Chosen by Monk
The world driving itself to hell in a handcart while simultaneously drowning in a sea of its own shit and vomit has provoked these anarcho-punk rock hallions back into a life after a eight-year hiatus, delivering a lethal right-hook to the chin of the system, while coincidentally sounding a roaring bark that is a call to action imploring us all to fight back against injustice.
We’re getting stomped by the world, by the government, by the bad news, vocalist David Rodriguez says of the new song.
We want systemic change, total transformation, degradation to the state. ‘People Over Power’: It’s as simple as it sounds.
Drunmer Marc ‘Meggers’ Eggers adds:
It’s a protest song through and through. We want the vibe to be: you listen, get angry, get your crew together and get out on the streets.
The Casualties originally formed in 1990, but these street fighters are still angry, still political, still the voice of the disenfranchised, the disillusioned and the dispossessed and are still keeping the heart and spirit of punk alive. Founded on a mission to revive the sound of punk pioneers like The Exploited and The Sex Pistols, they lyrically weave scathing denouncements of authority into frantic anthems of resistance, totalling to 11 studio full-lengths, three EPs and three live albums so far, with the promise of more vitriol to come in 2026…