Horror Epics
Encyclopedia
Horror Epics is an album by the punk rock
band The Exploited
, released in 1985
through Konexion. The title track refers to the horror of starvation in the third world
, and westerners tendency to look away.
Side one
Side two
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 The Exploited
The Exploited
The Exploited are a Scottish punk band from the second wave of UK punk, formed in 1979. Originally a street punk band, they transformed into a faster hardcore punk band with a heavy political influence. From about 1987 on they changed into a crossover thrash band...
, released in 1985
1985 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985.-January–March:*January 1 - The newest music video channel, VH-1, debuts on American cable. It is aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV...
through Konexion. The title track refers to the horror of starvation in the third world
Third World
The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either capitalism and NATO , or communism and the Soviet Union...
, and westerners tendency to look away.
Track listing
- All tracks written by Wattie Buchan and Mick Tyas, unless otherwise stated
Side one
- "Horror Epics" – 5:04
- "Don't Forget The Chaos" (Buchan) – 3:05
- "Law And Order" – 2:52
- "I Hate You" (Buchan) – 1:38
- "No More Idols" – 4:55
- "Maggie" – 2:35
Side two
- "Dangerous Visions" – 3:35
- "Down Below" – 4:18
- "Treat You Like Shit" – 3:38
- "Forty Odd Years Ago" – 2:56
- "My Life" – 5:39