Shrapnel (US punk band)

Not to be confused with Shrapnel (Welsh punk band).

Shrapnel was an American punk band formed in Red Bank, New Jersey[1] in the late-1970s. The group was a concept band whose members wore military uniforms onstage.[2] The band's aesthetic included glorification of war, carrying prop M16 rifles onstage, and stances criticizing earlier anti-Vietnam War sentiment:[3] " Hey, you asshole creep, I bet you were against the war."[4] The band was criticized, including labeled as "proto-fascist", for its provocative antics, with songs such as Hey Little Gook.[5]

Members of the group would go on to form the band Monster Magnet.[2][6]

References

  1. ↑ Mary V. Dearborn (December 2001). Mailer: A Biography. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 353–. ISBN 0-618-15460-4.
  2. 1 2 Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (11 February 1995). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 18–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ↑ John McAllister Ulrich; Andrea L. Harris (2003). GenXegesis: Essays on Alternative Youth (sub)culture. Popular Press. pp. 109–. ISBN 978-0-87972-862-5.
  4. ↑ Mark Jacobson (2005). Teenage Hipster in the Modern World: From the Birth of Punk to the Land of Bush : Thirty Years of Millennial Journalism. Black Cat. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-8021-7008-8.
  5. ↑ David A. Ensminger (2011). Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 248–. ISBN 978-1-60473-969-5.
  6. ↑ SPIN Media LLC (March 2001). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 100–. ISSN 0886-3032.
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