The brainchild of original Virus vocalist Mike Virus, Cheap Sex formed in 2002, forged out of a need for real, socially aware punk rock in Southern California. Proof of this need came in the form of a massive response from the fans, resulting in the bands almost instantaneous ability to pack venues just on word of mouth without so much as a demo available. New Yorks premier punk label seemed the perfect match for Cheap Sex and the band wasted no time in getting in the studio to record their debut album "Launch off to War" which was released on Punk Core in July 2003. Aggressively supporting their debut album, the band hit the road for their first self-headlining tour as well as several festival appearances including the Wasted festival in Morecambe England, Viva le Punk at CBGBs and British Invasion where they shared stages with some of the biggest acts of yesterday and today including The Anti-Nowhere League, Slaughter and The Dogs, Lower Class Brats, English Dogs, The Feederz, Agent Orange, Defiance, The Icons of Filth and many more. Their First tour was cut short by a terrible accident involving their tour van and a truck full of cinderblocks, resulting in their guitar player John being flown to a Pennsylvania area hospital for immediate open heart surgery which saved his life.
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Smash Your Symbols Lyrics

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smash your symbols to the wall
smash your symbols to the wall
smash your symbols to the wall
1 2 1 2 3 go!
[Chorus:]
prophets and your preachers
smash your symbols to the wall
and all you learned at school
smash your symbols to the wall
the lies that they feed your fucking mind
smash your symbols to the wall
don't be fucking blind
smash your symbols to the wall
when your born you are a number
you are just like cattle
and for your rights and freedom
its a never ending battle
those who are in power
will make sure you never are
they'll bug your phone, track you down
make sure you don't get far.
they'll teach you to bow to priests
for they are men of god
and from day one what they ask of you
you just sit there and nod
they'll hit you up for money
the first chance that they get
so buy your seat in heaven
or in hell you will be spent.