(2) Attrition was also a short lived US Hardcore band from Washington DC
(3) Attrition is also a Canadian war metal band formed in 2017.
1. Attrition are pioneers in a darker electronica. Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England, influenced by a mix of punk ideology and experimental art aesthetics, they emerged as part of the early '80's UK Industrial scene alongside contemporaries Coil, Test Department, Legendary Pink Dots, In The Nursery, Portion Control et al.
Founder Martin Bowes has steered the band through a 25 year career, fueled by a succession of critically acclaimed albums...
The band has regularly toured Europe, North America and Mexico, appeared at major festivals and had their music included on a number of film soundtracks.... (most recently two of their songs are included on the US cult film “Mint in box” alongside the Pogues…)
Through their career Attrition have worked with musicians as diverse as psychedelic veterans The Legendary Pink Dot’s to punk legend TV Smith to Franck Dematteis of the Paris Opera.
Attrition’s music has featured on countless releases - from 1984’s “Bullshit detector” on Crass records to the hugely successful “Animal liberation” album alongside Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Smiths, Nina Hagen & Lene Lovich etc…
Recently their song “Acid Tongue” featured on KTEL’s Industrial story CD - a who’s who of industrial music with Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, Neubauten et al…
In Germany Orkus magazine’s Best of the 90’s collection featured their darkwave classic “A girl called harmony”…
Attrition’s work been remixed by underground artists from an eclectic mix of genres including Chris n Cosey, Martin Atkins, Dance or Die and UK drum n bass act Rascal & Klone…(featured on the first Grand Theft Auto game soundtrack..)
Martin’s increasing studio production work has included mixes for The Damage Manual (Martin Atkins, Jah Wobble, Geordie Walker, Chris Connelly et al…), Die Form, In the Nursery, Black tape for a blue girl, Emilie Autumn and more…
He has contributed a song for the new Pigface album and is recording the narrators voice to an upcoming US horror film, “C for Chaos”…
2012... Invocation is the bands first full length film score...composed for US cult horror movie G.H.O.S.T.
2013... The Unraveller of Angels is the all new album...
(2) Attrition was also a short lived US Hardcore band from Washington DC
2. They existed from January 2005 - May 2007 and played a progressive style of emotionally charged, metallic hardcore influenced equally by screamo bands such as pg. 99 and Majority Rule, noisecore bands such as Converge and Botch, and more straight-forward hardcore bands. Their lyrical content approached issues such as anarchism, feminism, straightedge and veganism (an interesting similarity to their UK counterpart), but from a personal, anecdotal perspective, focusing more on alienation and frustration than on prescriptive politics. They toured the US once (partially with North Carolina crust band Requiem) and the East Coast once with Philadelphia vegan straightedge hardcore band Kingdom and self-released two CDEP's named, respectively, "Preface" and "Chapter One: We Are Fucking Serious". "Purist", from the second EP, was featured on "Open The Cages: SHAC 7 Benefit" on Catalyst Records and the previously unreleased "No Control" appeared only on "Keep Singing", an animal-rights benefit CD released by Exotic Fever Records. Their entire discography is available for free download at attrition.dead-city.org/.
Under the Bridge
Attrition Lyrics
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And underneath a man
A woman is fighting
To keep her head above water
As hard and as fast as she can
Under the bridge
As hard and as fast as she can
Under the bridge
The lyrics of Attrition's song Under the Bridge paint a picture of a woman struggling to stay afloat under a bridge where a man is present. There is a sense of desperation as she fights for survival, trying to keep her head above water amidst challenging circumstances. The repeated line "As hard and as fast as she can" illustrates the sheer effort and determination she has to exert to stay alive.
The bridge represents a physical barrier, but it also serves as a metaphor for the obstacles and challenges we face in life. Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where we struggle to survive, but we have to keep fighting and pushing ourselves to stay afloat. The presence of the man under the bridge adds another layer of complexity to the lyrics. It raises questions about his role in the situation and whether he is aware of the woman's struggles.
Interesting Facts about "Under the Bridge" by Attrition:
Line by Line Meaning
There's a bridge
A structure over a gap used for transportation or crossing
And underneath a man
A male person is situated below the bridge
A woman is fighting
A female person is struggling to overcome an obstacle
To keep her head above water
To stay afloat and survive
As hard and as fast as she can
With great effort and urgency
Under the bridge
Beneath the structure crossing over the gap
As hard and as fast as she can
With great effort and urgency
Under the bridge
Beneath the structure crossing over the gap
Contributed by Sadie K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.