‘You know that violence is a disease it’s going to be a part of your lives and our future if we don’t do something against it But if we put our energies together it could be a very powerful era’ Carl Crack wrote these words in 1992. Neo-Nazis were constantly attacking immigrants and asylum seekers all over Germany. While the politicians in charge played the events down in the media. The police? They were always very slow to respond. The music critics? They were criticizing ATR’s lyrics for being ‘naive’ and ‘paranoid’. According to them there was no problem. Carl Crack was just writing about his experiences and his life. He didn’t go to university to know this, he saw it every day on the streets, in his neighborhood. And he didn’t want to accept to live in a society that was turning towards violence as a solution. Atari Teenage Riot #music #atariteenageriot #cyberpunk #songlyrics #electronicmusic