War Profiteering Is Killing Us All

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War Profiteering Is Killing Us All
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ReleasedAugust 9, 2005
RecordedApril 2005
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Length30:53
Label Side One Dummy Records
Producer Bill Stevenson, Jason Livermore, The Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines chronology
A Match and Some Gasoline
(2003)
War Profiteering Is Killing Us All
(2005)
On the Eve of Destruction: 1991–1995
(2005)
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War Profiteering Is Killing Us All is the sixth studio album by the Detroit, Michigan punk rock band The Suicide Machines, released in 2005 by Side One Dummy Records. The band broke up the following year while touring in support of the album. The album's artwork and many of its songs are critical of President George W. Bush's administration and the Iraq War. Musically, the album explores the ska punk and hardcore styles the band was known for, with short, aggressive songs dealing mostly with social and political topics. A music video was filmed for the single "War Profiteering is Killing Us All".

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by The Suicide Machines

No.TitleLength
1."War Profiteering Is Killing Us All"1:27
2."Capitalist Suicide"1:40
3."Ghost on Sunset Strip"2:14
4."Junk"1:39
5."17% 18–25"1:39
6."Capsule (AKA Requiem for the Stupid Human Race)"1:36
7."All Systems Fail"1:40
8."Red Flag"2:18
9."Nuclear Generators"1:57
10."Bottomed Out"2:38
11."Rebellion Is on the Clearance Rack (And I Think I Like It)"1:48
12."Hands Tied"1:56
13."I Went on Tour for Ten Years…and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt"5:59
14."95% of the World Is Third World (Hidden track)"2:34
Total length:30:53

Personnel

Album information

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