By the time the Nazi government surrendered, in May 1945, the industrial infrastructure of the Third Reich-railheads, arms factories and oil refineries-had been crippled, and dozens of cities across Germany had been reduced to moonscapes of cinder and ash. and British air forces dropped 2.7 million tons of bombs on Europe, half of that amount on Germany. Five bombs tumbled away into the icy sky.īetween 19, U.S. As his B-17 approached the Oder-Havel Canal, he watched as the needles of the automatic release mechanism converged. Sitting in the nose in the lead plane, the bombardier stared through his bombsight into the haze far below. But the Luftwaffe was on its knees no enemy aircraft engaged the bombers of the 493rd.Īround 2:40 p.m., some ten miles northwest of Berlin, the city of Oranienburg appeared beneath them, shrouded in a mist along the lazy curves of Havel River, and the sky blossomed with puffs of jet-black smoke from anti-aircraft fire. They flew on into Germany, passing Hanover and Magdeburg, the exhaust of each B-17’s four engines condensing into the white contrails every crewman hated for betraying their position to defenders below. Inside the unpressurized aluminum fuselage of each aircraft, the temperature fell to 40 degrees below zero, the air too thin to breathe. They headed east, gradually gaining altitude until, assembled in tight box formations at the head of a stream of more than 1,300 heavy bombers, they crossed the Channel coast north of Amsterdam at an altitude of almost five miles. Eighth Air Force thundered down the concrete runway of Little Walden airfield in Essex, England, and rose slowly into the air. on March 15, 1945, the first of 36 B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 493rd Bombardment Group of the U.S. A good thing he did, because this EP proves once again that not only is Tsunami Bomb “ Still Standing”, they are better than ever.Shortly before 11 a.m. While the “ Still Standing” 7” was supposed to be just for their street team, Jello Biafra caught wind of it and insisted it be released on Alternative Tentacles, allowing the world to hear this new classic from Tsunami Bomb. On two of their most popular songs of all time, “Take The Reins” and “Lemonade” the band is almost drowned out by the East Coast crowd who screams every word back at them. That’s just side A! Side B has two tracks exclusive to the vinyl, from a bootleg recording of the band in New York in 2018! If you have never seen Tsunami Bomb live, the shows are notorious for being packed, sweaty sing-alongs, and that is very much on display here. However, it’s Jacobi who takes center stage, with her high-flying vocals making the song and its message definitively and unquestionably hers. Meanwhile the band’s tight rhythm section, drummer Gabe Lindeman and bassist Dominic Davi, explosively charge through the track at a breakneck pace. Now in its intended form, the keyboards return with a vengeance making you wonder how they could have ever not been present. Keyboardist and co-vocalist Oobliette Sparks takes lead on this track, firing lines back and forth with vocalist Kate Jacobi, while guitarist Andy Pohl showcases his lead guitar skills as the song screams through it’s bittersweet tale of both shoes and evening plans drunkenly destroyed.Īnother Tsunami Bomb beloved classic gets a revisit with “El Diablo”, a song that was co-written by Oobliette who had sadly left the band by the time it was originally recorded.
The Irish jig driven “Irish Boys” is a live show favorite, but only previously available on a bedroom made 4 track recording from 1999. With their new 7” “ Still Standing”, Tsunami Bomb has returned with their unique sound of keyboard driven bombastic punk rock with a dark edge and soaring vocals that gives an incredible fresh spin on some classic tracks.įollowing up their emphatic return on the 2019 LP “ The Spine That Binds”, Tsunami Bomb wanted to revisit two of their classic songs as a gift for their street team, The Bomb Squad.
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