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Show • 2017 • Oct 22

Show 197 – Winnipeg

7 years ago • Sunday, October 22, 2017
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with Skeleton, Sphygmus, HOD, and Archagathus

at house show in Winnipeg, MB, CAN

	Setlist
1	Fruit Roll Up
2	You’ll Be Next
3	Fresh Hell
4	Thicken
5	A Little Scratch
6	Fuck An Apology
7	Science Party
8	Smashcast
9	Rips
10	Henhouse
11	Head Full Of Shit
12	Poop Du Jour
13	In A World Without Hashtags
14	Where’s The Fun?
15	It’s All You

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Fruit Roll Up

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Justin/Mike

Fruit Roll Up has been performed at 160 shows and appears on Split 7″ w/ Raid and Live KRBX 2013

Lyrics

Posing for a crew pic, looking hard as shit. But posing's all you'll ever do, and I think you know it. Sometimes I swear you're looking for a reason to be pissed. Answer slightest criticism with a bullshit threat. Face like stone, skin like paper. Skin like a fruit roll-up: easily breached, easily broken. Slide right under with any bad words spoken. Always trying to go to war, no enemies to fight against. Might as well settle for your friends.

You’ll Be Next

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Mike

You’ll Be Next has been performed at 76 shows and appears on Show Us The Meaning Of Haste

Lyrics

Earlier visa overstay results in unexpected delay. Kept in motherfucking chains, jailed then sent the fuck away. It's happening to brown people, that is true. It's happening to white people, could be you. You may not have any ties to terrorists. That's for authorities to decide, if you'll be next on the list.

Fresh Hell

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Mike

Fresh Hell has been performed at 163 shows and appears on Forbidden Techniques

Lyrics

Child exploitation. Suppression of women. Death and starvation. Roadside explosions. People living a fresh hell every day. A world away, in my life of comfort, I sit here trying and failing to imagine waking up to a fresh hell every day. World of violence cries for assistance. But the 'help' they're getting is worse than nothing.

Thicken

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Mike

Thicken has been performed at 163 shows and appears on Forbidden Techniques

Lyrics

I'm not saying let's ignore injustice. I'm not saying let's turn a blind eye. I'm not opposed to political correctness. I'm only saying you could probably stand to have some patience. Pick your battles. Rethink the power words have over you. Thicken your skin.

A Little Scratch

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Mike

A Little Scratch has been performed at 41 shows and appears on Forbidden Techniques

Lyrics

I do this for me, because I must. I put a lot of dough into this. Where do you think it all comes from? I entertain you, you pay for it. You're not entitled to it. Where did this attitude come from, that music should be free? It's not, for me. A little scratch for my trouble would be nice.

Fuck An Apology

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Mike

Fuck An Apology has been performed at 75 shows and appears on Fastcore Forever and Forbidden Techniques

Lyrics

So many pegs, so many different shapes slammed into the same round holes. The golden rule is irrelevant here. We're all bred into a culture of fear. So fuck an apology. Their approval means nothing to me. We're all the same when we close our eyes. There's no reason to apologize for who you are. So fuck an apology. Live your life like it was meant to be. Sooner or later they'll recognize there's no reason to apologize for who you are.

Science Party

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Mike

Science Party has been performed at 29 shows and appears on Forbidden Techniques

Lyrics

Throw the government out on its ass. Replace it with a televised science class. Anti-intellectualism must die. We all know that it's our fatal flaw. No choice left for us but to enshrine the scientific method into law. The party of science is the only way. The only party with which I can identify. Neil deGrasse Tyson for prez, with Bill Nye his running mate. Or non-dudes would be fine too. So we can run this country based on fucking facts.

Smashcast

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Cory

Smashcast has been performed at 19 shows and appears on Forbidden Techniques

Lyrics

Eating fire, shitting lead. Push up daisies, now you're dead. Blasting off into the sun. Mission failure, hole-in-one. Father Time is undefeated, but defeat won't be conceded. Smash your casts, blast some thrash. Don't stop 'til you're outta cash.

Rips

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Mike

Rips has been performed at 95 shows and appears on Forbidden Techniques

Lyrics

See your face, turn my back. There's no doubt about it. Fuck off all poser shit. We only play stuff that rips. Pose in hell forever. That's all there is to it.

Henhouse

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Cory/Joe/Mike

Henhouse has been performed at 20 shows and appears on Forbidden Techniques

Lyrics

Strapped public schools forced to underperform. Concerned parents send their kids to private schools and wonder why they don't get results. Maybe education wasn't the goal. Beware the for-profit education industry, run by folks who worm their way into positions of power over public schools, which, oddly enough, leads to more cuts in funding. Schools are further abandoned, and the spiral continues all the way to the fucking bank.

Head Full Of Shit

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Mike

Head Full Of Shit has been performed at 54 shows and appears on Fastcore Forever and Forbidden Techniques

Lyrics

Head full of shit. Born with head up your ass. Better dislodge it fast. No shame in admitting you don't know everything. Grab a Q-tip. Swab it out.

Poop Du Jour

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Mike

Poop Du Jour has been performed at 35 shows and appears on Forbidden Techniques

Lyrics

Shit of the day piled on your plate. Time for you to tuck into the shit of the day. It's here to stay. Face another stupid day. Tell yourself it's gonna change. You'll eat the shit anyway. Day after day. Shit on your plate. Shit-eating grin on your face again.

In A World Without Hashtags

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Justin/Mike/Patrick

In A World Without Hashtags has been performed at 33 shows and appears on Forbidden Techniques

Lyrics

Suppose one day some kinda mammoth electromagnetic pulse or other anomaly knocked out communication hubs all over the entire planet. No cell service. No worldwide web. No social media. What would we do without the distractions keeping our eyes fixed to tiny screens? Would the sudden loss of attachment blow our minds to smithereens? No text messaging. No fuckin' Candy Crush. Is it too much to ask to get back in touch with our fellow human beings and actually look each other in the face? What if we had to engage each other, talk to each other? Would we break the hold our phones have on our lives, or stand stock still until we starved and died?

Where’s The Fun?

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Mike

Where’s The Fun? has been performed at 297 shows and appears on s/t demo, Diagnosis: Delicious 7″, Full Spectrum Dominance 2005-08, and Live KRBX 2013

Lyrics

What's up with this craze that passes for hardcore these days? It's core in name but not in style. If you think it is, you're in denial. Fuck this. Hardcore tradition grew out of punk rock, it's true. Now this kung fu metal crap is edging punk right off the map. Fuck that. Suck ass. Where is the fun? Where is the energy? Where is the outrage? Where's the punk rock urgency? Circle pits are way more fun. You're just trying to hurt someone. Are kung fu breakdowns here to stay? Somehow we got lost along the way.

It’s All You

Lyrics by Mike, Music by Mike

It’s All You has been performed at 297 shows and appears on s/t demo, Diagnosis: Delicious 7″, Full Spectrum Dominance 2005-08, and Live KRBX 2013

Lyrics

I was right. You were fucking wrong. Don't blame me for your being fucked. It's all your fault. I'm not to blame. This one's all you. It's not me. Point out any scapegoat that you can find. You're still the asshole who fucked it all up.