One World Battleground: Laibach and "Dogs of War"

Happy Halloween! Today's random tune is by Slovenian avant-garde music group Laibach. The musical wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst, an art collective, Laibach plays music that fits into the industrial, martial and neo-classical genres of music. The group has often been controversial due to their use of iconography that references totalitarianism, nationalism and militarism. Their music was often banned in the former Yugoslavia, but achieved international recognition through regular European tours. Since Slovenia's independence they have been embraced as a cultural icon in the country. They are especially known for covers of well-known songs that subvert, through music and video imagery, the original lyrics meaning. They have been accused of both far-right and far-left sympathies, a result of the ambiguity they achieve in their interpretative works. This song, a cover of Pink Floyd's Dogs of War, is from their 1994 cover album NATO. The album covers songs with the theme of war, such as Edwin Starr's 1970 classic War, and Europe's The Final Countdown.

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laibach