Behind Enemy Lines is an
American crust punk band, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in a crossover thrash style of anarchist
crust punk and thrash metal. In late 2000, after the dissolution of Aus-Rotten, two former members of that band, Dave Trenga and Matt Garabedian, formed
Behind Enemy Lines along with Bill Chamberlain (also of
The Pist and
Caustic Christ) on
guitar, and Matt Sachs, formerly of Devastation on bass. Mary Bielich and Matt Tuite (both former members of Pittsburgh
doom metal band Penance) joined later, playing bass and
guitar respectively. Lyrics covered a range of political topics, including:
animal rights,
environmentalism,
human rights,
LGBT rights, anti-
religion… Read more (specifically Judaism, Christianity and
Islam) and
anti-capitalism. The band is noted for its harsh criticism of George W. Bush, especially on issues concerning the Iraq
War, Abu Ghraib, subversion of
human rights under the Patriot Act and the
government response to Hurricane Katrina. Dave Trenga wrote essays detailing his political opinion on both his Myspace blog and Behind Enemy Line's website. He demonstrated a strong distaste for Christianity, stating "I have never seen such a
hateful and intolerant movement infiltrate every aspect of our lives as the current Christian movement in America has" and concluded, "I only hope I see this movement fall in my lifetime."
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