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Benedict Arnold & The Traitors - N/A (!981)

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    Stephen Jay Morris, Feb 22, 2023
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    Benedict Arnold & The Traitors Biography

    Originally formed out of the Los Angeles "Rock Against Racism" chapter in late 1979, Benedict Arnold and The Traitors released their first (now rare and collectible) single, "Kill the Hostages" b/w "Red Alert," in 1980. "Kill the Hostages" was based on the still (then) unfolding "Iranian Hostage Crisis" that started during the end of the Carter Administration, and ended (strangely enough) on the 444th day of the hostages' captivity, which was (not so coincidentally) at the same moment Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. President, was sworn into office. Rodney Bingenheimer played "Kill..." and the B side "Red Alert" on his popular and influential "Rodney on the ROQ" radio show (on KROQ 106.7 FM, when it was a good station). "Kill..." also received airplay nationally on the syndicated "Dr. Demento" radio show, and at numerous indie college radio outlets. The band appeared live on the groundbreaking "New Wave Theater" television show, hosted by the (now late) actor, Peter Ivers. In 1982, the band released a 7-inch ep, "No More Heroes or Gods," which was again played heavily by Rodney on his show. "I Hate Sports" featured guest musicians Don Preston (Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention) and a sax solo by Sam "Sluggo" Phipps (Oingo Boingo), but Rodney played the songs "Hollywood" and "White Boy Singing Ska" on his show regularly, and "White Boy..." was picked up for airplay by a couple of the other KROQ jocks.

    By this time the band was transitioning to a "neo-psychedelic" incarnation, which, with some personnel changes, became known first as "The Antinomians," but soon became officially known as "The Hundredth Monkey." A single (produced by Geza X) and a full-length 12-inch album ("Mute Lament," with cover art by renowned "lowbrow" painter Robert Williams) were released between 1983 and 1987 before the band finally dissolved around 1989.
    Cut to the year 2000, and three out of five original members of The Traitors get back together to perform some live shows for political causes, and start recording their last record ever, "Star Spangled Bummer." Eventually, four of the five original members were back, playing (occasionally) live, and recording tracks for the "Bummer" project. The album contains twenty-two songs, including two covers of songs originally recorded by Los Hombres and The Dicks. SSB is basically a kind of musical timeline of the negligence, fraud and related political and corporate criminality of all sorts, committed by the Bush Administration and their accomplices and cronies against the American People, the Constitution, and the rest of the World in general.

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    Disclaimer: this biography was gathered automatically through an external music database and could be inaccurate. We don't control the information found here.

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