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first released in 1984 by R Radical Records, the label run by MDC

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"''Peace War'': AllMusic Review by Fred Beldin"
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''. The "P.E.A.C.E." in the album title is a

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for "Peace, Energy, Action, Cooperation, Evolution".

Overview

''P.E.A.C.E.'' features 55

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acts from around the world, including high profile bands like

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, Subhumans,

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, and MDC . 30 of the acts were from outside the

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, and all of the acts featured frequently wrote and recorded left-leaning topical music (with the lone exception of the Butthole Surfers, who came from a similar political position but did not normally deal with political issues in their music). Eight of the acts originated from

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, which had been sprouting

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bands such as Cheetah Chrome and the Motherfuckers, Contrazione and RAF Punk (all represented on the album) for quite some time. The

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was created by San Francisco artist Dana F. Smith. ''Maximumrocknrolls main contribution to the project, other than assisting in recruiting acts to participate on the double album, was in the assemblage of a 72-page magazine-sized insert featuring several pages on the topics of

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, and

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s. All of the profits from the album, according to a primitive

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-style insert shrunkwrapped to the original double vinyl release, were slated for various

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groups and activities worldwide.

The CD reissue

In 1997, the

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re-released the album as a double CD set under the title ''P.E.A.C.E./War'', adding five tracks from artists on their roster to the end of disc two. The reissue does not include a reproduction of the first release's booklet, and, since its early name was changed, it is not known if the benefit aspect of the original album still holds.

Re-release

along with Grimace Records re-released this compilation in vinyl, CD, and digital format in 2020 All online streaming revenues are being donated to Covid-19 relief, via a Mutual Aid strategy implemented by Anarchist Organization Mutual Aid Disaster Relief.

Track listings

''In keeping with the original album's insert, the band's country of origin is given in parentheses''.

1984 2-LP release

1997 2-CD edition

Personnel

''Incomplete list''. Articles of Faith (USA) *

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–

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*Joe Scuderi –

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*Dorian Tajbakhsh (aka Dorian Taj) – guitar *Dave Shield – bass *Bill Richman ( pka Virus X) –

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G.I.S.M. (Japan) *Sakevi Yokoyama – vocals *Randy Uchida – guitar *Kannon "Cloudy" Masuo – bass *Tohru Hiroshima – drums Neon Christ (USA) *Randy DuTeau – vocals * William "Kip" DuVall – guitar *Danny Lankford – bass *Jimi (Jimmy Demer) – drums Kalashnikov (Denmark) *Charlotte Bagge – vocals *IB! (Henrik Ib Jørgensen) – guitar *F.C. Physant – bass *Carsten West – drums Cause for Alarm (USA) *Keith Burkhardt – vocals *Alex Kinon – guitar *Rob Kabula – bass *Robbie Cryptcrasher – drums The Proletariat (USA) *Richard Brown – vocals *Frank Michaels – guitar *Peter Bevilacqua – bass,

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*Tom McKnight – drums Conflict (UK) *Colin Jerwood – vocals *Steve Gittins – guitar *Big John (born John Clifford) – bass *Francisco "Paco" Carreno – drums Production *Jon Smith –

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A1) * Dan Levitin –

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(A10, D14) *Neon Christ – co-production (A3) *

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– co-production (A3),

(A3) *Dana F. Smith –

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(front and back cover

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