Propagandhi

Band members: 
Jordy-Boy - drums
Beaver - axe
Jesus H. Chris - vox, axe
The Rod - vox, bass

Web:
Propagandhi facebook profile
Official

Bio:
Propagandhi was formed in 1986.

Founding members Chris Hannah and Jordan Samolesky are also founding members of the G7 Welcoming Committee, which to date has released over 50 records including seminal recordings by the (International) Noise Conspiracy, warsawpack, Subhumans, I Spy, Submission Hold, Swallowing Shit, Giant Sons, The Rebel Spell and spoken word releases by Noam Chomsky, Ann Hansen and Ward Churchill.

In 1997 Propagandhi recruited The Rod from a band called I SPY. Propagandhi and I SPY had previously toured Western Canada, and released a split 10′ record together.

The band released 4 records on the American label Fat Wreck Chords until 2005 when its relationship with the label began to sour over its CEO’s highly-publicized campaign to ensure that Democratic Party got a turn to totally rape and plunder the planet in the service of corporate power.

Feeling a little too much a part of the scenery, the band pulled a Peter Gabriel and stepped right out of the machinery for much of 2005, focusing band energy on volunteering and fundraising projects for groups such as Sage House, Sisters in Spirit, Middle East Children’s Alliance, the Grassy Narrows Blockade, the Sea Shepherd Society, the Canada-Haiti Action Network and Welcome Place.

In 2006, the band became a 4-piece for the first time 20 years, adding David “Beaver” Guillas to the fold, whose previous posts included masterminding the legendary, meditative, experimental instrumental trio, Giant Sons, who Hannah described as “the best band in Winnipeg since I Spy called it a day”.

In 2006, the band were nominated for — and actually somehow won — the inaugural ECHO Songwriting Prize for the song “A Speculative Fiction”, from the album Potemkin City Limits. The band responded, “awards are like hemorroids: eventually every asshole gets one” and promptly donated the award money to the Canada-Haiti Action Network (a pro-democracy, anti-imperialist project) and the Welcome Place (a refugee support agency in central Winnipeg).

 In 2007, Hannah was voted one of the Worst Canadians in History by a journal published by Canada’s National History Society. He actually beat out current Canadian prime-minister/ living jack-ass Stephen Harper and notorious serial-killer Paul Bernardo. Hannah demanded a recount when it was announced he came in 2nd to former Prime Minister (and current dead guy) Pierre Elliot Trudeau.

 In 2008, Chris went on sabbatical from G7 Welcoming Committee Records, meaning that for the first time in 11 years, Propagandhi would receive the undivided attention and energy the band felt the project deserved. Nine months later the band completed their 5th full-length album entitled “Supporting Caste”, a 50,000 watt no-holds-barred, forward-thinking tip-of-the-hat to the giants — Voivod, Rush, NoMeansNo, SNFU, Sacrifice, Razor, Guilt Parade — that have gone before them.

In 2009, stoked beyond reason with their new tunes and line-up, Propagandhi plan to tour more than they have in their entire history with the express purpose of maligning the prevailing order(s). They are currently practicing the art of cannibalism and will soon release a cookbook of finger-licking recipes.

Propagandhi's Failed States is the band’s sixth album, and their second as a fourpiece with the addition of Dave “The Beaver” Guillas on guitar. This has lead to a distinctive thickening and fortifying of the band’s sound, to the point where they now achieve maximum heaviness, in a good way. This is most definitely the best Propagandhi album yet, full of loud, fast, indignant songs that stick in your head.

Discography:
- How To Clean Everything (LP, CD, Fat Wreck Chords, released on on June 1, 1993)

CD has 3 versions, 12" black vinyl. Repressed in 2007 on gold  12" vinyl, limited to 1,028










Tracklist:
01.Anti-Manifesto
02.Head? Chest? Or Foot?
03.Hate, Myth, Muscle, Etiquette
04.Showdown (G.E.P.)
05.Ska Sucks
06.Middle Finger Response
07.Stick The Fucking Flag Up Your Goddam Ass, You Sonofabitch
08.Haillie Sellasse, Up Your Ass
09.Fuck Machine
10.This Might Be Satire
11.Who Will Help Me Bake This Bread
12.I Want U 2 Want Me

– How To Clean A Couple O' Things (LP, Fat Wreck Chords, 1993, 7")

 black, orange vinyl

Tracklist:
A1.Pigs Will Pay
A2.Stick the Fucking Flag Up Your Goddamn Ass, You Skinhead Creep







– Propagandhi / I-Spy ‎– I'd Rather Be Flag-Burning (1994, Recess Records 10")

G7 Welcoming Committee Records and A-Hole Records released it on CD under title I'd Rather Be Flag-Burning / Guide To Excruciatingly Correct Behaviour






Tracklist:
A1.Propagandhi – The Overtly-Political-But-Oh-So-Intensely-Personal Song
A2.Propagandhi – ...And We Thought Nation-States Were A Bad Idea...
A3.Propagandhi – The Woe-Is-Me-I'm-so-Misunderstood Song
A4.Propagandhi – (I Want To See) Oka Everywhere
A5.Propagandhi – Haillie Does Hebron
B1.I-Spy – Remain
B2.I-Spy – Just Between Friends
B3.I-Spy – No Exchange
B4.I-Spy – T.I.Y (Title It Yourself)
B5.I-Spy – Falling Down
B6.I-Spy – Ever Wonder Why?
B7.I-Spy – Appliances And Cars
B8.I-Spy – Sixty Billion Serve

– Propagandhi / F.Y.P. ‎– Letter Of Resignation / Thank Heaven For Little Boys (1995, Recess Records, 7")

black, red, picture

Tracklist:
A1.Propagandhi - Letter Of Resignation
B1.F.Y.P. – Mate Like Porcupines
B2.F.Y.P. – Dinky Bossetti
B3.F.Y.P. – Glamourettes





– Reclaim The Streets (Self released, 7")

Tracklist:
A1.Ska Sucks
A2.Head, Chest Or Foot
A3.Who Will Help Me Bake This Bread?
B1.Homophobes Are Just Pissed, Cause They Can't Get Laid
B2.True

– Where Quality Is Job #1 (1995, 2 X 7" Recess Records)

2 pressing, brown/ clear yellow (limited to 200),  opaque yellow, black, grey.  











Tracklist:

7" #1
Side F
01.Die for the Flag
02.(guitar solo, song unknown)
Side U
01.Degrassi Jr. High Dropouts
02.Bent"
03.Greenest Eyes (live)
04.Who Will Help Me Bake This Bread? (live)

7" #2
Side C
01.Kill Bill Harcus
02.Support Gun Control...Kill a Hunter
03.Hidden Curriculum
Side K Off
01.Gov't Cartoons (live)
02.Leg-Hold Trap (live)

- Less Talk, More Rock (1996, Fat Wreck Chords, CD, tape , vinyl )

12 " vinyl (1st pressing black vinyl, repressed as part of Fat's Classic Color Vinyl Series on January 2010. Some comes in dark root beer color, light root beer color, and an almost yellow beer color. Some records have a rainbow pattern when put to light.








Tracklist:
01.Apparently, I'm A 'P.C. Fascist' (Because I Care About Both Human And...)
02.Nailing Descrates To The Wall/ (Liquid) Meat Is Still Murder
03.Less Talk, More Rock
04.Anchorless
05.Rio De San Atlanta, Manitoba
06.A Public Dis-Service Announcement From Shell
07....And We Though That Nation-States Were A Bad Idea
08.I Was A Pre-Teen McCarthyist
09.Resisting Tyrannical Government
10.Gifts
11.The Only Good Fascist Is A Very Dead Fascist
12.Refusing To Be A Man
13.The State-Lottery
14.Refusing To Be A Man
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– Where Quantity Is Job #1 (1998, B.A. Records, G7 Welcoming Committee Records, CD)



This is B.A Records version










Tracklist:
01.Mutual Friends
02.Intermezzo
03.And We Thought Nation State Were A Bad Idea
04.Utter Crap Song
05.Oka Everywhere
06.Noam Chomsky Speech
07.Haillie Does Hebron
08.Homophobes Are Just Mad Cuz They Can't Get Laid
09.True
10.Todd's Incredible Pro. Station ID For 4zzz Brisbane
11.Contest Song
12.Firestorm, My Ass
13.Refusing To Be A Man
14.Resisting Tyrannical Government
15.Laplante Song (Live)
16.Leg-Hold Trap (Live)
17.Laplante / Smith Song (Live)
18.White, Proud And Stupid
19.Fine Day
20.Stand Up And Be Counted
21.Pigs Will Pay (Live)
22.Government Cartoons (Live)
23.Anti-Manifesto (Live)
24.Less Talk, More Rock (Live)
25.Gamble (Live)
26.Ska Sucks (Live)
27.Bent
28.Degrassi Jr. High Drop-Outs
29.Hidden Curriculum The Van Lament