Live from the Battle in Seattle explained

Live from the Battle in Seattle
Type:Live album
Artist:The No WTO Combo
Cover:No WTO Combo - Live from the Battle in Seattle.jpg
Released:May 16, 2000
Recorded:December 1, 1999[1]
Genre:Hardcore punk, spoken word
Length:44:21
Label:Alternative Tentacles

Live from the Battle in Seattle is the only album released by anti-globalization punk band The No WTO Combo. Of the five tracks on the album, only two, "New Feudalism" and "Electronic Plantation", are original songs. "Let's Lynch the Landlord" and "Full Metal Jackoff" are both covers, by Jello Biafra's former band Dead Kennedys, and D.O.A. featuring Biafra, respectively. "Battle in Seattle" is an opening speech/rallying cry by Jello Biafra. Biafra later re-recorded "New Feudalism" and "Electronic Plantation" for the album The Audacity of Hype by Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine.

Track listing

  1. "Battle in Seattle" – 15:02
  2. "Let's Lynch the Landlord" – 3:41
  3. "New Feudalism" – 4:15
  4. "Electronic Plantation" – 4:55
  5. "Full Metal Jackoff" – 16:28

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Woodlief . Mark . No WTO Combo's Live Album Revisits 'Battle In Seattle' . https://web.archive.org/web/20201011155428/http://www.mtv.com/news/872836/no-wto-combos-live-album-revisits-battle-in-seattle/ . dead . October 11, 2020 . MTV News.