World Entertainment War

World Entertainment War was a US rock band on MCA Records in the early 1990s that featured groove-centric music with intricate lyrics of a political and often humorous nature.

Members

* Rob Brezsny (lead vocals)
* Darby Gould (lead vocals)
* George Earth (guitar)
* Anthony Guess (drums)
* Daniel Lewis (bass)
* Amy Excolere (keyboards)

Gould would later join Paul Kantner, Papa John Creach, Jack Casady, Prairie Prince and others as lead female vocalist in a variety of lineups including Wooden Ships, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, and Jefferson Starship. Excolere would also appear as a vocalist with Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation. The World Entertainment War song "Dark Ages" is covered by Jefferson Starship on the album "Deep Space / Virgin Sky", [cite web |url=http://www.jeffersonstarship.com/j/star/lyr/lyricfly.html?song=1010&album=JSCD101 |title=Dark Ages |accessdate=2008-05-25 |format= |work=http://www.jeffersonstarship.com ] and the song "In a Crisis" is covered on the album "Jefferson's Tree of Liberty" [*cite album-notes |title=Jefferson's Tree of Liberty |bandname=Jefferson Starship |year=2008 |format=CD booklet|publisher=The Lab Records |publisherid=3020617382 |location=] with Gould contributing vocals to both.

Discography

elf Titled (1991)

# Relax
# Dark Ages
# Apathy And Ignorance
# Get Outta My Head
# Telepathics Anonymous
# Proud Americans
# We Have Ways
# Kick Your Own Ass
# Prayer
# Prayer Wars
# Snake Dance
# For Your Ears Only
# Break The Law
# Kick In
# Purity Test
# Pagan Jake's Dream Girl
# Televisionary
# Control Yourself
# In A Crisis
# Reprise

Give Too Much

This album is the only one currently available. It features the songs from the self titled album plus two unreleased tracks, apparently recorded at the same time as the self titled album but not included. The track order is different, and some of the songs have different titles as well.

# Relax
# Dark Ages
# Apathy and Ignorance
# Pagan Jake's Dream Girl
# Telepathics Anonymous
# Marlboro Man Jr.
# Kick Your Own Ass
# We Have Ways
# Garbageland
# Yaya Gaga
# Prayer Wars
# For Your Ears Only
# Kick In
# Snake Dance
# Break the Law
# Televisionary
# Purity Test
# Get Outta My Head
# Furnace of Nuclear Love
# In a Crisis
# Control Yourself
# Mediapocalypse

Awards

World Entertainment War's albums was nominated for a "Bammie", California's version of the Grammies. They were managed by Bill Graham (promoter) until his death in 1991.

References

External links

* [http://www.freewillastrology.com/cds/ World Entertainment War Homepage]