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Pledge Of Defiance

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I purchased this album after hearing "Riot City" om Punkorama. The album starts off well with "Babylon" showing you what is in store for you on the rest of the album. Other good songs include "Riot City", "Suicide Mission" and "Gomer Pyle". Total Chaos deliver loud, raucous music which is just what punk is, the way it should be.

Half-decent, UK style/crusty hardcore. But I just really wanted to comment that the previous review is probably one of the funniest, most meaningless things I've ever read. The whole thing about conformity...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I have heard many bands in the five years or so i have been listening to punk rock. Now if i had to pick one of my favorite punk songs in the world, it would probably be "pull my strings" by the Dead Kennedys. But if i had to pick two it would be Suicide Mission by Total Chaos... Also if you are a fan of total chaos you should check out chaos uk.

Originally, other than the song "Babylon" I was pretty disappointed with this CD. Mainly because it wasn't really what I expected at all. But then the sound grew on me and I then realized just how all around fantastic this CD really was. For the most part this CD is exactly the way you'd expect it to be by seeing they're band picture on the back of the CD (don't mean to sound like a fashion p0ser but it's true). It is a perfect blend between street punk and hardcore. At times in fact you could actually more truthfully refer to it as street death metal! Which is something that obviously would come out sounding like outright noise to the majority. However, if the idea of crossing a band like The Casualties or Unseen together with one more like Agnostic Front or Madball and lyrics that fall in the name of bands like Discharge and Crass, sounds appealing to you then this CD is a must have! The only thing that I personally disagree with is the whole abolishment of government (anarchy) thing and where they blame Christianity for a lot the fascism and racist hate crimes in this country in the song "Twisted Cross".

The lyrics are outright amazing (which is something I always thought since I first got this CD). These are some of the most rebellious, cynical and well punk, political lyrics around! It's all here folks. Extreme Anti-government, extreme anti-war, extreme anti-capitalism, anti-religion, anti-racism, anti-society, anti-nationalism and anti-everything that punk is against; then on the flip side, pro-revolution, pro-anarchy and pro-peace. The only thing this isn't really covered here is sexism and homophobia. Since, they are anarchists, you would expect the most common topics to be government and capitalism. However surprisingly, anti-war is much more prominent on this CD then both of those things combined. In fact, in the song "Gomer pile" they pretty much briefly cover everything they stand for with simple lyrics such as "Society - Dog Pile, ..., government - Dirt pile, military - gomer pile, ect. ect." However after all that they have a final verse with actual structure that is entirely just about the realities of war. Which is a clear implication to me that more than anything, what they stand for is anti-war!

Now ok, sure there's not really much of anything here that we punks didn't already know. However, it's so rebellious and entertaining (without losing its intelligence) that I don't see how any punk wouldn't love it! Anyone who can't see how anti-war and anti-violence songs can't be "tasteless" and offensive, I strongly recommend that you check out this album! ... If you are offended by references to flag burning, government being referred to as pigs, ...or anything of that nature then look away! Because you will probably be very offended by this! Or better yet, buy this CD and hopefully have your eyes opened to the truth about war, government and the U$A.

As I implied earlier, in terms of thought provocation, these guys may not compare to bands such as Crass (unless of course you're new to this type stuff). However, in terms of entertainment value, these lyrics would beat Crass by a long shot. The only exception to this would be in the song "Gomer Pile" where they make the very thought provoking statement that statement said that the reason we have toy guns, little plastic army men, other war toys and even sensationalized violence on television is so that youth will be more enthusiastic about going off to war and dying for their country. Even though I have thought about it and decided that I partially disagree with them, I still praise Total Chaos for coming up with something like that. Overall, this is a perfect CD for introducing someone to the punk movement. And without a doubt THE absolute best CD to listen to for getting pumped up before going to a riot or protest. Oi!

I bought this CD for three dollars from a friend of mine and now its my favorite. If you like this I also recommend the Casualties, Filth, and the Exploited.

"Babylon", "Riot City", "Initial Distrust". Simply the best punk tracks ever. The energy of these songs are enough to make you wreck your room and even yourself. Forget the politics, it sounds awesome. For anyone who enjoys this CD I'd also recommend searching for music by Aus-Rotten.

this album comes and gets you quickly with "Babylon", and continues to come at you strong with frenetic street punk favorites such as "twisted cross" and "pledge of defiance". an definate E for effort.

I bought this CD for three dollars from a friend of mine and now its my favorite. If you like this I also recommend the Casualties, Filth, and the Exploited.

I bought Pledge of Defiance because I heard "Riot City" on PUNK O RAMA. This cd is great. Songs like "Babylon", "What's left for us?", and "Twisted Cross" make this a great buy. However, the loud, furious, out of control sound gets very repetitve, and so it's great for 4 months. Buy this cd!

violent-intense-raw-and best of all real. if you dig this then check out the exploited, f-minus, agnostic front and christ on a crutch. if you found it tasteless or offensive, give it up you're not punk.