The Attacks "Our Ruin" LP (ZWR021)
Released: 05/24/2011

Aaron Attacks - bass / vocals (all tracks)
Zane Comina - guitar / vocals (tracks 1 - 15 - 19, vocals on track 26)
Adam Attax - guitar / vocals (tracks 1 - 9, 16 - 27)
Jim Duval - drums (tracks 1 - 9, 16 - 19)
Aaron #2 - drums (tracks 10 - 15)
Neil Braden - drums (tracks 20 - 27)

 

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1. Operation Iraqi Freedom: Coming Soon For The Play Station Two (3:32) lyrics   15. Get Jesus Out Of My Scene (demo) (2:59) lyrics
2. Kick Me In The Head (1:58)
lyrics   16. Operation Iraqi Freedom (live) (3:33) lyrics
3. Sick And Twisted (3:27) lyrics   17. Fuck Pro Life (live) (1:40) lyrics
4. Erosion Of The Middle Class (2:38) lyrics   18. Mindless Conformity (live) (2:18) lyrics
5. Fuck Pro Life (1:43) lyrics   19. Get Jesus Out Of My Scene (live) (3:00) lyrics
6. Get Jesus Out Of My Scene (2:49)
lyrics   20. Kick Me In The Head (live) (2:20) lyrics
7. Terror Alert Orange: Attack Of The American Cliché (2:22) lyrics   21. Fight (live) (1:45)
8. Mindless Conformity (2:10) lyrics   22. Sick And Twisted (live) (3:35) lyrics
9. Operation Iraqi Freedom (Edit) (3:28) lyrics   23. Erosion Of The Middle Class (live) (3:03) lyrics
10. Kick Me In The Head (demo) (1:52) lyrics   24. Fuck Pro Life (live) (1:59) lyrics
11. Terror Alert Orange: Attack Of The American Cliché (demo) (2:15) lyrics   25. Parasite (live) (2:50) lyrics
12. ??? (Demo) (1:32) lyrics   26. Mindless Conformity (live) (3:04) lyrics
13. Fuck Pro Life (demo) (1:38) lyrics   27. Blood And Rum (live) (2:08)
14. Mindless Conformity (demo) (1:57) lyrics   28. 9/12: The Day Freedom Died (6:19)  
 
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Produced by Aaron Ward.

Tracks 1 - 6 originally appeared on "First Strike" (2005), independently released.
Recorded November, 2004 at Double Time Studios (El Cajon, CA). Engineered and mastered by Jeff Forrest. Mixed by Jeff Forrest and Adam Attax.


Tracks 7 - 9 originally appeared on "Censored Violence" (2011), released on ZenWhisper Recordings (ZWR008).
Recorded November, 2004 at Double Time Studios (El Cajon, CA). Engineered and mastered by Jeff Forrest. Mixed by Jeff Forrest and Adam Attax.
Additional editing on "Operation Iraqi Freedom (Edit)" by Aaron Ward at ZenWhisper Studios (McMinnville, OR).

Tracks 10 - 15 originally appeared on "Songs About Killing The President" (2004), independently released.
Recorded November, 2003 at Pure Noise (San Diego, CA). Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Chris Squire.

Remastered by Aaron Ward at ZenWhisper Studios (McMinnville, OR).

Tracks 16 - 19 previously unreleased.
Recorded July 22, 2005 live at The Honey Bee Hive (San Diego, CA). Engineered by Aaron Ward.
Guest Vocals on "Mindless Conformity" by Heather Hell.

Additional mastering by Aaron Ward at ZenWhisper Studios (McMinnville, OR).

Tracks 20 - 24 previously unreleased.
Recorded February 26, 2006 live at The Zombie Lounge (San Diego, CA). Engineered by Zane Comina.

Additional mastering by Aaron Ward at ZenWhisper Studios (McMinnville, OR).

Tracks 25 - 27 previously unreleased last show.
Recorded September 15, 2006 live at The Zombie Lounge (San Diego, CA). Engineered by Zane Comina.

Additional mastering by Aaron Ward at ZenWhisper Studios (McMinnville, OR).

Track 28 arranged, mixed, and mastered by Aaron Ward.

Artwork by Sean Shehan for Bandit Art 13.
Layout and design by Aaron Ward.

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"Kick Me In The Head," "???," "Fuck Pro Life," "Get Jesus Out Of My Scene," "Operation Iraqi Freedom: Coming Soon For The Play Station Two," Parasites," "Blood And Rum" music and lyrics by Aaron Attacks.
"Terror Alert Orange: Attack Of The American Cliché" music by Zane Comina, lyrics by Aaron Attacks.
"Mindless Conformity" music and lyrics by Zane Comina.
"Sick and Twisted," "Fight" music and lyrics by Adam Attax.
"Erosion Of The Middle Class" music by Aaron Attacks and Zane Comina, lyrics by Aaron Attacks.

All songs published ZenWhisper 2011 (ASCAP).

 
         
   
"FIRST STRIKE"
   
 

Operation Iraqi Freedom: Coming Soon For The Play Station Two

Little boy comes down the stairs
Finds his mommy dead at the table
Daddy bashed her head in at night
And you ignore this problem too

And you lie and cheat and steel, profits show where you're going
Straight to hell
And If anybody's keeping score you're headed
Straight to hell
And I hope that flame burns like hell, I hope it makes you suffer

You cut benefits as you see fit, I just wish you would cut your wrists
Apathy reigns supreme as people sit and watch TV
Spoon feed us this bullshit
We all buy it

Be a good Republican, sacrifice human life
Do what daddy tells you
One by one my rights go away
You are getting richer
We are getting sicker

   
   
 

Kick Me In The Head

I've seen a lot of people in my short life
Most of them I wish that I never met
So many shitty people that I've lost count
So many shitty people that I've learned to trust

Take me outback right now and kick me in the face
If it doesn't happen soon I think I'll be afraid
Take me outback right now and kick me in the face
If it doesn't happen soon I think I'll run away

They say that everyone deserves another chance
They never met the people that I've met
And when the time comes to meet another one
I won't be there because I'll be gone

I made a list with all your names on it
When the time comes again I will find it
And I will make you pay for all you took away
I will make you pay for all you took from me

   
   
 

Sick And Twisted
(To the life of Paulette Valenzuela "Queen of the Scene" more than a friend, a motivator, and a mystic R.I.P.)

This is a story of tragedy
Goddess of life and beauty
Only a bullet could stop her heart
Life that screamed so fucking loud
Stood strong in the eye of a storm
Your life as a drug into our veins
So sick and twisted
May you rest in peace

Sadistic nihilistic victim to random acts of violence
Sadistic nihilistic gunshot to the chest because you wouldn't fucking take it
Our souls will ride again

Now you're gone but never forgotten
Taught me to seize life's flavor
Your message, love and music
Will never die alone
Taken life, a flash burned brighter than a star
The torch still burns as bright as ever
My love and lessons
Never see the end

Sick and twisted, senseless murder
Sick and twisted, senseless murder
Sick and twisted, senseless murder
Sick and twisted, senseless murder

   
   
 

Erosion Of The Middle Class

You're not doing so hot these days
You're not doing so good
You've taken everything
And thrown it away

Erosion of the middle class with every single tax
17, 18 ways to make you go broke
You go to church on sunday afternoon
Sell your soul on Monday morning

Laissez-faire isn't fair to you
They push their product onto you
Sell you shit that you don't need
Sell me shit that I don't need

I got to think how nobody is thinking
About the problems facing us today
How I'm not doing everything I can
To make this world a better place

You're not looking so hot these days
You're not looking so good
You've taken everything
And thrown it away

I'm not looking so hot these days
I'm not looking so good
I've taken everything
And thrown it away

   
   
 

Fuck Pro Life

You don't know what it's like
To be 15 without a way to fight
You pass judgment on people you don't know
When's the last time you gave a little help

Fuck pro life, fuck it
Fuck pro life, fuck it
Fuck pro life, fuck it
Fuck pro life, fuck it

Parents threw you out, boyfriend ran away
Why don't you try and give a little help
Instead, you hold your sign and bitch about
How their sinning and going to hell

   
   
 

Get Jesus Out Of My Scene

You stand on stage in your leather jacket
Telling kids who to fucking hate
Spend your whole life trying to prove something
Spend my whole life looking for nothing

We don't wanna hear you talk about your faith
We don't wanna hear you pray for us
We don't wanna hear you preach about
Who's gonna to come knocking at our door

You have you book full of lies
I have my head full of beer
Won't put my faith in your god
Put my faith in myself

When they get on stage and preach their god
Walk right out that fucking door
Don't be told how to live your life
By a fake fucking god

   
   
   
"CENSORED VIOLENCE"
   
 

Terror Alert Orange: Attack Of The American Cliché

You sit drinking your coffee out of a cup that reads
God bless America, home of the free
Display your beliefs on a piece of merchandise
Don't let anyone burn the fucking flag

Don't have your thoughts
Regurgitate what they want
Don't have you own thoughts
You fucking hide behind
You fucking hide behind
You fucking hide behind
That fucking flag

Love it or leave it, freedom doesn't come for free
It's all the things you shout when people disagree
Ignore the problems facing us today
Turn on your TV, wash it all away

Ignore the problems facing us today
Turn on your TV, wash it all away
Brainwashed to believe we live in a perfect country
Brainwashed not to question authority

   
   
 

Mindless Conformity

When I look around me
I start to get that feeling
The feeling of disparity
Because nobody's thinking
Formulated opinions
Based on filtered stories
Our business is destruction
In the name of peace and glory

Stupidity is everywhere
It can make for a really long day
And when it's entrapped you
You cannot get away
Is this what our fathers
Had died to give us
A society of dumbness
Where you can not speak up

Mindless conformity, ruining my life
Everybody does it doesn't make it right
Mindless conformity is what we've become

No one tells me to take a stand
I'm so sick of the man
No one can tell me what to do
And now your 'e threw
No more fun

   
   
 

Operation Iraqi Freedom (Edit)

Little boy comes down the stairs
Finds his mommy dead at the table
Daddy bashed her head in at night
And you ignore this problem too

And you lie and cheat and steel, profits show where you're going
Straight to hell
And If anybody's keeping score you're headed
Straight to hell
And I hope that flame burns like hell, I hope it makes you suffer

You cut benefits as you see fit, I just wish you would cut your wrists
Apathy reigns supreme as people sit and watch TV
Spoon feed us this bullshit
We all buy it

Be a good Republican, sacrifice human life
Do what daddy tells you
One by one my rights go away
You are getting richer
We are getting sicker

   
   
   
"SONGS ABOUT KILLING THE PRESIDENT"
   
 

Kick Me In The Head (demo)

I've seen a lot of people in my short life
Most of them I wished that I never met
So many shitty people that I've lost count
So many shitty people that I've learned to trust

Take me outback right now and kick me in the face
If it doesn't happen soon I think I'll run away
Take me outback right now and kick me in the face
If it doesn't happen soon I think I'll be afraid

They say that everyone deserves another chance
They never met the people that I've met
And when the time comes to meet another one
I won't be there because I'll be gone

Well, I made a list with all your names on it
When the time comes again I will find it
And I will make you pay for all you took away
I'll make you pay for all you took from me

   
   
 

Terror Alert Orange: Attack Of The American Cliché (demo)

You sit drinking your coffee out of a cup that reads
God bless America, home of the free
Display your beliefs on a piece of merchandise
Don't let anyone burn the fucking flag

Don't have your thoughts
Regurgitate what they want
Don't have you own thoughts
You fucking hide behind
You fucking hide behind
You fucking hide behind
That fucking flag

Love it or leave it, freedom doesn't come for free
It's all the things you shout when people disagree
Ignore the problems facing us today
Turn on your TV, wash it all away

Ignore the problems facing us today
Turn on your TV, wash it all away
Brainwashed to believe we live in a perfect country
Brainwashed not to question authority

 
 
 

??? (demo)

I don't know what you're saying to me
I don't know what you want me to say
I don't know what you want me to do
I don't know what you want me to say
Want me to say...want me to say

You do what they tell you to do
You say what they want you to say
Don't have a thought of your own
In your little fucking brain
Fuck your brain...fuck your brain

You do what they tell you to do
Say what they tell you to say
Don't have a thought of your own
In that little brain
Fuck your brain...fuck your brain...fuck your brain

 
 
 

Fuck Pro Life (demo)

You don't know what it's like
To be 15 without a way to fight
You pass judgment on people you don't know
When's the last time you gave a little help

Parents threw you out, boyfriend ran away
Why don't you try and give a little help
Instead, you hold your sign and bitch about
How their sinning and going to hell

Fuck pro life, fuck it
Fuck pro life
Fuck pro life, fuck it
Fuck pro life

 
 
 

Mindless Conformity (demo)

When I look around me
I start to get that feeling
The feeling of disparity
Because nobody's thinking
Formulated opinions
Based on filtered stories
Our business is destruction
In the name of peace and glory

Stupidity is everywhere
It can make for a really long day
And when it's entrapped you
You cannot get away
Is this what our fathers
Had died to give us
A society of dumbness
Where you can not speak up

Mindless conformity, ruining my life
Everybody does it doesn't make it right
Mindless conformity is what we've become

No one tells me to take a stand
I'm so sick of the man
No one can tell me what to do
And now your 'e threw
No more fun

 
 
 

Get Jesus Out Of My Scene (demo)

You stand on stage in your leather jacket
Telling kids who to fucking hate
Spend your whole life trying to prove something
Spend my whole life waiting for nothing

We don't want to hear you talk about your faith
We don't want to hear you pray for us
We don't want to hear you preach about
Who's going to come knocking at our door

You have you book full of lies
I have my head full of beer
Won't put my faith in your god
Put my faith in myself

When they get on stage and preach their god
Walk right out that fucking door
Don't be told how to live your life
By a fake fucking god

 
 
 
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Operation Iraqi Freedom (live)

Little boy comes down the stairs
Finds his mommy dead at the table
Daddy bashed her head in at night
And you ignore this problem too

And you lie and cheat and steel, profits show where you're going
Straight to hell
And If anybody's keeping score you're headed
Straight to hell
And I hope that flame burns like hell, I hope it makes you suffer

You cut benefits as you see fit, I just wish you would cut your wrists
Apathy reigns supreme as people sit and watch TV
Spoon feed us this bullshit
We all buy it

Be a good Republican, sacrifice human life
Do what daddy tells you
One by one my rights go away
You are getting richer
We are getting sicker

 
 
 

Fuck Pro Life (live)

You don't know what it's like
To be 15 without a way to fight
You pass judgment on people you don't know
When's the last time you gave a little help

Fuck pro life, fuck it
Fuck pro life
Fuck pro life, fuck it
Fuck pro life

Parents threw you out, boyfriend ran away
Why don't you try and give a little help
Instead, you hold your sign and bitch about
How their sinning and going to hell

 
 
 

Mindless Conformity (live)

When I look around me
I start to get that feeling
The feeling of disparity
Because nobody's thinking
Formulated opinions
Based on filtered stories
Our business is destruction
In the name of peace and glory

Mindless conformity, ruining my life
Everybody does it doesn't make it right
Mindless conformity is what we've become

Stupidity is everywhere
It can make for a really long day
And when it's entrapped you
You cannot get away
Is this what our fathers
Had died to give us
A society of dumbness
Where you can not speak up

No one tells me to take a stand
I'm so sick of the man
No one can tell me what to do
And now your 'e threw
No more freedom

 
 
 

Get Jesus Out Of My Scene (live)

You stand on stage in your leather jacket
Telling kids who to fucking hate
Spend your whole life trying to prove something
Spend my whole life looking for nothing

We don't wanna hear you talk about your faith
We don't wanna hear you pray for us
We don't wanna hear you preach about
Who's gonna to come knocking at our door

You have you book full of lies
I have my head full of beer
Won't put my faith in your god
Put my faith in myself

When they get on stage and preach their god
Walk right out that fucking door
Don't be told how to live your life
By a fake fucking god

 
 
 

Kick Me In The Head (live)

I've seen a lot of people in my short life
Most of them I wish that I never met
So many shitty people that I've lost count
So many shitty people that I've learned to trust

Take me outback right now and kick me in the face
If it doesn't happen soon I think I'll be afraid
Take me outback right now and kick me in the face
If it doesn't happen soon I think I'll run away

They say that everyone deserves another chance
They never met the people that I've met
And when the time comes to meet another one
I won't be there because I'll be gone

I made a list with all your names on it
When the time comes again I will find it
And I will make you pay for all you took away
I will make you pay for all you took from me

 
 
 

Sick And Twisted (live)

This is a story of tragedy
Goddess of life and beauty
Only a bullet could stop her heart
Life that screamed so fucking loud
Stood strong in the eye of a storm
Your life as a drug into our veins
So sick and twisted
May you rest in peace

Sadistic nihilistic victim to random acts of violence
Sadistic nihilistic gunshot to the chest because you wouldn't fucking take it
Our souls will ride again

Now you're gone but never forgotten
Taught me to seize life's flavor
Your message, love and music
Will never die alone
Taken life, a flash burned brighter than a star
The torch still burns as bright as ever
My love and lessons
Never see the end

Sick and twisted, senseless murder
Sick and twisted, senseless murder
Sick and twisted, senseless murder
Sick and twisted, senseless murder

 
 
 

Erosion Of The Middle Class (live)

You're not doing so hot these days
You're not doing so good
You've taken everything
And thrown it away

Erosion of the middle class with every single tax
17, 18 ways to make you go broke
You go to church on Sunday afternoon
Sell your soul on Monday morning

Laissez-faire isn't fair to you
They push their product onto you
Sell you shit that you don't need
Sell me shit that I don't need

I got to think how nobody is thinking
About the problems facing us today
How I'm not doing everything I can
To make this world a better place

You're not looking so hot these days
You're not looking so good
You've taken everything
And thrown it away

I'm not looking so hot these days
I'm not looking so good
I've taken everything
And thrown it away

 
 
 

Fuck Pro Life (live)

You don't know what it's like
To be 15 without a way to fight
You pass judgment on people you don't know
When's the last time you gave a little help

Fuck pro life, fuck it
Fuck pro life
Fuck pro life, fuck it
Fuck pro life

Parents threw you out, boyfriend ran away
Why don't you try and give a little help
Instead, you hold your sign and bitch about
How their sinning and going to hell

 
 
 

Parasite (live)

Where were you before all this began?
Had to be somebody else
Your head full of shit and dreams to come true
That didn’t involve anyone but yourself

Parasite, Parasite, Parasite, Parasite

Hope my blood tasted the way you thought it would
Hope it inspired a little bit of hate
For the way you live your life
Hate for the way you let your dreams die every night

 
 
 

Mindless Conformity (live)

When I look around me
I start to get that feeling
The feeling of disparity
Because nobody's thinking
Formulated opinions
Based on filtered stories
Our business is destruction
In the name of peace and glory

Stupidity is everywhere
It can make for a really long day
And when it's entrapped you
You cannot get away
Is this what our fathers
Had died to give us
A society of dumbness
Where you can not speak up

Mindless conformity, ruining my life
Everybody does it doesn't make it right
Mindless conformity is what we've become

No one tells me to take a stand
I'm so sick of the man
No one can tell me what to do
And now your 'e threw
No more freedom

 
 

 

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