Attack of the Conscience: Bands who morphed from Party Boys into Politicized Activists

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Attack of the Growing Conscience: Bands who Morphed from wanton Party Boys into Politicized Militia

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 25 June 2004 03:53 (twenty-one years ago)

NOFX.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 25 June 2004 03:56 (twenty-one years ago)

well the Beastie Boys, I suppose.

― Debito (Debito), Friday, 25 June 2004 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

jon bonjovi

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:00 (twenty-one years ago)

gene simmons (avenging demon for women's lib in the muslim world!)

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:01 (twenty-one years ago)

There's got to be some examples of this in hip-hop.

― Debito (Debito), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Kanye goes back and fourth depending on the song.

― David Allen (David Allen), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:04 (twenty-one years ago)

There's got to be some examples of this in hip-hop.

NWA ... seriously

(check out their pre-"boys 'n' the hood" stuff)

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:05 (twenty-one years ago)

There's quite a bit of the back-and-forth in hip-hop. Party track, conscience track.

― Debito (Debito), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Digable Planets

― Debito (Debito), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:06 (twenty-one years ago)

wasn't tom morello pretty much a garden-variety poodle-metal dude before rage against the machine?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, in LOCKDOWN.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Or was it Lock Up?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)

He was a serious Marxist in college before that though.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)

"arise, buttrockers of the world! all that you have to lose are those shitty records by alice in chains!"

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:11 (twenty-one years ago)

'serious Marxist in college'

― Debito (Debito), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Buju Banton

― Debito (Debito), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:13 (twenty-one years ago)

i hear that cc deville was REALLY into french post-structuralism before poison

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:13 (twenty-one years ago)

The Beatles, of course

― Debito (Debito), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:14 (twenty-one years ago)

robert wyatt

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:14 (twenty-one years ago)

what if hoobastank became politicized activists?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Who is about to become politicized, but are just into partying now?

I sense that Kid Rock is about to get seriously political.

― Debito (Debito), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I could see him singing a song about running over muslims in a pickup truck and then publically apologizing when there's controversy.

― David Allen (David Allen), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Orbital!

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 25 June 2004 04:49 (twenty-one years ago)

FIFTEEN

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 25 June 2004 05:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Cat Stevens

― The Velvet Overlord (The Velvet Overlord), Friday, 25 June 2004 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

"He was a serious Marxist in college before that though."
When the Machine was Raging at their peak of popularity I met a stockbroker who said he handled investments for several successful rock bands, including...
It's hard to be a serious Marxist once you get out of college.

― lovebug starski, Friday, 25 June 2004 10:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Lee from Blue!

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 25 June 2004 11:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Dion

― Curt (cgould), Friday, 25 June 2004 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Charlie Daniels Band

― briania (briania), Friday, 25 June 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

bruce

― autovac (autovac), Friday, 25 June 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

when two tribes go to war, one is all that you can score, score no more, score no more.

― sexxxyAnswers, Friday, 25 June 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Madness - for a while, circa Red Wedge.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 25 June 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Roxymuzak sooo OTM about Fifteen. Aren't they the same dudes from Crimpshrine?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 25 June 2004 15:03 (twenty-one years ago)

One thing I really love about hip-hop is that it seems to be the genre most generous to the artists in terms of switching mood/topic from piece to piece.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 25 June 2004 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

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