Death Death Death

"Death Death Death Amway Amway Amway" (or simply "Death Death Death") is a song by This Is Serious Mum (or TISM), originally recorded in September 1985 and included as the opening track on their unreleased home demo tape Muggy Climates in My Jockettes. 
The song satirizes the American multi-level marketing company Amway, which began operating in Australia in 1971. Amway have been accused of using a cult-like method to recruit sellers. All instances of the word "Amway" in TISM's book The TISM Guide to Little Aesthetics are blacked out, presumably due to "legal advice". 
A re-recorded version features as the first B-side of TISM's first single, "Defecate on My Face", released in July 1986. This version of the song was rarely heard for many years following the release of the single; a 1995 live version instead features on the 2002 compilation album Best Off. Both the single version and the original Muggy Climates demo both feature on the 2022 Defecate on My Face vinyl/CD box set.
"Death Death Death" has gained immense popularity among TISM's fan base, becoming one of their signature songs. It has been a mainstay in TISM's live set in the years since the single's release; members of TISM routinely display placards bearing the song's lyrics to the audience while performing it.
== Lyrics ==
:(One, two, three, four...)
:Bruises bruises bruises
:Cuts cuts cuts
:Giblets giblets giblets
:Guts guts guts
:(Death... death... death...) 
:(Death... death... death...)
:(One, two, three, four...) 
:Hacksaw hacksaw hacksaw
:Scrape scrape scrape
:Murder murder murder
:Rape rape rape
:Death death death death
:Death death death death
:Amway Amway Amway
:Amway Amway Amway
:(One, two, three, four...)
:Torture torture torture
:Rack rack rack
:Slaughter slaughter slaughter
:Attack attack attack
:Death death death death
:Death death death death
:Amway Amway Amway
:Amway Amway Amway
:Death death death death
:Death death death death
:Amway Amway Amway
:Amway Amway Amway
== See also ==
* Muggy Climates in My Jockettes
* "Defecate on My Face"
* "The Art/Income Dialectic"
== External links ==
* The TISM Wiki at archive.org
* "Death Death Death" at Genius
* "Death Death Death" at SongMeanings
*Amway Australia at Wikipedia
Category:Muggy Climates in My Jockettes
Category:Defecate on My Face
Category:TISM songs
Category:Best Off
Category:B-sides
Category:Non-album songs
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