[kj] Shot in the dark question for any fans of "martial pop, " "military pop, " apocalypic folk fans here--

Alexander Smith vassifer at earthlink.net
Sun May 6 08:22:20 EDT 2007



First things that comes to mind is
- "Do You Believe In the Westworld?" by Theatre of Hate.
- "Johnny Was" by the Stiff Little Fingers (which U2 ripped off for
"Seconds")

Alex In NYC


On May 6, 2007, at 4:28 AM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


> Hey all,

>

> After attempting to explore some of the catalogue of music that's

> become known for better or worse as "military pop," "martial

> music," etc., I'm disappointed not more of it employs the sort of

> martial drumming I associate with military cadences. You know, the

> kind of rat-a-tat-tat-tat type snare hits used commonly by Crass in

> their early days, and which Killing Joke used in the great song

> "Rejuvenation" off _Fire Dances_. I think the first Death in June

> stuff from the early/mid 80s even used this at times.

>

> Not I don't mean tribal drumming -- but military cadence-type,

> drill or marching type percussion.

>

> Can anyone help me find some decent music in a vaguely post-punk

> milieu that uses this style of drumming? maybe I am overlooking

> something.

>

> And I'm looking for specific songs, not whole albums or groups or

> genres, unless it exclusively contains this style of percussion.

> Again -- not tribal, but martial/military percussion. Very early

> Crass stuff used this to great effect and I've rarely heard it

> elsewhere.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Oliver

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