Let’s face it, you want the second track on an album to kick even more ass than the first track, and that’s just what happens in Crash and Burn!

The lyrics set the scene in Falling Down and now we cut away in cinematic terms to a very dramatic sequence of the story. Once again the human race is in dire straits. The Koreans are at war, the Middle Eastern Muslim states have banded together to form the United Islamic alliance, the planet is beset with ecological problems, and the world banking system has all but collapsed. Business as usual!

There has been a terrorist bombing at the United Nations where several of the Worlds’ leaders and diplomats have been killed or maimed.
Meanwhile, far away the Atlantean’s who placed us here in the beginning, and who 25,000 years ago had to intervene to save our prehistory advanced civilisation from destruction do not like what they see going on here on their “ Ant Farm”. They have dispatched a Sentinel to come and sort out the mess, or if necessary wind up the experiment.

Meanwhile many of the world’s leaders are gathered together in a safe place for a crisis summit. They’re all on board Air Force one heading for Cairo, and a meeting with the United Islamic Alliance. The Sentinel, en route to Earth sees an immediate opportunity to take control. He will “cut off their heads with one single blow”.

We wanted this track to be total chaos and to try and capture the fear and panic on board Air Force One as the Sentinels’ craft rips through a wing sending most of the world’s leaders plummeting earthward…….

I absolutely love the manic feel of this track ! We wrote it very much as a jam once we had discussed what we are trying to convey musically, and we’ve managed to capture the original insanity, and have enhanced it in the studio. Ron’s barking dog keyboard sound on the end section is totally crazy and inspired. I just love the growling Hammond organ, and the frenetic guitar work. Colin and I don’t do too badly either!