Pipedown

...And the saga began in the summer of 1997 in a small Californian town outside of Sacramento. After the completion of our first demo tape, we rooted ourselves in the Northern California hardcore scene. It was here where we learned the ropes of what it would take to blow the fucking lid off the stale, provincial crop of music conformists, and the people that harbor their lackluster attitudes. We channeled the fire from our souls for socio-enviro-political change, focused it into our music, and set out to make our mark on the punk scene of the 21st century. With the help of AF Records, the swell chaps of Anti-Flag, and the recording mastery of Andy Ernst at Art of Ears Studio, we are now moving out to infect the masses with our inspiring Modus Operundi...

...The human apocalyptic time bomb speeds backwards toward zero with a fatal momentum. Its velocity grows each second, fueled by the impact of man's destruction on the natural world. We have destroyed irreplaceable and essential natural elements of our environment in the wake of our undisciplined population growth and relentless pursuit of power. The greatest deception created by the puppeteers (gepeto men) who control our minds, bodies, and soul’s has been delivered to us through an expression known as progress. With progress, we marvel in self-worship in our ability to "be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it." (Genesis 1-28) In the name of progress, we commune in euphoria as our scientists create new technologies and our politicians sign globalization deals (i.e. WTO, IMF...). The question is, how long can we proceed to progress before all the real and intrinsically valuable things in this world cease to exist?