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Viet Cong
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07-05-2015 11:51am#1Post punks from Canada formed the ashes of 'Women' who were apparently very well regarded in lo-fi indie circles despite a short career.
This is one of those albums that grows on you with repeated listens.Also they are playing next Wednesday(13th) in the Workmans,a formidable live band by all accounts !
(Full Album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-4If_tyxC4
Interestingly they had some show cancelled over their band name so given that they may be a short lived project? ..anyway catch em while you can.
http://pitchfork.com/news/58694-viet-cong-show-canceled-due-to-offensive-band-name/1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdMz7BUtOvkComments
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A quick name change later and they are back in Business.
I must admit I don't see why such a backlash against that name,seen worse names but I accept some people will take exception to anything. Hopefully they can now move on and new album in the fall.Making an appearance at castlepoolza as well this year.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/viet-cong-change-name-to-preoccupations-we-apologize-to-those-who-were-adversely-affected-by-our-a6994596.html
After endless pressure, the band Viet Cong have announced they will henceforth be going by a new name: Preoccupations.
They’ve been planning it for a while, with vitriol over the Vietnam War-referencing name getting so bad that they were forced to cancel a gig last March due to negative reaction to the “offensive” name.
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It's a sign o' the times.
Didn't they have a gig cancelled over protests?
I'm assuming they had issues where old Vietnam vets happened to see the name on a billboard, and brought it up with the venue. Or some overly-PC group.
"The Soft Pack" were another band that changed their name from "The Muslims"... what they were thinking when they came up with that one
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It's a sign o' the times.
Didn't they have a gig cancelled over protests?
I'm assuming they had issues where old Vietnam vets happened to see the name on a billboard, and brought it up with the venue. Or some overly-PC group.
"The Soft Pack" were another band that changed their name from "The Muslims"... what they were thinking when they came up with that one
Just saves the headaches and lets people concentrate on the music.
Bet no one complained about Frank Black and the Catholics:pac:0 -
Names aside and and not disparging muslims ..the band themselves fairly dire and would have got death threat to shut tf up aways but back on topic..(watch out for the horrific courtney barrett video which could autoplay after this as it did me )
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