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Homage To Ratalonia

by Rats Run Riot

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1.
Rat Riot 02:44
they run through the streets while evryone sleeps quiet as night and there's no one in sight but the sewage heats and the mothers repeat there is nothing to worry about there's a shuffling of feet and a squeak underground its the pest! Someone says with his tongue cut out but he's wrong, proofs the quack and they carry him back to the locked ward for mental disease and the gathering crowd sees the sun melt down as they're takin over the town its a rat riot! And the city's on fire its a rat riot! All that you desire they're burning the palace and burning the cars rats don't have nothin to lose they ravage the churches, gnawing the cross the rage can't at all be defused the state is gone broke and the cops all corrupt but slowly they're losing the ground rats tearing apart and they cannot be stopped the rat now is chasing the hound and the gathering crowd sees the sun melt down as they're takin over the town its a rat riot! And the city's on fire its a rat riot! Its life on the high wire
2.
I am fourdimensional I am threedimensional I am twodimensional I am one (I'm an) ape in the rain < with a face so inhumane and there is nothing to see < in that face... of meee You remember the stories < of the ancient greeks? Calypso waiting by the shore < you know, what she seeks? Ulysses sailing < on the old blue vast She waves him in, whispers < he'll see my last They draw near and < descend the plank She peers in his eyes and < her face goes blank (they speak) I'm the ape of calypso and I'm sinkin my ship so you can all see it wouldnt that be great? Some retarded conjurer < turned him into an ape she thinks, if I loved him < wouldn't that be rape? However, she falls in love < with that anthropoid she could no more look < in the eyes of a dr. freud (they speak) I'm the ape of calypso and I'm sinkin my ship so you can all see it wouldnt that be great? Ulysses turns out discontent < with his state the gravitation of bananas < you shouldn't underestimate (in tears she) sets him free on a raft < just to see him smile the climate on that vessel turned to < be pretty hostile the sea split open (parted) and a maelstrom < swallowed him down apocalypse but not the smallest < sign of a frown He was the ape of calypso and he's sinkin his ship so you could all see it wasn't that great?
3.
Batrider 02:26
You‘re a black bat - I‘m a riding rat - using your paper wings - so I can glide through the night - I‘m a batrider you‘re the decider you‘re my decider I‘m your batrider I‘m curling in my pain - lips bloodred again - biting your paper wings - chewing all kinds of things - I‘m a batrider you‘re the decider you‘re my decider I‘m your batrider Bats are clicking through the night Blind cats howling for a fight Batrider attacks from behind Rats riding bats are the dangerous kahahahind
4.
Bald head and leather boots drives the city into cahoots his sister is a superhero (he says:) 'girls are fags!' and loves robrat deniro nazi rat's a fucked up kid loser of the system, he's fallin through the grid club in hand he threatens little kids always in a fight with the other misfits lying on the ground he lifts his hand 'one day I'm gonna start a nazi-band!' nazi rat's a fucked up kid loser of the system, he's fallin through the grid - transition to superhero - RAD RAT! Superhero rat attack always up on your back never sleeps and never rests and the night is pitch black surfin through the city, surfin through your mind helpin out the villains out of an ugly fight she's a shadow rat in the night she don't need no truncheon oppression dysfuntion the police is powerless on her transgressions surfin through the city, surfin through your mind helpin out the villains out of an ugly fight she's a shadow rat in the night
5.
Big As Cats 03:55
It is very surreal thinking back Lousy Days in a muddy crack shells are whistling overhead reading books behind the rusty shed I lived in a hole over months and months there was no living way out “in the flooded ditch outside the rats are paddling about” “As the yellow dawn creeps up” from behind the sentries sing a song it echoes in the fascists brain at night their sentry hums along No God, No State's our alternative hierarchies are bloody...conservative No God, No State's our alternative we are the people, we can think for ourselves! There was no sight of aristocrats They had rats, rats, oh as big as cats No democratic bureaucrats They had rats, rats, oh as big as cats It's the state in which the people turn to things this system supports greed, you know what it brings people are different, can't be all the same it's you against me, you know what's to blame It's a disease of the alphabet throwing up letters onto flags all red socialists, communists and anarchists it seemed, the separation was made in a newspaper's war No God, No State's our alternative hierarchies are bloody...conservative No God, No State's our alternative we are the people, we can think for ourselves! There was no sight of aristocrats They had rats, rats, oh as big as cats No democratic bureaucrats They had rats, rats, oh as big as cats
6.
Desert Rat 02:25
7.
Rewind, Repeat there‘s an old tape in the player playin rat songs for today we‘re the rats freakin out to those songs we‘re the rats all squeakin along rewind, repeat…. Fast forward we‘re the misfits of our time intellectual crippling of the mind we‘re the scum, we‘re the bombtrash kids we‘re being fed the pseudo liberal shit rewind, repeat…. Fast forward
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9.
Teeeth 02:46
No one loves you smile so uninspired really don't wanna cross your path at all you turn your eyes to me gnashin your teeth waiting to bite your way really dont want to be in my skin right now and youre crushin my will youre just an animal, so am I see, we're just animals so go for the thrill and fuck it all fuck it all up, go fuck it all a mouth full of cavities that shuns any talk you'd be better off not bein in your shoes right now your frustation stares at me gnashin your teeth waiting to bite my tongue I'd better keep to myself what I'm thinkin right now and your teeth crush my will youre just an animal, so am I see, we're hust animals so shoot for the thrill and fuck it all fuck it all up, fuck it all..
10.
Dogs 03:10
We are the anarchy dogs we're pissin onto our neat clean rugs those maggots in your brain they'll chew you up, driving you insane take a dive in the pond get the s**t outta here and all that's left in your eyes is cold, naked fear we're crashing through your door we're barking, whats this shit life for? Ram our claws into white skin cause it is that skin, you are hiding in step outside the door and stand in the rain freezing to the core it overwhelms your brain

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+++ Upcoming Shows 2022 +++

Apr 30 Theater X Moabit - Tanz in den Mai (w/ CAVA)
Jun 4 Rockhaus - All Animal Attack! (w/ Leopard & Profilachse)
Jun 11 Fischladen (w/ Wiese & tba)

+++ Past Shows +++
++2022++

Mar 26 KvU (w/ Pink Wonder & CAVA)

++2021++


Dec 18 Schokoladen (w/ CAVA)
Dec 10 CANCELLED: Bunte Kuh
Dec 3 Fischladen (w/ Kaos, Mulai)
Nov 20 Alte Münze Berlin
Sep 3 Stralsund Villa Kalkbrennerei
Jul 17 KuBiZ Weißensee (w/ Shitvector, Pink Wonder, Fat Kahoona, Aerger) for Margarete Mitscherlich's Birthday
Jul 2 Greife/Johnny Knüppel (w/ Banana of Death)
Jun 11 @ Greife/Johnny Knüppel
Jun 5 Demo at JFE Uno Ahrensfelde
May 6 Potse/Drugstore Kundgebung (w/ Banana of Death)
May 5 Hellersdorf against another Autobahn
++2020++
Sep 12 Greife (BRUNO ist Dagegen: w/ Cava, Banana of Death, Gehirnfrost)
Aug 8 Rehberge Park
Jun 26 Open-Air-Rave im Wald bei Birkenwerder
CANCELLED Okt 3 Syrisch-Deutsches Strassenfest
CANCELLED Sep ? Jena
CANCELLED Jun 7 Sunday Matinee (by Nunofyrbeeswax)
CANCELLED May 2 Erfurt (w/ Riot Spears, Wrackspurts)
CANCELLED Apr 4 Lame at Heart (w/ Pink Wonder)
Feb 22 Galle in Halle (<3)
Feb 21 P31 Nürnberg (w/ Bifi im Berghain, Bass Sick Shit)
Jan 25 Schwester Martha (BRUNO ist Dagegen: w/ Toshnota, Vorsicht Kinder, Pharaoh TV)
++2019++
Nov 23 BASTA! Wedding @ Sch8
Nov 9 Ballärexpress@ Scharni (w/ Old Dust of Hollow + Shit Missile + DJs)
Oct 18/19 'BRUNO ist Dagegen' Vinyl-Release-Gala @ Rote Insel
Oct 25 Vulva Kuriosum (Birthday Bash w/ Ponys uff Pump GLAM SHOW)
Sep 28 Fischladen (BID concert w/ Scum Babies, Damsel in Distress)
Sep 7 Supamolly Soli (w/ BananaOD)
Aug 10 Tommy-Haus (w/ Die Dschungel)
Aug 9 OBOA Festival (w/ Nunofyrbeeswax)
Jul 27 Querfeldein Festival
Jul 26 Tipsy
Jul 20 Schokoladen Hoffest
Jun 21 KvU (w/ Banana Of Death, Gehirnfrost, Riot Spears)
May 18 - Scherer8 - PHILOXENIA Soli w/ Maske
May 08 - Herzbergstr. w/ Banana Of Death, Angry Skeletons
April 27 - KvU w/ Nunofyrbeeswax, Die Dschungel, Detektor S.
Mar 3 - Toast Hawaii - w/ Eat Ghosts
Feb 23 - Scherer - Soli für BASTA!
Feb 3 - K19 - Brand-Soli w/ Ponys auf Pump
Jan 5 - Schwester Martha w/ Banana of Death, TRL, Maske
++2018++
Dec 12 - Rote Insel w/ Die Dschungel
Nov 1 - MenschMeier w/ BALG
Sep 7 - Pracht (Leipzig) w/ Sect Mark, Russe
Sep 6 - Zukunft w/ 24/7 Diva Heaven
Sep 1 - Fischladen w/ Restless Liver
Aug 25 - Wukania w/ Faulenza
Aug 20 - KadterschmiedeR94 w/ Die Dschungel
Aug 18 - Schokoladen w/ Wrackspurts
Aug 17 - ImI Open Air (Brand-Erbisdorf)
Aug 12 - Camp Tipsy Festival
Jul 27 - Stö (Leipzig) w/ The Babes
Jul 26 - WTFsUp @ Drugstore
Jul 6 - Kulturbotschaft w/ RYL, Die Dschungel
Jun 25/26 - BRN (Dresden) w/ Halbtal
(May 12 - Garage Pankow w/ Father Midnight
Apr 7 - Trxxxter w/ Screw the Carpet
Feb 16 - Kulturbotschaft w/ Cosmic Jester, Wrackspurts, Bacabs)


Recordings were done at Garage Pankow in beer-drenched and laughter-soaked two hours.

Mixing and Mastering were Luci's job

No label, no bullshit, just ask for a CD or shirt or what you need and we can make one together

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released July 2, 2018

all songs written and performed by Rats Run Riot
Painting 'Dance of the Rats' by Ferdinand van Kessel (1690)

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Rats Run Riot Berlin, Germany

SHOWS:
* Jun 23 Lohmühle
* Jul 28-30 Para Yok

punk is just fun, liberation from trying to be who you are not. it should be for everyone of every gender, form & class, so:

let the rats run riot in your brain and in your street, write & play some songs with your friends to make this world a much less painful place!
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