Wolves in Wolves' Clothing is another one of NOFX’s more politically conscience albums. This album is just as good and still as relevant as their War On Errorism album. NOFX didn't change their approach at being a politically conscious well hardcore punk group. They tackle their known favorite subjects such as drinking, anti-religion, politics, anti-patriotism along with the themes of partying, and observations about the band scene. Their songwriting has improved! This is an album you will not regret purchasing.
It seems as if songs such as USA-holes, Leaving Jesusland, The Marxist Brothers, We March To The Beat Of Indifferent Drum, and The Man I Killed were leftover songs for War On Errorism. These songs must been written during the recording sessions for the War On Errorism album. The songs listed show political consciousness and stand against injustice. Knowing NOFX, this would not be surprising.
USA-holes is about how the government has failed the American people and about how American are assholes.
How the country of the United States is run is like watching a total car wreck. The morning headlines always accompanied with sweat and nausea. Every week another puzzle piece gets permanently glued into place. This is the feeling we learn to live with in North America.
These lyrics are a representation of how government has failed the American people. The government has failed to protect the American people and favors the rich instead. The American government is quick to declare war and not solve their conflicts in a peaceful manner. What’s worse is the American government putting rich people before everyone else. The “blame game” comes into play here.
We see the iceberg from 15 miles away
The captain orders the ship to "stay the course"
"Full speed ahead" shouts the accurst
The next thing we heard was, "rich women and children first"
The ship is listing, the captain's placing blame on the iceberg
"That berg attacked us, I am declaring war on the Arctic"
Who could ever have predicted the greatest ship could so easily sink (duh)
We all knew what consequences could be
With the crew we had at the controls
These lyrics show how Americans are assholes.
Lifeboats are useless without rescue
The only ships show up for salvage
When setting sail on the St. Louis
We all knew what consequences could be
With the crew we had at the controls
There's no harbor age for the USA-holes
I doubt there's a benign God to save our souls
Cuz no one else is gonna save the USA-holes
This song Leaving Jesusland is about Christianity ruled America and starting a new country where everyone is equal. And with no religion. Leaving Jesusland is aimed at religious people and social conservatives.
As we all know, conservatives are always smart people. IQ's are very low but threat levels are high. Social conservatives and religious people put feelings before reality. So it’s feels before reals with these people. These lyrics discuss homophobic views in America. “They got a mandate/They don't want man-dates/They got so many hates and people to despise” Their mandate of hate is dictated to them by The Bible.
They don’t see past their own issues. People in Jesusland lack any sort of empathy and are completely apathetic to everyone who is not like them. Maybe that's why they're so scared of us. They are mindless and are brainwashed by right-wing news stations such as FOX News and InfoWars.
Fat Mike invites everyone who doesn’t fit into Christian White America to live in California. He wants people who are educated and open-minded to come live in California. He wants people with college degrees and open-minded philosophies. They are more accepting and level-headed of everyone on the West Coast. They don’t care about your past. People are more relaxed there.
English and Christianity seem to dominate America or in this case Jesusland. Which in turn is a reference to the Southern United States mostly. Republicanism is starting to decline. That is what the lyrics “The red blood of America is starting to clot” mean.
Social conservatives want America to become a homogenized state where everyone is the same similar to Japan or Thailand. They want everyone to believe the same religion and is the same skin color. They want life bland. Which is exactly what the following lyrics below mean.
The fear stricken
Born again Christian
They got a vision, a homogenized state
Social conservatives and religious people hate Bill Nye because he supports science and the theory of evolution. That is why you hear the following lyrics.: “Textbook decline/Intelligent design/They got Bill Nye on the list to execrate”
Cool And Unusual Punishment is about kinky BDSM culture in Japan. It’s a hardcore punk rock song about Japanese porn in other words.
Cool And Unusual Punishment is wordplay on cruel and unusual punishment which is a term used in the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution which states that "cruel and unusual punishments shall not be inflicted." These exact words were first used in the English Bill of Rights 1689. On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Article 5 of the historic Universal Declaration of Human Rights document. Article 5 states that "cruel and unusual punishments shall not be inflicted."
Cool And Unusual Punishment is NOFX’s (well mostly Fat Mike’s) take on cruel and unusual punishment. They put a wicked spin on the term “cruel and unusual punishment”. The song is explicit in a sexually provocative manner.
You're not gonna find Japanese hardcore porn (hardcore Japanese porn) at the record store. This is not for the faint hearted. So if you want rewards and consequence, they got the cool and unusual punishments.
Who's the next to get hung from the ceiling? Get on your knees for Japanese instruction. Shibari is a Japanese style of bondage. Think Japanese bondage. Kanpai and bottoms up. Unhelping hands will hogtie you up and render you unable to move.
For just under ¥10,000 yen, you can visit hell and come back again for the process of hurting and healing. Are you up for a cake and candle wax dessert? It's not fun 'til someone gets hurt. This is pure assisted self-destruction. One bad deed surely deserves another. Bruised from bamboo caning. Try explaining this to your significant other after you go home.
We March To The Beat Of Indifferent Drum is about how we chose to deny our realities of what is going on in the world around us. We often chose to ignore our problems and deny even having them. We lack moral responsibility by doing so.
Due to the uneasiness of what’s going on in the world, we often chose to ignore our problems and deny even having them. We often look the other way. We don’t pay attention to any of the problems going in the world because we chose to keep them far away. Things sound and look better but that is completely untrue. Things only get worse when we choose to ignore our problems.
I rate this album 5/5*****!!
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