Change Is a Sound is the debut album by the punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band Strike Anywhere

Strike Anywhere

Strike Anywhere is a punk rock/melodic hardcore band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1999 after the demise of frontman Thomas Barnett's previous band, Inquisition, they took their name from the Inquisition song "Strike Anywhere". Their music is characterized by fast tempos, catchy melodies, and...

, released in 2001. The album's lyrics explore such themes as women's rights

Women's rights

Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...

 ("Chalkline"), and police brutality

Police brutality

Police brutality is the intentional use of excessive force, usually physical, but potentially also in the form of verbal attacks and psychological intimidation, by a police officer....

 ("Sunset on 32nd Street"). Track 3, "Refusal", is also featured on the soundtrack to the skateboarding

Skateboarding

Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...

 video game Tony Hawk's Underground

Tony Hawk's Underground

Tony Hawk's Underground, abbreviated to THUG, is a skateboarding video game, available for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox platforms released in 2003. A PC version was released exclusively in Australia as a budget release in 2005. This version was ported by Beenox. In 2004,...

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Track listing

All tracks by Strike Anywhere

Strike Anywhere

Strike Anywhere is a punk rock/melodic hardcore band from Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 1999 after the demise of frontman Thomas Barnett's previous band, Inquisition, they took their name from the Inquisition song "Strike Anywhere". Their music is characterized by fast tempos, catchy melodies, and...

1. "You're Fired" – 2:04
2. "Timebomb Generation" – 2:18
3. "Refusal" – 2:41
4. "Laughter in a Police State" – 2:07
5. "Sunset on 32nd Street" – 4:19
6. "Detonation" – 3:01
7. "Riot of Words" – 2:29
8. "S.S.T." – 2:32
9. "Chalkline" – 2:39
10. "Three on a Match" – 1:48
11. "My Design" – 3:07

Personnel

• Jeremy Dean – Layout Design
• Alan Douches – Mastering
• Brian McTernan – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Tim Owen – Photography, Portrait Photography
• Garth Petrie – Band
• Matt Sherwood – Band
• Matthew Jordan Smith – Photography, Cover Art Concept
• Strike Anywhere – Producer

Additional information

The picture for the cover of this album was taken on their first European Tour. The head seen in the side of the image is that of Tony Pence, lead singer of the punk band Deep Sleep and former Reptillian Records employee. Pence has since opened his own record store, Celebrated Summer

Celebrated Summer

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The title of track 8, "S.S.T.", is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase Sic semper tyrannis

Sic semper tyrannis

Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants." It is sometimes mistranslated as "down with the tyrant." The phrase is said to have originated with Marcus Junius Brutus during the assassination of Julius Caesar....

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External links

• Review of Change is a Sound on the e-zine Splendid.