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Punk against BushPosted by Marty Dodge on September 23, 2003 07:34 AM (See all posts by Marty Dodge)Filed under: Music, Music: News
CMU reports on punkers banding together against the President.
Rock The Vote - but with a political agenda - we like it! Good Charlotte,Pennywise, Green Day, NOFX, Alkaline Trio and Sum 41 have all agreed toparticipate in a new compilation album called 'Rock Against Bush'. Organisedby NOFX singer Fat Mike, who owns independent label Fat Wreck Chords, thealbum will try to encourage the punk community to take an interest inpolitics, and more importantly to use their vote against the Bush administration. The album will be accompanied by a number of live shows immediately after its release, and in the lead up to the election itself.
Fat Mike: "About a year ago I decided to use my influence to get bands together to speak out about the president. I think it's our responsibility as citizens and musicians to do so. He's wrecking the country and the world.He's starting wars for no reason, our economy is in the toilet, he's ruining the environment, and he does things like cut taxes when we need money. We're trying to build a coalition of kids 18 to 25. We want punks and other disenfranchised young people to vote as a block, which no one has ever donebefore. Kids are the biggest group of people that don't vote. We want to change that."
Mike admits that the name 'Rock Against Bush' might cause opposition at somecolleges and radio stations and that a name change may be required. "Certaincolleges won't advertise it as Rock Against Bush, and a lot of radio stations won't mention the name either. So we may just call it the Punkvoter tour or something, but to us it will always be Rock Against Bush."