Anti-Flag - Live Hellfest
Clisson, France
June 21, 2013
Soundboard or Broadcast Source @320
Pittsburgh’s Anti-Flag play a brand of punk rock as gritty as their hometown. After forming in 1994, these boys took the punk scene by storm with their debut release, Die For The Government. With their intense live shows and punk-as-fuck records, Anti-Flag have not looked back. These Iron City rockers mesh ’77 streetpunk with a heavy dose of socially conscious lyrics. Their message is vehemently anti-fascist, anti-war, and anti-nationalist. They call for participation from both sexes and unity in the punk scene.
Making their debut at a local Pittsburgh radio station in 1993, Anti-Flag got together for the sake of responding to their disgust at religion, nationalism, and fascism. Justin Sane (vocals/guitar), Andy Flag (bass/vocals), and Pat Thetic (drums) bopped around their hometown much to the dismay of skinheads while recruiting a following who proudly wore torn-up upside-down flags as patches. In 1997, after releasing a handful of singles, opening for their idols the U.K. Subs, the Exploited, and the Circle Jerks, and briefly touring the East Coast -- which led to the departure of Andy Flag -- Die for the Government was released, and 20,000 copies, four bassists, and four North American tours later, Anti-Flag gained their reputation for recapturing the old-school ethics of punk: fast, loud, obnoxious, and anti-everything that ends with an "ism."
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Anti-Flag Interview
Set List:
1.The Press Corpse
2.Sodom, Gomorrah, Washington D.C. (Sheep in Shepherd's Clothing)
3.Broken Bones
4.I'd Tell You But...
5.Fuck Police Brutality
6.If You Wanna Steal (You Better Learn How to Lie)
7.Turncoat
8.This Is the New Sound
9.This Machine Kills Fascists
10.Die for the Government
11.Cities Burn
12.Power to the Peaceful
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Hell Fest '13
