''Guns'' is the name of the 1992 EP by the experimental music and sound collage band Negativland. It was released as a replacement for their deleted/withdrawn EP " U2". The cover art reuses that which appears on "U2". The album is about the appeal of guns and their place in American history. "Then" includes samples from western movies and radio shows of the 1940s and 1950s, mixed with audio from the film ''

Son of the Morning Star ''Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Big Horn'' is a nonfiction account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876, by novelist Evan S. Connell, published in 1984 by North Point Press. The book features extensive portraits ...

''. "Now" samples 1980s and 1990s commercials which marketed guns to women, mixed with the original radio reports from the

John F. Kennedy assassination John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was Assassination, assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. Central Time Zone, CST in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Deale ...

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Robert F. Kennedy assassination On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan shortly after midnight at the Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles), Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. He was pronounced dead at 1:44 a.m. Pacific Time Zone, PDT the following day. Kenne ...

Track listings

# "Then" - 8:05 # "Now" - 8:36

Notes

The back of the EP has a

tongue-in-cheek The idiom tongue-in-cheek refers to a humorous or sarcastic statement expressed in a serious manner. History The phrase originally expressed contempt, but by 1842 had acquired its modern meaning. Early users of the phrase include Sir Walter Scott ...

letter to U2 regarding the infamous ''" U2" Incident'': {{DEFAULTSORT:Guns (Ep) 1992 EPs Negativland EPs Sound collage albums