On The Offensive

Poster Children release On the Offensive, a mini-album of cover songs inspired by the United States' current political climate. We decided to record this batch of political songs because we're pissed off and we don't feel like keeping it to ourselves,' explains guitarist/vocalist Rick Valentin. 'We had considered many classic protest songs from the 60's but none of them seemed to ring true, too much talk about revolution and war in the streets. And while there has been a political revolution in this country since the 1960's, unfortunately it was one headed by the fundamentalist right wing. We wound up selecting songs exclusively from the dawn of that revolution, the early 1980's; songs of warning and dissent that hold up surprisingly well over 20 years later.' Includes songs by Clash, Heaven 17, Fear, X, Husker Du, XTC.