One of the best American punk songs(if not one of the best, period) ever, from Boston's Mission Of Burma. This is from their debut EP, released in 1981. Many bands have cited Burma as an inspiration, including Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Superchunk, Jawbox, The Grifters, R.E.M. (who regularly covered "Academy Fight Song" on their Green tour), Sonic Youth, Drive Like Jehu, Throwing Muses, Yo La Tengo, Fugazi, Pixies, Sugar, Guided by Voices, Catherine Wheel, Graham Coxon(Blur), Pegboy and Moby - the last four of which have covered Conley's "That's When I Reach For My Revolver". Fucked Up covered the song at the Matador at 21 festival in Las Vegas.
The title is a reference to the often-mistranslated quotation commonly attributed to Hermann Goering -- "When I hear the word 'culture', that's when I reach for my revolver" -- the actual quote is "Wenn ich Kultur höre ... entsichere ich meinen Browning!" This translates as: "Whenever I hear [the word] 'culture'... I remove the safety from my Browning!" In fact, it is a line uttered by the character Thiemann in Act 1, Scene 1 of the play Schlageter, written by Hanns Johst. The association with Nazism is appropriate, as the play was first performed in April 1933, in honor of Hitler's birthday.
