V.I.P. 3/21/2001 Bay area ska-punks Operation Ivy

Bay area ska-punks Operation Ivy can't be blamed for the legion of pale imitators that followed in their wake

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decibel-pushing bursts

and successful record

One will need the lyric sheet to know just how gross songs like "Under the Rotted Flesh

V.I.P. 3/21/2001 Bay area ska-punks Operation IvyV. I. P The lyric for Vagabonds In Power was inspired by an encounter Fela had with Sam Nujoma, leader of the Namibian liberation movement, the South West Africa Peoples Organisation (SWAPO), on a flight to Lagos in 1978. During the flight, Fela was troubled by Nujomas slogan the struggle continues. Fela flashed that Nujoma, who was travelling first class, was happy for the Namibian civil war to continue indefinitely, for while it did, he enjoyed a