Posted by
anti-bling
i don`t mean to be a stickler for detail, but Green Day, Rancid, Jedi Mind Tricks, Pennywise, and Nirvana don`t seem like political bands. the Slackers write great lyrics about the current american gov`t, but i wouldn`t call them a `political` band.
To me, a political group is one that does more than pen the occasional `society sucks` lyric, or put out a song on an Anti-Bush CD.
For me, it has to show in how the band conducts itself off-stage. Even though i don`t care for their music, Pearl Jam tried to fight against Ticketmaster, as well as support a bunch of other progressive campains.
Do the artists try to do buisness in an ethical way? Do they just sell sweat-shop t-shirts or even shoes, like Bad Religion?, Do they care more about making an ethical living more than making a killing?
and of, course, what someone pointed out was correct. How could i miss Public Enemy? And Poor Righteous Teachers?
And i also forgot
DOA
Fugazi
Mike Park
Warsaw Pack
Subhumans/Citizen Fish
Born Against
Are you telling me
Pearl Jam's - Jeremy (about a boy getting teased then commits suicide infront of his peers)
Pearl Jam's - World Wide Suicide
Nirvana's - Territorial Pissings (about the streotype macho man that he didn't believe in)
Nirvana's - Rape Me (being invaded upon by the media as they intruded into his life)
Nirvana's - Breed (girls aren't just for sex)
Nirvana's - Come As You Are (stop being fake)
Nirvana's - In Bloom (stop being a poser/someone your not just to fit in)
Nirvana's - Polly ( about a little girl who was kidnapped rapped etc)
Maybe not as much political and more Societal those are some I could name off the top of my head.
