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they called us walking corpses unholy living dead they had to lock us up put us in their british hell make sure your face is clean now can't have no dirty dead all the corpses here are clean, boy all the yanks in british hell i don't wanna be here in your london dungeon i don't wanna be here in your british hell ain't no mystery why i'm in misery in hell here's hoping you're free they called us walking corpses unholy living dead they had to lock us up put us in their british hell i don't wanna be here in your london dungeon i don't wanna be here in your british hell ain't no mystery why i'm in misery in hell here's hoping you're swell make sure your face is clean now can't have no dirty dead all the corpses here are clean, boy all the yanks in british hell i don't wanna be here in your london dungeon i don't wanna be here in your british hell ain't no mystery why i'm in misery in hell here's hoping you're swell here's hoping you're swell here's hoping you're swell here's hoping you're swell
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Glenn and Bobby went to see The Jam play at The Rainbow in London. A group of skinheads started a fight with them before the show so Glenn grabbed a piece of glass from a nearby broken window to fight them off while Bobby ran to get the police. Both Glenn and Bobby were arrested by the Metropolitan Police for threatening behavior, as documented on their record: "ON SUNDAY THE 2nd OF DECEMBER, AT HORNSBY ROAD N7 USING THREATENING BEHAVIOUR, WHEREBY A BREACH OF THE PEACE MAY HAVE BEEN OCCASIONED." CITING TO SECTION 54(b)METROPOLITAN POLICE ACT 1839 They were thrown in Brixton jail for two days, at which time Glenn wrote "London Dungeon."
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Danzig wrote this song while spending some time in a London Jail after getting into a bar brawl.
this is one of my favorite misfits songs. it belongs in a movie with that guitar part in the beginning. ooo... i can just picture it now...
i am totally agreeing with the crowning anguish person with the movie thing, i always get this picture in my head of all the 'fits suiting up to go bust some heads in the ol' graveyard. I also love listening to this when i get ready to go to a show, getting the boots, wristbands and leather jacket on, fuck, feelin like a 50's zombie greaser, makes me crazy.
Hell yeah I agree with leather&spikes
I LOVE the line "Make sure your face is clean now...can't have no dirty dead" Not sure why. I just really think that's cool.
Bobby has a funny description of what went down in American Hardcore. Great song.
I think he's saying the real reason they were locked up was because of the way they dressed and the make up they wear.
After posting my comment I remembered that old nazi-skin motto, "Punk's dead, you're next." I assume that's what he's referencing when he says, "They call us walking corpses". Just a thought.
what an awesome fu#$#ing song!