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All Riot on the Western Front

from Taking Hostages by Go Van Go

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    This was our debut release, where it all began. We thought of our name and 6 weeks later we had the EP in our hands and toured down the East Coast of Australia. A lot has changed since our inception, but some things stay the same. Our single "Superminx" is still one of our favourite tracks to play live and a crowd favourite for sure. Free postage on this item if purchased with another!

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The main riff of this song also came to me when I was living away from home and I would spend hours playing this riff when I was too wired to sleep and needed to expend energy. Lyrically a fictitious western story seemed like the logical choice, and it will hopefully be the first part of an epic western trilogy of songs that will be forthcoming.

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ALL RIOT ON THE WESTERN FRONT

I tell you they’re right on our tail
I felt them last night as I lay in the veil
The foul stench of corrupted liars
Smelt them downwind as we slept by the fire

We’ve got our posse and we’re heading west

The sheriff was caught hand of red
Two sacks of cash and 5 holes in the head
Then back to settle the score
Round up a few men and a few dollars more
It’s a showdown you after alright
It’s pistols at noon, the saloon’s where we’ll fight alright

We’ll shoot the whiskey over your grave
A toast to a dead man and the people we’ve saved
The town will get back on it’s feet
When we clean up the dead that are lining our streets

It was all going on for too long
So don’t you be saying what we did was wrong oh no

So that is the story of how our west was won
Delivered in blood and a hot smoking gun
We’re thinking about riding down south
To find a sweet southern belle who uses her mouth
For good

Like she should

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from Taking Hostages, track released June 7, 2013

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Go Van Go distil their favourite elements from rock infused with their own unique slant creating a bombastic framework aimed to entice and excite until your brain threatens to explode.

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