Discharge

Primary members: Terry Roberts, Roy Wainwright, Tony Roberts, Tony Atkinson
Band Biography
Albums of focus: Realities of War (1980), Why (1981), Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing (1982), Never Again (1984), Grave New World (1986)
Songs for study:

 

"Two Monstrous Nuclear Stockpiles" - from Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing (1982)

Should East and West be ever divided
Resigned to livin', livin' in fear

Should East and West be ever divided
Resigned to livin', livin' in fear

 

"Protest and Survive" - from Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing (1982)

 

The savage mutilation of the human race is set on course

Protest and survive
Protest and survive

It is up to us to change that course

Protest and survive
Protest and survive

"State Violence State Control" - from Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing (1982)

Kept in line with truncheons
Rifle butts and truncheons
This is state control this is state control

State control state control
This is state control

Beaten up behind closed doors
Cracked and bruised ribs bloody mouth
Cracked and bruised skull bloody mouth

State control state control
This is state control

 

"It's No T.V. Sketch" - from Decontrol (1980)
The limbs of a child stick out of debris
It is no T.V. sketch

No no T.V. sketch, No no T.V. sketch
No no T.V. sketch, No no T.V. sketch

It ain't the work of make up artists
This wounded flesh and blood

No no T.V. sketch, No no T.V. sketch
No no T.V. sketch, No no T.V. sketch

A child lies dead in a pool of blood
It is no T.V. sketch

No no T.V. sketch, No no T.V. sketch
No no T.V. sketch, No no T.V. sketch

It ain't the work of make up artists
This wounded flesh and blood

No no T.V. sketch, No no T.V. sketch
No no T.V. sketch, No no T.V. sketch

 

"Grave New World" - from Grave New World (1986)
Stumbling In Darkness
A Lonely Generation
Striving To Pull Out
Into The Light
Searching
Searching But Not Ending
In More Distress
A Hell Of Anxiety

This is The Grave
The Grave New World
This is The Grave
The Grave New World

Old Is The Wound
Showing No Sign
No Sign Of Healing
Stirring Up Bitter Feelings
Reviving Fear
Reviving Despair
On And On It Goes
Outlasting Many A Prayer

Welcome To The Grave New World
Of Fear Twisted Hearts
Broken Minds And Souls
Sad And Hungry Faces
Broken Minds And Souls
Madness And Machines
Fear Twisted Hearts

 

"Leaders Deceivers" - from Shootin Up The World (1995)

Ain't No Promise In Their Words
Behind The Smilin' Eye's
Dark Stories And A Trail Of Corpses

World Leaders Deceivers
World Leaders Deceivers

Bloated On Bloody Thoughts
Trading On Our Tomorrows
For Their Own Gain
The Purveyors Of Pain

 

"M.A.D." - from Discharge (1980)

From me to you
Four minutes and counting
From me to you and back again
Back with interest

M.A.D. M.A.D.
M.A.D. M.A.D.

I'll see your one
And raise you one
Unleash disaster
On a biblical scale

 

"Why" - from Why (1982)

Besides her man she kneels
Holds him tight and begins to cry
Why why why but why

Her loved one's just another piece of meat on the battlefields
Why why why but why

Her cries break out into screams
As she now becomes hysterical with grief

Her loved one's just another piece of meat on the battlefields
Why why why but why