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Free The West Memphis 3
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Released: 2000
Label: Koch Records
Selection #: 145550
Supersuckers (w/Eddie Vedder): Poor Girl; Tom Waits: Rains On Me; Killing Joke: Our Last Goodbye; The John Doe Thing: Hwy 5; plus Joe Strummer, more.
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1 The Truth - Earle, Steve [1]
2 Wrong and Important - Rocket From The Crypt
3 Boys in Black - L Seven
4 Heavy Heart - Supersuckers
5 The Harder They Come - Long Beach Dub Allstars
6 Rains on Me - Waits, Tom
7 Poor Girl - Vedder, Eddie
8 Indicted - Schuffied, Joey
9 Wraithchild - Zeke [1]
10 Fucking Hostile - Deal, Kelley
11 Hwy 5 - Doe, John Thing
12 Untitled Lullaby - Lanegan, Mark
13 She - Murder City Devils
14 Highway to Hell - Nashville Pussy
15 Our Last Goodbye - Killing Joke
  
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A fine collection of mainly punk rock covers, with some extra variety sprinkled in. The album is a benefit for, as you might expect, the West Memphis Three. These are three guys incarcerated in the late '90s, either with life sentences or on death row. The details of their conviction are quite problematic, as both the liner notes and Jello Biafra spell out at the end of "Wrong And Important." The Killing Joke contribution adds some more information on capital punishment during their song. Tom Waits growls out a tune with his trusty spronky guitar, which is a highlight among the other interesting tracks. Most of the tracks are on the subject of capital punishment, but some of the cover choices (see Zeke's version of "Wrathchild" by Iron Maiden) seem to be positive support for the prisoners coming in a singular form. ~ Jeremy Salmon, All Music Guide

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