries to educate people but just take look how many of their fans actually believe that the guy on the
R.A.T.M. shirts is Zach himself... sorry, but still no revolution neither vegan nor anarchist in the near future! and as long as there are bands/songs that make people feel like/think they are revolutionaries/revolting it will remain that way! b.t.w. the label of the 7" says that the track on the b-side should be
EDEN`S DEMISE but the lyric sheet and the backcover say something different (they say:
UNSEEN HOLOCAUST) and I should tell you that
EARTH CRISIS singer Karl speaks of himself as "
a knight unyielding" in the 2nd song of the a-side which is called
FORGED IN THE FLAMES!
the 2nd EARTH CRISIS 7" was called FIRESTORM. the title track, which is a brilliant song music-wise, is one of the songs that seemed like they were made to fuck up any revolutionary potential that might be present! I saw EARTH CRISIS live a couple of times and this song was one of the songs were the whole audience went crazy and was singing along "STREET BY STREET, BLOCK BY BLOCK, TAKING IT ALL BACK, THE YOUTH IMMERSED IN POISON, TURN THE TIDE COUNTERATTACK! VIOLENCE AGAINST VIOLENCE, LET THE ROUND UPS BEGIN, A FIRESTORM TO PURIFY THE BANE THAT SOCIETY DROWNS IN! NO MERCY, NO EXCEPTIONS, A DECLARATION OF TOTAL WAR! THE INNOCENTS DEFENSE, THE REASON IS WAGED FOR!" and I´m sure most of the people felt pretty dangerous and revolutionary at that moment and some maybe saw themselves as part of an underground army even days after the show! yup, nice... the problem is that this would be
the most revolutionary act the majority of those people would ever commit! EARTH CRISIS delivered the soundtrack to a revolution that was already postponed before it began! "THE HELPLESS ARE CRYING OUT - WE HAVE RISEN TO THEIR CALL!" if "the helpless" are EARTH CRISIS then that might be true as they had in fact risen to their call to attend at the show, buy a shirt, drive home and by doing so feel like they are part of a revolutionary movement that will take the world by storm! but if I haven´t missed anything important the peak of this revolution (and many others) was reached by going to those shows and a vegan diet! and to avoid misunderstandings: I´m not trying to slag off EARTH CRISIS or being vegan! I don´t know anyone from EARTH CRISIS personally so I can´t comment on that and being vegan is more than fine with me! I´m also not saying that EARTH CRISIS meant what they said or did it for fame and fortune! in my opinion it´s a kind of R.A.T.M. thing! I wouldn´t doubt for a second that Zach De La Rocha has good intentions and tries to educate people but just take look how many of their fans actually believe that the guy on the R.A.T.M. shirts is Zach himself... sorry, but still no revolution neither vegan nor anarchist in the near future! and as long as there are bands/songs that make people feel like/think they are revolutionaries/revolting it will remain that way! b.t.w. the label of the 7" says that the track on the b-side should be EDEN`S DEMISE but the lyric sheet and the backcover say something different (they say: UNSEEN HOLOCAUST) and I should tell you that EARTH CRISIS singer Karl speaks of himself as "a knight unyielding" in the 2nd song of the a-side which is called FORGED IN THE FLAMES!
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