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SONG..."IN THE NAME OF GOD"

I AM A BIT OVERWHELMED AT THE MOMENT THAT I WROTE A SONG THAT MADE THE TOP 1,500 FROM ENTRIES SENT IN FROM AROUND THE PLANET...GOOD STUFF (LOL)...THANKS, CHUCK

"In the Name of God"

1) Children are cryin, their parents lay dyin, shot down before their eyes

Sirens are wailin, bullets are hailin, explosions light up the skies

Bombs are fallin, tanks are crawlin, the war machine keeps churning

Soldiers unwilling to stop all the killing, everywhere the fires are burning

2) Religion we preach, it's hatred we teach, who do we think we are?

Minds are confused, the word is misused, we're taking things way too far

It's in God's name, we kill and we maim, we say it's for the savior

It's in God's name, we curse and we blame, an excuse for our behavior

Ch) In the name of God”¦innocent blood is spilled

In the name of God”¦without a thought, we kill

In the name of God”¦we're the ones who sin

In the name of God”¦Armageddon, we begin

3) An eye for an eye, we hurry to die, and for what I don't understand

We slaughter and take, destroy and break, all for a scrap of land

To God we all pray just so we can say, that we understand his will

Words from a page, we use to enrage the legions we send to kill

4) There's just no excuse for all the abuse we inflict upon each other

We can't justify, the deceit and the lies we tell about our brother

Open your mind, blind lead the blind as annihilation draws real near

We're pushed and shoved in the name of above, blood exchanged for tears.

Lyrics & Music: Chuck Gordon

In The Name Of God MP3

Guitar: Chuck "Big Daddy Shred" Gordon, Vocals: Brice Hamrick, Bass: Mike Atkinson, Drums: Marvin Morgan

OK...SO WHERE'S THE MUSIC ?

Well...Unfortunately we have very little that's done well enough to consider presentable. The songs available here consist of stuff done since 2004 and are essentially just "demos". Life has a nasty habit of getting in the way with real jobs, raising families, etc. as does MONEY. The band has invested in our own Pro Tools studio but never seem to be able to co-ordinate enough time to utilize it. Rather than having nothing for anyone to hear, we chose to put what we have out there. The Massacre Machine 2004 demo is the majority of the music at this point and was done back before we decided to get HEAVY with our direction. Brice's vocals at that time were nowhere close to what he's giving us today but you'll get the idea of some of the material that we're eventually going to re-record as we sound now. In the meanwhile, just go watch and listen to it live from the Audio/Video page of our official website. Thanks for the support and patience. BTW, if anybody out there wants to adopt us with a deal on spec...HOLLA !!!

SO YOU THINK YOU WANNA KNOW BIG DADDY SHRED, HUH?

So”¦You think you wanna know me, huh? Well”¦Here you go !!! I'm sure I'll add to this as it comes to me but you gotta start somewhere.

Religion: Let's get the BIG ONE out of the way first. I personally do not believe in any higher divine authority. I don't doubt that the Bible has some merit as an historical document and that Jesus did exist. I also agree with the majority of the teachings. It's the miracle stuff that I have issues with. I respect others beliefs regardless of their focus with exception of ritualistic slaughter. If your beliefs get you through life, more power to you. It amuses me that some people tend to think that if you don't believe in God then you must be a Satanist. No”¦If I don't believe that there is a higher authority for good, then why would I believe in one for evil?

Race: There is only ONE”¦the HUMAN race. My view is that NONE of us had any choice about how we were brought into this world. That was decided by the genetic heritage of our parents. I couldn't request to be born caucasian no more than ANYBODY else could choose to exist as who they are. We are all here through no choice of our own and therefore shouldn't hate on each other based soley on skin color, ethnic background or stereo types.

Hate: I just don't understand blind hatred based purely on race (see above). I try to treat everybody with equal respect until you, as an individual show me that you don't deserve my respect. At least then you will have earned my contempt based on your actions, not because of your ethnic heritage.

Music: There are 2 types”¦music performed skillfully and music butchered badly. Everybody has certain genres of music they prefer myself included. Would I go out and stick a Pavarotti CD in my player? Probably not but I respect the man's talent. When you hear a song out of your genre of preference, it will either be done well or it will blow. I love METAL personally but I have written songs that I consider pop or country and I think they are very good but I couldn't perform them myself.

War: Why ? Please go read my blog "Song~In The Name of God" because that sums it all up from my perspective. Click the MP3 link at the bottom and listen to the song as you read the lyrics. On a side note, I support our troops doing what they have to because it's the job they chose to do to protect our freedom and I am grateful for their sacrifices especially to those who paid the ultimate price. I don't support the justification for why they are having to do it because our government feels the need to impose our way of life on a nation or nations that have endured their way of life for a few thousand years before the USA ever became a nation.