Magnus Dominus Corpus (MDC album)
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Magnus Dominus Corpus is MDC
's seventh full length album with three of their four original members Dave Dictor
(also Submissives), Ron Posner (ex-con-ron), Mikey Donaldson (founding member of The Offenders and Sister Double Happiness) and drummer Mike Pride (Dynamite Club).
The title is a Latin term taken from the returning Crusaders of the 13th century to term the intense hatred between the clashing Islamic and Christian
cultures. It literally means "corpses of the ultimate dominators". The album was internally called Millions Of Dead Contractors, a reference to contract workers killed in post-invasion Iraq, but was changed due to the controversial nature of such a title.
The 18 songs on the album feature criticism of George W. Bush
, "Poseur Punk"s, sell-out punk bands, a tribute to the late Maximumrocknroll founder Tim Yohannan
, American racism past and present, and American attitudes towards what defines terrorism, among other topics.
MDC (band)
MDC is an American hardcore punk band formed in Austin, Texas in 1979. The band were subsequently based in San Francisco, California, and are currently based in Portland, Oregon. MDC originally formed as The Stains before changing their name...
's seventh full length album with three of their four original members Dave Dictor
Dave Dictor
Dave Dictor is the lead singer for the hardcore punk band MDC.Dictor was raised on Long Island and dropped out of Boston University in the 1970s. He taught public school in New York for five years. He spent a period of time living in Montana before moving to Austin, Texas, where he formed a band...
(also Submissives), Ron Posner (ex-con-ron), Mikey Donaldson (founding member of The Offenders and Sister Double Happiness) and drummer Mike Pride (Dynamite Club).
The title is a Latin term taken from the returning Crusaders of the 13th century to term the intense hatred between the clashing Islamic and Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
cultures. It literally means "corpses of the ultimate dominators". The album was internally called Millions Of Dead Contractors, a reference to contract workers killed in post-invasion Iraq, but was changed due to the controversial nature of such a title.
The 18 songs on the album feature criticism of George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
, "Poseur Punk"s, sell-out punk bands, a tribute to the late Maximumrocknroll founder Tim Yohannan
Tim Yohannan
Tim Yohannan, born August 15, 1945, died April 3, 1998 in San Francisco, California of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, was the founder of Maximum Rocknroll , a radio show and zine documenting the punk scene around the world...
, American racism past and present, and American attitudes towards what defines terrorism, among other topics.
Track listing
- Destroying the Planet (Dictor/Posner) — 1:41
- Going Nowhere Faster Than You (Dictor/Posner) — 2:19
- Founding Fathers (Dictor/Posner) — 2:02
- Poseur Punk (Dictor/Posner) — 2:36
- Let's Kill All the Cops (Dictor/Posner) — 2:06
- Life But How to Live It (Dictor/Posner) — 1:50
- Prime Evil (Dictor/Posner) — 2:04
- Time Out (Schultz/Posner) — 1:19
- Girls Like You Make Me Queer (Dictor/Posner) — 2:04
- Sleep a Little Less, Dream a Little More (Dictor/Posner) — 2:00
- Walking on Thin Ice (Dictor/Posner) — 3:31
- No More Cops (Dictot/Orguera) — 1:26
- Long Day, Short Life (Dictor/Posner) — 1:27
- Timmy Yo (Dictor) — 3:03
- Nazis Shouldn't Drive (Dictor/Wilder) — 1:59
- Sick of It (Dictor/Bekowies/Van Cura) — 2:02
- Prick Faced Bastard (Dictor) — 2:42
- Ballad of G.W. (Dan the Parody Man/Flatt & Scruggs) — 2:22