07.27.12

Afghanistanization

Posted in Bombing Paupers, Culture of Lickspittle, Decline and Fall at 12:47 pm by George Smith


Afghanistan’s only heavy metal band. Yes, grenade.

Right in there with the fancy of Afghanistan having an air force:

For “District Unknown”, Afghanistan’s first heavy metal band, the answer could be “Two Seconds After the Blast”, from their soon-to-be recorded first album, “A 24-hour life time”…

The thumping, heavy metal rock and aggressive lyrics which reverberate within the sound-proof walls of Kabul’s “Sound Centre” music school allows young Afghans to vent their anger at the violence they have witnessed during years of war before and after the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States …

Kabul’s rock music school, housed inside the small “Venue” restaurant in the Afghan capital, also reflects the return, although sometimes tentative, of social and individual freedoms since the end of the Taliban rule … And the shadow of the Taliban looms large ahead of the 2014 transition when most [American] combat troops leave … The Taliban staged a 12-hour siege at a popular lakeside hotel outside Kabul this month.

I’m sure Saigon had at least one rock band in 1973, too. That ended well.

I just finished rereading Phil Caputo’s book on his experience as a Marine in Vietnam, “A Rumor of War.” In 1975, Caputo was back as a reporter to cover the fall of Saigon. The South Vietnamese shot at the evac helicopter as the Americans left town.

And, yes, Saigon did do rock and roll.

2 Comments

  1. Bonze Anne Rose Blayk said,

    July 29, 2012 at 4:05 am

    NOTE TO SELF:

    -FINISH- swallowing mouthful of coffee before checking out one of Dick’s “grenades”.

  2. George Smith said,

    July 29, 2012 at 11:32 am

    You were warned.