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Independentzia - From The Restarts upcoming NEW Album "A Sickness of the Mind" released on No Label Records. Focuses on the Basque Country's struggle against Spanish oppression, and the illegal torture of Basque detainees and prisoners.

Independentzia

Drone Attack - From The Restarts upcoming NEW Album "A Sickness of the Mind" released on No Label Records. Focuses on the controversial remote control warfare using UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) Drones to remotely hunt down and assassinate suspected terrorists in places like Waziristan. Rise of the Robots?


DRONE ATTACK

were told intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance 
eradicate the free world from this pestilence
lethal fire power that don’t discriminate
devoid of empathy made to eliminate

its a Drone attack - attack
its a Drone attack - attack
silent super hero come to save the day  
look up in the sky - its a bird - its a plane
its a UAV drone   here to kill and maim  

from Call of Duty black ops to the CIA
Im a joystick assassin for the USA
airbourne executions cloaked in secrecy
back to basic training with my xbox and tv

not just in the realms of the military
there’ll be spy plane on our cities eventually
Be careful what you get up to at your back yard BBQ
before a swat team abseils down the walls on you


Drone Attack

Painterman - From The Restarts upcoming NEW Album "A Sickness of the Mind" released on No Label Records. Originally by The Creation Written by Kenny Pickett and Eddie Philips


Painter Man

Went to college, studied arts 
To be an artist make a start 
Studied hard, gettin' my degree 
But no one seemed to notice me 

Painter man, painter man 
Who wanna be a painter man 
Painter man, painter man 
Who wanna be a painter man 

Tried cartoons and comic books 
Dirty postcards could have done 
Here was where the money laid 
Classic art has had it's day 

Did adverts for t.v. 
Household shops and brands of tea 
Labels all around the cans 
Who wanna be a painter man 


Painterman

Bullycide - From The Restarts upcoming NEW Album "A Sickness of the Mind" released on No Label Records.


BULLYCIDE

It’s the chapter in the book where you enter hell
It’s the ticking of the clock before the classroom bell
An eternity’s felt between September and July
No one ever sees what your feeling inside
	         
Your self esteem’s an internal time bomb primed
But the power of detonation lies within your mind
Because it will get better - it will

The bravado playground domain of the sheep
Projecting their ego on those perceived weak
Flanked by their cronies, never on their own
Relish the humiliation  theyve sown

A life cut short, social cyanide, you all stood silent - Bullycide

Social networks stalk you at home
Tormented by updates on your smart phone
Its a very fine line between laughter and hate
What starts out as banter soon escalates

Psychological impact with no blood spilt
Those who stay silent complicit in guilt
Its only a laugh we dont share the same view
This time they’ve bit off more that they can chew

Shoulder to shoulder side by side we’re gonna make these cowards run and hide
Expose their bravado call their shit let them fuckin know we had enough of it
Now I aint gonna take your shit no more
Now I Underdogs unite were gonna even the score
Now I  gonna pick my self back up off the floor
Now I Underdogs unite were gonna even the score 


Bullycide

Mia - From The Restarts upcoming NEW Album "A Sickness of the Mind" released on No Label Records.


MIA

On a warm summer night in July Hangin out at the bar You left the Comet to visit a friend She was the last friend you ever saw
On a warm summer night in July Hangin out at the bar You left the Comet to visit a friend She was the last friend you ever saw
Less than two hours later you were found Semi naked and scarred Ankles crossed and arms spread wide Facing up to the stars
I thought about it hell about a million times Its been 20 years now since that day he took your life the sound of your voice still takes me by surprise Thats what keeps you breathing thats whats keeping you alive
Beaten within an inch of your life Bleedings inside your chest Violated and brutally raped Bite marks on your breasts
On a dark and deserted street Is where he left you for dead Strangled with your Gits hoody cord Still twisted around your neck


Uganda Calling - From The Restarts upcoming NEW Album "A Sickness of the Mind" released on No Label Records.


UGANDA CALLING

(Dr hook cover intro) 
We take all kinds of pills to give us all kinds of thrills but the thrills we never know is the thrill that’ll getcha when ya get your picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone. Gonna see my picture on the cover, gonna buy 5 copies for my mother, gonna see my smiling face - on the cover of the Rolling stone.

Human rights violation Uganda’s own sensational tabloid called the Rolling Stone
It makes The Daily Mail read like The Guardian, homophobic hate is back in style again 
assuming role of “Dr Joseph Goebbels” Muhame’s witch hunt has now gone global
mutual neglect by police as violent assaults on LGBT increase

This Blood don’t wash - Cold Blooded Murder 

Publishing photos on the front page inciting the public to act out their rage
Media mob rule is what it condoned making the streets of Kampala a no go zone
Not reporting homosexuals a punishable crime echoing Germany 1939
It lowers the bench mark on the global stage of human rights in this day and age

David Bahati writes the kill the gays bill social pariahs to imprison and kill
Kadaga’s xmas gift blessed by the Pope sending complicit hatred down a slippery slope
Us evangelists fanning the flames using the religious veil to justify blame
one man made a stand against the odds, a fearless voice despite the baying mob

on the 26th of January 2011 
just 3 weeks after the court injunction against the Ugandan Rolling Stone
witnesses spotted 3 men in a vehicle parked outside of his home
what was to transpire was the brutal bludgeoning to death of David Kato with a hammer

they smashed his skull in with a fuckin hammer - You murdering fucking bastards
Bahati, Kadaga, Muhame, Lively, Coen your conscience is stained with fucking blood 

David Kato - Murder
David Kato - Murder
David Kato - Murder
David Kato - Murder

Ugandan speaking translates to:
“Gay people are Ugandans too and Ugandan people are the Government, so the government must reflect the people” “Gays are people too!”


Uganda Calling

Turned it All to Shit - From The Restarts upcoming NEW Album "A Sickness of the Mind" released on No Label Records.


Turned it all to shit

That's it I quit - So fuckin sick of it
I don't wanna deal with you any longer
You turned it all to shit
Next time You're mine - Don't even fuckin try
I've had enough of your excuses
Sick of your filthy lies

Enough said Shit fed - Don't act you missed the boat now
Enough said Shit fed - It's time for you to go 
Enough said Shit fed - You better hit the road now
Enough said

No more Eye sore - No knockin on my door
You had it comin for a while now
About time you knew the score
It's done You're gone - This lasted way too long
You had your chance and blew it big time
It's time to carry on


Turned It All to Shit

Contaminate the World - From The Restarts upcoming NEW Album "A Sickness of the Mind" released on No Label Records.

CONTAMINATE THE WORLD

Infected in my early years from home tapes I recorded
and theres no cure
young and angry teenage brat confused and non conformist
and theres no cure
the music grabbed me by the throat and gave me what I wanted
and theres no cure
a pathway from this dead end town and im still fuckin on it
no antidote

the sickness pulsing through my veins - contaminate the world
infected with the punk rock strain - contaminate the world
the viral outbreak spreads world wide - contaminate the world
infected angry & amplified - Contaminate

packed a bag laced up my boots and headed for the border
and theres no cure
met a load punks and freaks against the new world order
and theres no cure
squatted with the deviants the rejects and the artists
and theres no cure
freedom of expression for the outcasts and discarded
no antidote

The music that we make reflects youth culture and our anger
and theres still no cure
contaminate communicate we all fly the same banner
and theres still no cure
high viral load in Bandung, Burma, Nepal and Morocco
and theres still no cure
share the sickness spread the virus become an agitator
no antidote


Contaminate the World

The Restarts, formed in 1995, are a tight three piece, multi-genre punk outfit based in East London! They play thrashy, anarcho, power chord punk laced with Ska breaks and pogo inducing basslines earning them a loyal following of punk lovers of all ages. The Restarts have been hammering their way through the squats of Europe and DIY house shows across North America with reckless abandon. They lend amplification to unheard voices, playing benefit gigs for various social causes and keeping the DIY spirit of punk rock alive and well. Their years of hard graft is recognised by them being requested to play along side such heavy weights as Steve Ignorant’s CRASS, Jello Biafra & GSM, Millions of Dead Cops, The Casualties, Star Fucking Hipsters and The Subhumans.

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