History Is What's Happening

History Is What's Happening
Studio album by The Ex
Released	March 1982
Recorded	at Joke's Koeienverhuurbedrijf in Schellingwoude, NL
Genre	Anarcho-punk
Length	31:25
Label	More DPM (Dirt Per Minute) Reissued on CD by Ex Records
Producer	Dolf Planteydt
The Ex chronology
Disturbing Domestic Peace (1980)Disturbing Domestic Peace1980 History is What's Happening (1982) Tumult (1983)Tumult1983

History is What's Happening is an album by Dutch punk rock band The Ex, originally released in 1982.

Notes

• Cogan, Brian. Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2006. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-313-33340-8.
• Mount, Heather. "Three Looks into The Ex". In Crane, Larry. Tape Op: The Book about Creative Music Recording, Volume 2. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2010. pp. 230–233.
• Robbins, Ira A., ed. The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock: The all-new 5th edition of The Trouser Press Record Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. ISBN 0684814374.
• Sok, G.W. A Mix of Bricks & Valentines: Lyrics 1979–2009. New York: PM Press, 2011.
• Temporary Services. Group Work. New York: Printed Matter, March 2007.

Track listing

Studio LP

1. "Six of One and Half a Dozen of the Other" - 0:56
2. "Barricades" - 1:03
3. "Life Live" - 1:38
4. "Machinery" - 0:46
5. "E.M.Why" - 1:47
6. "Moving Pictures" - 1:32
7. "Shoes" - 1:45
8. "Watch-Dogs" - 1:49
9. "Dutch Disease" - 1:21
10. "Blessed Box at the Backseat" - 1:14
11. "Who Pays" - 2:44
12. "Strong & Muscled" - 1:30
13. "Grey" - 2:22
14. "Equals Only" - 1:46
15. "H'wood - W'ton" - 0:56
16. "Sports" - 1:02
17. "$" - 0:56
18. "Pep Talk" - 1:58
19. "Attacked" - 1:55
20. "148" - 2:25