Sub-Verses

Aztlan Underground | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 13, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: D-3 Entertainment
• ASIN: B000056QGH
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,324 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Permiso

2. They Move in Silence

3. No Soy Animal

4. Killing Season

5. Blood on Your Hands

6. Reality Check

7. Lemon Pledge

8. Revolution

9. Preachers of the Blind State

10. Lyrical Drive-By

11. Nahui Ollin

12. How to Catch a Bullet

13. Ik Otik

14. Obsolete Man

15. Decolonize

16. War Flowers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music for the Revolution!, June 21, 2002

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Maya (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sub-Verses (Audio CD)

"Sub-verses" fuses the sounds of rock and indigenous music to create a powerful compilation of power anthems for Xicana/os.
If you're not familiar with the group, think Rage Against the Machine with less grating vocals, stronger lyrics, and mixed with indigenous music (wooden flutes, hand-percussion drums, etc).
My personal favorites are Preachers of the Blind State, Nauhi Ollik and War Flowers (The first song is rock, the other two are less rock and more slow, indio music with spoken vocals).
The CD is solid and each song has its own message. I recommend it highly. For those who have already heard of the group, check out Sociedad=Suciedade. It has A.U. and other artists including the Mexica reggae group Quinto Sol.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IN DEFENCE OF THE EARTH AND THE SUN, April 10, 2001

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Joaquin Murieta (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sub-Verses (Audio CD)

I've owned this album for a while now and I cannot say enough about it. This entire album makes you think on another album and it describes the world from the revolutionary perspective, highlighting racism and injustice. It delivers a serious message with great rock music to accompany it. The albulm itself is a pledge against oppression. Every one of the tracks is aligned with one of the demands of the EZLN on the back cover.

The album opens and closes with music and instruments indiginous to the "Americas." This gives the package the feel of a modern day Mexika ceremony. Although Aztlan Underground obviously represent the Chicano community, their music can be listened to in comfort by anyone who loves listening to meaningful music (especially rock and rap), complete with complex lyrics deep with meaning.

"No Soy Animal" is a great testament against police brutality, uniquely told from both the perspective of the injust law-enforcer and the victim. "Lemon Pledge" is a song which outlines the ironies of the pledge of alegience to the flag of the USA. It ends with actual radio excerpts from Riverside, CA in which callers blatantly degrade the value of life of Mexican Imigrants saying they don't deserve to live and comparing them to animals.

There are plenty of songs on this album which will keep anyone listening for more. This is clearly Aztlan Underground's best album to date. I highly recomend this album to any true rock fan, chicano warrior, or anyone involved in the struggle.

-Peace.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ready For Revolution, January 9, 2001

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Joaquin Murieta (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sub-Verses (Audio CD)

Proudly serving the lyrical needs of the Chicano community are the members of Aztlan Unerground. Their lyrics are inspired by the "Xicano" experience, and they deliver well in their songs. The music on this CD is a great accomplishment by a great Rock Band of the Chicano era. The implementation of indigenous instruments surprisingly compliments the music on this album. This CD is a must for any Chicano music collection!