What Were We Fighting for?

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What Were We Fighting for?
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Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 4, 1998
Genre Punk rock
Label Know Records

What Were We Fighting for? is a tribute album to the punk rock band Dead Kennedys.

Track listing

  1. "Government Flu"- Arson Family
  2. "Terminal Preppy"- Gob
  3. "Your Emotions"- Electric Frankenstein
  4. "Police Truck"- Das Klown
  5. "Moon Over Marin"- The Dread
  6. "Religious Vomit"- Anal Cunt
  7. "Forward to Death"- Eyelid
  8. "Hyperactive Child"- Visual Discrimination
  9. "Life Sentence"- No Fraud
  10. "When You Get Drafted"- Angry Little Man
  11. "Jock-O-Rama"- Politikill Incorect
  12. "California über alles"- Vitamin L
  13. "MTV Get Off the Air"- Drain Bramaged
  14. "Too Drunk to Fuck"- Blanks 77
  15. "I Kill Children"- Insult
  16. "Moral Majority"- The Missing 23rd
  17. "Nazi Punks Fuck Off"- Final Conflict

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