P.E.A.C.E./War Compilation

And now I issue forth a personal piece of nostalgia. I wore my cassettes out. So dear to me, circa 1985/6.

The Gism track is close to my heart

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Wikipedia: P.E.A.C.E./War is a compilation double album first released in 1984 by R Radical Records, the label run by MDC's Dave Dictor, in association with the San Francisco Bay Area punk fanzine Maximum RocknRoll. The "P.E.A.C.E." in the album title is an acronym for "Peace, Energy, Action, Cooperation, Evolution".

The original double album features fifty-five hardcore punk acts from around the world, including such stalwarts as Dead Kennedys, Crass, Subhumans, Butthole Surfers, and MDC themselves. Thirty of the acts were from outside the United States, and all of the acts featured frequently wrote and recorded left-leaning topical music (with the lone exception of The Butthole Surfers, who came from a similar political position but did not normally deal with political issues in their music). Eight of the acts originated from Italy, which had been sprouting anarchist punk bands such as Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers, Contrazione and RAF Punk (all represented on the album) for quite some time.

Maximum RocknRoll's main contribution to the project, other than assisting in recruiting acts to participate on the double album, was in the assemblage of a 72-page magazine-sized insert featuring several pages on the topics of nuclear disarmament, imperialism, radiation, pollution, and political demonstrations.

All of the profits from the album, according to a primitive obi strip-style insert shrunkwrapped to the original double vinyl release, were slated for various anti-nuclear groups and activities worldwide.

Disc one

1. "Up Against A Wall" - Articles of Faith (USA)
2. "Endless Blockades For The Pussyfooter" - GISM (Japan)
3. "Ashes To Ashes" - Neon Christ (USA)
4. "Schluter's Kabinet" - Kalashnikov (Denmark)
5. "Time Will Tell" - Cause For Alarm (USA)
6. "No U.S.A." - Local Disturbance (Netherlands)
7. "Honour's Calling" - Unwarranted Trust (Canada)
8. "Mai Arrendersi" - Wretched (Italy)
9. "Drop The A-Bomb On Me" - O.D.F.X. (USA)
10. "Here Come The Cops" - The Afflicted (USA)
11. "Inutile Trionfo" - Declino (Italy)
12. "I Hope You Get Drafted" - The Dicks (USA)
13. "Arms Race" - BGK (Netherlands)
14. "It's You" - Crass (U.K.)
15. "Swastika Rats" - Upright Citizens (West Germany)
16. "Banana Split Republic" - False Prophets (USA)
17. "Kärnvapen Attack" - Mob 47 (Sweden)
18. "Face Down In The Dirt" - The Offenders (USA)
19. "Sbarre" - Contrazione (Italy)
20. "So Much Hate" - S.C.U.M. (Canada)
21. "Viejos Pateticos" - Los Violadores (Argentina)
22. "Sometimes" - Deadlock
23. "Will It Ever End?" - P.P.G. (USA)
24. "Peace of What?" - Trash (USA)
25. "Police Brutality" - Vicious Circle (Australia)
26. "Gartlands Pit" - Condemned To Death (USA)
27. "Non Mi Dire" - Negazione (Italy)
28. "America The Beautiful" - D.O.A. (Canada)
29. "Snap" - D.R.I. (USA)
30. "Jump Back" - Porno Patrol (West Germany)
31. "Drop Out" - Treason (USA)
32. "Abortos" - Shit S.A. (Spain)
33. "Silence" - Septic Death (USA)

Disc two

1. "Life Of Punishment" - Cheetah Chrome and the Motherfuckers (Italy)
2. "No Mai" - Peggio Punx (Italy)

   The title translates to "Never".

3. "An Uneasy Peace" - The Proletariat (USA)
4. "Bomb" - Conflict (UK)
5. "Battlefield (Nightmare)" - The Iconoclast (USA)
6. "Pay For Shit" - Pandemonium (Netherlands)
7. "Kinky Sex Makes The World Go Round" - Dead Kennedys (USA)
8. "Skorbut" - Boskops (West Germany)
9. "Rats" - Subhumans (UK)
10. "Peace Officer" - The White Lie (USA)
11. "R.A.T./Pentagone" - Wargasm (Netherlands)
12. "Four More Hours" - Slaughterhouse 4 (USA)
13. "Finale" - The Execute (Japan)
14. "Reagan Youth" - Reagan Youth (USA)
15. "The Man Goes On" - Impact (Italy)
16. "100 Million People Dead" - Butthole Surfers (USA)
17. "Ataque" - Kangrena (Spain)
18. "Will Amerika" - Porcelain Forehead (Canada)
19. "No Mercy No War" - Barely Human (USA)
20. "Contro La Pace Contro La Guerra" - RAF Punk (Italy)
21. "Moment By Moment/Exiled Shadows" - Zenzile (South Africa)
22. "Missile Destroyed Civilization" - MDC (USA)
23. "Walked In Line" - Jack Killed Jill (USA)
24. "Feeble Attempt" - Corrupted Ideals (USA)
25. "Parnoid World Vision" - Christ On A Crutch (USA)
26. "Postcard From L.A." - U.K. Subs (UK)
27. "Die For The Government" - Anti-Flag (USA)

HEAR, Disc 1

HEAR, Disc 2