Released 1986 Release date 1986 Genres Punk rock, Hardcore punk | Artist MDC Label R Radical Records | |
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Smoke Signals
(1986) This Blood's For You LP
(1987) Similar Hey Cop!!! If I Had a Face Like, Magnus Dominus Corpus, Millions of Dead Cops | ||
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Smoke Signals is an album by the hardcore punk band MDC. The original vinyl release appeared on the band's own Radical Records label in 1986. It was finally reissued on CD in 2001 on the We Bite label and distributed by Plastic Head. The album finds the band moving in musical directions outside of hardcore, with some tracks featuring hints of classic and progressive rock sounds, but it is still largely a punk rock album featuring the band's typically tight, fast musicianship. Lyrics focus on sociopolitical themes typical of punk rock at the time, including sentiments critical of the government and of South African apartheid. One of the band's more humorous songs, "Country Squawk" espouses a pro-vegetarian view over fast, twangy country-western musical backing.
Contents
Side One
- "No More Cops"
- "King of Thrash"
- "Drink to Forget"
- "The Big Picture"
- "Skateboards from Hell"
- "Tofutti"
- "South Africa Is Free"
Side Two
- "Acceptable Risks"
- "Missile Destroyed Civilization"
- "Soup Kitchen Celebrity"
- "Country Squawk"
- "Paradise Lost"
- "Smoke Signals"
Personnel
Dave Dictor - lead vocals
Gordon Fraser - guitar
Franco Mares - bass guitar
Al Schvitz - drums
with help from:
Joe (CFA) Rock - bass (on "No More Cops", "King of Thrash", "The Big Picture" and "Skateboards From Hell")
Ex Con Ron [Ron Posner] - guitar (on "Acceptable Risks", "No More Cops", "King of Thrash", "The Big Picture" and "Skateboards From Hell")
Dave Dick - acoustic guitar on "Country Squawk"
Tom Albino - guitar on "Missile Destroyed Civilization"
Songs
1No More Cops1:42
2King of Thrash1:22
3Drink to Forget1:54