Greg: "I think Brett and I made a considerable effort this time to try to outdo The Process of Belief; we wanted to show people that that wasn’t just a fluke because Brett was coming back to the band, we were going back to Epitaph, we finished our major label play. It wasn’t a... Read more
The Empire Strikes First was released in June 2004. The European and American versions contain 14 tracks; the Japanese and Australian versions contain 15 tracks.
Jay: "Well, we thought how funny it would be to make Graffin wear a Darth Vader costume all year, and Hetson kind of looks like Yoda (not Eva), so...
It's simply a matter of considering ourselves (USA) the empire, which we are, and the fact that we have a song title of the same, and that we a... Read more
The lyrics sheet contains a quote from George Orwell, which belongs to the song Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever: "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever". Apparently someone forgot to put in the "you".
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