{"id":30150,"date":"2026-04-10T23:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T23:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=30150"},"modified":"2026-04-10T23:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T23:30:57","slug":"the-joy-thieves-the-wrong-end-of-your-rifle-feat-chris-connelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/the-joy-thieves-the-wrong-end-of-your-rifle-feat-chris-connelly\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy Thieves &#8211; The Wrong End of Your Rifle\u2019 feat. Chris Connelly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chicago alt-rock band The Joy Thieves return with an incredible new single, &#8220;The Wrong End of Your Rifle,&#8221; off their upcoming album Apocalypse Pending, which will be released on June 5th via Armalyte Industries. Chris Connelly, who has previously worked with Ministry, Revolting Cocks, and Pigface, gives a strong vocal performance on the single. The song begins with a modern industrial base, driven by fast-paced production that combines saxophone sounds, electric guitars, and slight dub elements. The tempo increases as the song moves forward, ending in a strong chorus that takes advantage of Bad Brains&#8217; raw energy while also including Public Enemy-like beats. Connelly&#8217;s vocal style is strong and aggressive, which complements the track&#8217;s highly spirited and chaotic mood. The end result is a flowing but powerful composition, with hard rock guitar work driving the song through a deep industrial background. Lyrically, the song is an outspoken critique of violence, media distortion, and corporate control, with colourful and provocative imagery designed to emphasise its point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/track=3926739912\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/thejoythieves.bandcamp.com\/track\/the-wrong-end-of-your-rifle-2\">The Wrong End Of Your Rifle by The Joy Thieves<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Joy Thieves photo by Derick Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thejoythieves.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/thejoythieves.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/thejoythieves\">http:\/\/facebook.com\/thejoythieves<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thejoythieves\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thejoythieves<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago alt-rock band The Joy Thieves return with an incredible new single, &#8220;The Wrong End&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[741,279,5025],"class_list":["post-30150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-hip-hop","tag-industrial","tag-the-joy-thieves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30150"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30153,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30150\/revisions\/30153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}