The best political punk band of the 1990s returned in 2001 with their fiercest record yet, 14 tracks of thundering thrash. Knowledge is power. Arm yourself.
The result was an album that, despite singer Chris Hannah’s reservations, truly set the benchmark back then, and does so even more in its new sonic form. Just listen to what opener ‘Mate Ka Moris Ukun Rasik An’ or the caustic title track sound like now, not to mention the still-eye-opening blast of ‘With Friends Like These Who the Fuck Needs COINTELPRO?’, the lyrical content of which remains as shocking today as it was back then.
Intelligent and visceral in equal measure, Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes - thanks to songs like ‘Albright Monument, Baghdad’, ‘March of the Crabs’ and ‘Bullshit Politicians’ -offers up one of the most vicious indictments of American (and, to be fair, Western) imperialism ever committed to tape.
Reissue of 20th anniversary pressing. All tracks fully remixed and remastered.
Produced by Ryan Greene at Motor Studios. Mixed and mastered by Jason Livermore at The Blasting Room.
- 1. Mate Ka Moris Ukun Rasik An
- 2. Fuck The Border
- 3. Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes
- 4. Back To The Motor League
- 5. Natural Disasters
- 6. With Friends Like These Who The Fuck Needs Cointelpro?
- 7. Albright Monument, Baghdad
- 8. Ordinary People Do Fucked-Up Things When Fucked-Up Things Become Ordinary
- 9. Ladies’ Nite In Loserville
- 10. Ego Fum Papa [I Am The Pope]
- 11. New Homes For Idle Hands
- 12. Bullshit Politicians
- 13. March Of The Crabs
- 14. Purina Hall Of Fame
- 15. Back to the Motor League (Original Guitar Mix)
- 16. Mate Ka Moris Ukun Rasik An (Original Guitar Mix)
- 17. With Friends Like These Who the Fuck Needs COINTELPRO? (Demo Version)
- 18. Fuck the Border (Demo Version)
