Final Conflict

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Location:
LONG BEACH, California, US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Punk / Hardcore / Metal
Site(s):
Label:
S.O.S RECORDS
Type:
Indie
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TODAY IS VETERANS DAY. EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION ABOUT WAR AND ESPECIALLY THE ARMED FORCES. MOST, BUT NOT ALL PUNKS, THOUGH RARELY ADMIT, THAT THEIR OPINION TOWARDS THE ARMED FORCES TYPICALLY PARALLELS WITH THEIR IDEAS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT. WE AS A BAND OVERALL DISAGREE WITH THOSE OPINIONS AND QUITE A FEW "PUNK RULE BOOK" IDEAS. WHY? WELL FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO BY SAYING THE FIRST RULE TO REAL 100% PUNK ROCK IS "THERE ARE NO RULES" BECAUSE THIS IS A PLACE FOR OPEN MINDS TO OPENLY SHARE IDEAS AND OPINIONS. WHETHER IS PISSES OFF SOMEONE OR NOT, THE BOTTOM LINE IS BEING HONEST WITH YOURSELF AS WELL AS OTHERS, PLANE AND SIMPLE. THAT IS WHAT FREEDOM IS ABOUT AS WELL AS ANARCHY. HOLDING BACK A HONEST OPINION FOR FEAR OF VERBAL OR PHYSICAL REPRECUTIONS IS GIVING YOUR BORN RIGHT TO FREEDOM. AND LIFE WITHOUT FREEDOM ISN'T REALLY LIVING IS IT? WHY SHOULD VETERANS DAY BE HONORED? WELL, LET'S START OUT WITH THE SUBJECT OF BURNING THE U.S. FLAG AS A SHOW OF PROTEST. I PERSONALLY FEEL YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO, BUT BEFORE DOING SO REMEMBER ONE THING EACH ELEMENT OF THE FLAG DOES NOT REPRESENT ONE POLITICIAN NOR DOES IT STAND FOR THE FUCKED UP GOVERNMENT WE HATE. ONE IMPORTANT ELEMENT HOWEVER IS THE RED STRIPES WHICH STAND FOR THE BLOOD OF ALL, NOT SOME, OF OUR U.S. WOMEN AND SERVICEMEN WHO SACRIFICED. WHETHER THE CAMPAIGN THEY MAY HAVE BEEN A PART OF WAS POLITICALLY UNJUSTIFIED OR NOT. 99.9% OF THE TIME, THE HEARTS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED (THAT THOSE RED STRIPES STAND FOR) WERE PRETTY MUCH IN THE RIGHT PLACE WHETHER THEY WERE BRAINWASHED IN BELIEVING OR KNEW WHAT THE FUCK WAS GOING ON. I THINK BECAUSE OF SICK LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE CAPABLE OF UNCONTROLLABLE ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE POWER. HAVING A MILITARY IS GOOD. WHAT I DON'T BELIEVE IN IS A GREEDY GOVERNMENT USING OUR MILITARY TO DO THEIR DIRTY WORK, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHERE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS ENDED UP. UNFORTUNATELY THE FUTURE DOESN'T SHOW ANY CHANGE IN THIS BEHAVIOR ANY TIME SOON. SO THERE IS A MAJOR DISGRACE TO OUR MILITARY, FALLEN SERVICEMEN AND VETERANS. SINCE THE DRAFT ENDED, RECRUITING HAS ALSO BEEN TARGETED AT RURAL, LOW INCOME AND MINORITIES LIKE SACRIFICIAL LAMBS. THAT, IS A DEFINATE DISGRACE.

NOW, FINAL CONFLICT NEWS AS OF TODAY IS AS FOLLOWS: S.O.S. RECORDS HAS RE-RELEASED "ASHES TO ASHES" FOR THE FOURTH TIME, AND WILL INCLUDE TWO EXTRA SONGS (COVERS) WITH THE LINE UP BEFORE THE "ASHES TO ASHES" LINE UP WITH WARREN ON BASS, JEFF ON GUITAR, ORIGINAL DRUMMER DALE DANG AND SECOND VOCALIST JEFF LENERT FROM 1984. A ROUGH MIX, BUT RARE NONE THE LESS. EVENTUALLY OUR ORIGINAL SINGER, JOHNNY DANIELS, (CO-FOUNDER) WILL BE AVAILABLE. ONLY ONE TAPE EXISTS, BUT THAT'S LATER. WE ARE CURRENTLY RECORDING "NO PEACE ON EARTH, NO REST IN HELL", WHAT WE CONSIDER THE REAL FOLLOW UP TO "ASHES TO ASHES". HOPE YOU CAN DIG IT PEOPLE. WE LOVE YOU TOO FINAL CONFLICT



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