Revolution Action E.P. is an extended play by the

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digital hardcore group

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, released in 1999 on

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and CD formats to promote the album ''

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'', where the title track originates. Two music videos were produced for the track, one of which was actually banned by

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. "Revolution Action" was also the name of a tour and live various artist release titled ''Revolution Action Japan Tour 1999 EP''. The title track was also released on a three track Atari Teenage Riot promo, and a live version of the song was included on the '' Too Dead For Me EP'' and later re-released on ''

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''. In 2006 the song was released on the compilation '' Atari Teenage Riot: 1992-2000''. The song was included on the various artist compilation ''¥999 DHR Sampler''.

Music video

Two promotional music video VHSs were released as well to promote the song, each containing a different version of a music video.. In addition, the music video was released on the VHS music video compilation '' Digital Hardcore Videos''. One of the videos was a collection of live footage of the band spliced with the song, while the other showcased an office filled with workers being transformed into faceless, insane violence mob that attacks each other while a video of the band torture, on video sent to the office manager, a random faceless office worker. In the end, the office workers manifest tv monitor screens similar to the Teletubbies on their stomachs and are sent to be "reeducated" by their employer. This video aired on MTV for several months before being pulled due to concerns over the violence featured in it.

Track listing

Personnel

Alec Empire Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of the given name Alex. It may be a diminutive of the name Alexander or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include: People * Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat *Alec Acton (1938� ...

– production, writing, performance *

Carl Crack Carl Crack (born Karl Böhm, 5 May 1971 – 6 September 2001) was a Swazi-born German techno artist best known for his membership in the digital hardcore band Atari Teenage Riot from 1992 to 2000. Biography Around 1992, Crack displayed little ...

– performance *

Hanin Elias Hanin Elias (born 31 May 1972) is a Syrian German industrial/techno artist. She was a member of Atari Teenage Riot and is now a solo artist. After Atari Teenage Riot's non-definitive break in 2000, and the subsequent death of Carl Crack fro ...

– writing, performance *

Nic Endo Nic Endo (born January 7, 1976) is a Japanese-German- American noise musician who plays with the German digital hardcore group Atari Teenage Riot. The daughter of a Japanese mother and a German father, Endo was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, US ...

– performance *Steve Rooke – mastering * Andy Wallace – mixing on "Revolution Action" *Dave Sardy – mixing on "No Success (Digital Hardcore Remix)"

References

External links

CD entry at discogs.com12" vinyl entry at discogs.comcassette entry at discogs.com
{{Authority control Atari Teenage Riot albums 1999 EPs