Rockers Unite Against Bush

Bruce Springsteen told a crowd of 50,000 New Yorkers on October 4th to "shout a little louder if you want the president impeached." Two weeks later, John Mellencamp posted an open letter to America on his Web site, declaring, "We have been lied to and terrorized by our own government, and it is time to take action." Meanwhile, Moby, Eddie Vedder and Michael Stipe are organizing a TV-ad campaign that will run anti-Bush commercials during the week of the State of the Union address in January; Dave Matthews is railing against the war in Iraq in interviews; and at press time, at least three multiband rock tours planned to take aim at Bush-administration policies. Green Day, NOFX, Tom Morello, Dixie Chicks, Don Henley, Willie Nelson and Steve Earle have all played (or plan to play) for political candidates or causes. Hip-hop stars have also gotten involved. "We have a voice and a responsibility to speak out," says Jay-Z, a member of Russell Simmons' Hip-Hop Summit, which aims to register 4 million voters before the 2004 election. "People listen to us."

Welcome to the increasingly partisan world of popular music -- where President George W. Bush is a marked man. Thirty major artists interviewed for this story cited many concerns: U.S. policy on Iraq, the Patriot Act, the Bush administration's assault on the environment, the economy and the media. But they all agreed that as the 2004 presidential election gets closer, it is time to mobilize. "The America we believe in can't survive another four years of George Bush," says Moby. Adds Lou Reed, "We must all unite and work for whomever opposes Bush, regardless of whatever differences we may have. Our motto: Anything but Bush."

Many artists aren't afraid to get their hands dirty in the democratic process, either: At Punkvoter.com, more than 100 bands, including NOFX, Green Day and Offspring, are creating voter-registration drives, a political action committee and a Rock Against Bush Tour. Willie Nelson recently called Dennis Kucinich to offer his time and a slogan, "Kucinich: His middle name is sin," and dozens of other artists are contributing money to campaigns and performing in swing states and in televised public-service announcements.

"Musicians have an obligation to get involved," says Henley, "not necessarily because they have a forum but because they are citizens."

Read the whole message at RollingStone.

Comments

[hEadShoVeL]

allright!!

[electric_trees]

It is so ***ing stupid that it has been left to musicans to do this! What the *** happened to political opposition!

[Munje]

Wtf? System Of A Down not involved?

[BluePaintCult]

Heh. Green Day and NOFX on the same tour.. I'll check that out.

[TenTonHammer]

this is cool

[frigginjerk]

ANNOUNCEMENT: All of the Bush/War/Political posts have been deleted, and they will continue to be deleted. Nobody reads them, they spam up the comments, and there's about 20 different political threads in the Pit if you wanna talk politics.

Please stick to commenting about the actual event, and what you think of the EVENT, not why you're the smartest political analyst in the world and everyone should listen to you.

[frigginjerk]

you know, many of these guys became musicians because the "system" rejected them, and they had no place in society. and they BECAME famous musicians by speaking out against society. it's not like they are all of a sudden decidig to get political. You think Tom Morello (of RATM) has never been politically minded? he's got a degree from Harvard in political science. you think NOFX has never been political? ever hear the Decline?

maybe, just MAYBE, these guys are actually standing up for what they believe in, and using their popularity to get people attention and promote their cause. do you really think they are going broke and just need the money?

[frigginjerk]

weird. in the time i was typing MY message, UG Stranger up there said the same thing. word.

[greendayfan887]

awsome
finally musicians are stepping up to get bush out of office.

[jay_sixstring]

Frigginjerk u rock my world!

thats just my way of saying yes, yes i agree.

[perfec_circl]

Isn't it funny how all of the bands speaking against Bush really suck and their career is currently going down the toilet? I'm not a Bush supporter per-se, but I thought it was a weird coincidence.

[MarkyMark7250]

this would make sense if system of a down or some other political band did it but green day
c'mon who would take political advice from them

[exile166]

who cares what band it is?..it doesn't make a difference

[Ratiug318]

what the hell, whenever i log in, it says "thank you for logging in" then it takes me back to the homepage and says "please log in"

im Ratiug318 btw

[frigginjerk]

If you all wish to have political debates about Geroge Bush, Iraq, or otherwise, please go to the UG Forums, and post in The Pit. you'll get a better response, you'll have more options for posting, and the thread won't dissappear after a day or two.

I know I'm being an ass about this, but the comment section is for comments pertaining to the article. What do you think of THE CONCERT? what do you think of THE BANDS? do you think the concert will be effective.

I know you're all just BRILLIANT political analysts at the age of 16, but i'm sure you'd get more recognition for your views if you posted in The Pit.

[frigginjerk]

^

now THAT'S a good comment. it RELATES to the article.

[KeviePie04]

this is great bush is really messing everything up.

[funshinefetus]

i personally think that Bush has done well for this country, but I can't say that I hate all these bands for having their own opinion. Most of theses bands are great and i'd go see the rock against bush tour even if i like GW

[KeviePie04]

whats green day doing up there though. ive never thought of them as political.

[twobyfour]

Bruce Springsteen Isnt a talentless musician or his band. You I fogot why I lost interest posting threads and reading articles because almost everybody is a close minded ****er

[Reverb_X]

Haha man i hate patriotic americans. If bush is re-elected as president next year, he will definitely be assassinated. Good on those musicians who are against Bush. They are the educated ones who know the truth and arent decieved by the bush administration.

[pill2comawhite]

lol this is pointless, because all the people that listen to NOFX and all those bands don't vote anyway, so who is this really intended to affect?

[JimmyEatWorldSP]

Good Charlotte is rocking against bush, so i should too....BULL SH*T!!! Punk isnt at all related to government issues(unless the song or band is strongly against democracy), so why the F*CK is there a big movement? Bush is not a bad president, and what he has had to deal with is probably more than any other president ever (9-11, Economy which was dead when he picked it up anyway). John Kerry is also p*ssing me off cuz he thinks he can get votes by riding a motorcycle. Vote against bush, i don't care, but have a clue wtf yer doin so other than "Punk rock told me to"...

[JimmyEatWorldSP]

If any band that hates Bush can back themselves up with a logical reason that I understand, I will respect what they are doing, but untill then I will wonder why people feel so strongly about Bush getting out of office.He helped the economy with the tax refunds, and is saving the Iraqis from a cruel dictatorship. What was a race Hilter was trying to save? Well, his, who else? He is not rascist, and so what if he makes up words,... that just builds character.

[zepplinmike]

I don't know anyone who would get their political opinions from a musician or entertainer, and if they do that is the folly of our culture. I'm all for artists expressing their opinions, even if I don't agree with them. But it makes it hard to be fans of people who actively try to get someone elected who stands for everything you stand against. It's a shame when musicians alienate a sector of their fans in this way, and show how stupid and simple-minded their opinions really are. Just play your music, express yourself through song, and shut the *** up the rest of the time.

[Guns4tots]

Whining to rehashed progressions is not 'making a statement'. Occupying a country and ousting its anti-American "100% democratically elected" tyrant is MAKING A DIFFERENCE. Yo young dudes, hit your bongs for Bush in 2004

[frigginjerk]

personally, i liked it back when simply playing ANY rock and roll was enough of a protest. sticking it to the man was as easy as that. now, you can't just play rock and roll. you have to play politically-minded rock and roll, and you have to play it at an event that has been pre-promoted to be an anti-government event.

[damn-right!]

i understand that these artists are trying to do what they believe in, and i say good for them, only problem is, a lot of the people (not all) who listen to these bands dont know jack shit about politics, theyre all gonna be anti-bush because their favourite band has told them to be. Once again people are being told what to think. even if it is unintentional, and thats what i disagree with.

[griff1987]

Musicians should stick to makin music and bother gettin involved in politics because 99% have probably never read a newspaper and all they're against bush because they want to become popular amongst anti-bush music fans and sell records, this is really just a load of crap

[JimmyEatWorldSP]

they arnt writing songs that express opinions,...there just playing normal songs and saying dont vote bush. Its just a way of mind contolling their fans to get what they want.

[anyonelistnin??]

Wow....and you people think that this is new shit? please NOFX has had the "War on Errorism" cd with bush's face on it forever now. I'm glad to see the tyrant fall

[SunnMustang]

nice thought by the bands involved, fighting their cause (or maybe the cause their record labels tell them to follow, but thats a different issue) but wot difference are they really gonna make lets be honest!

[atarimar182]

I don't dislike Bush because punk rock tells me to. I dislike Bush's policies because they don't coincide with my own. The economy, less its current boom, has been pretty much in the red, like it is under any Republican president. It is time for change. It's time for us, the youth and the future, to actually care and take part. Go register. Go vote. It's not about praising what ever Green Day, or NOFX, or Willie Nelson says. It's about you discovering what's going on, and you'll find that what these "Musicians against Bush" are bitching about is totally true.

[Metalxhed89]

Tom Morello is cool

[GroverGuy]

FUck yeah, that will be an awesome concert and although i am canadian i also think bush is a ***ing moron and should be out of office

[timeflys]

About bloody time, thats all i can say

[ChiliPepper03]

I think this kicks ass, the more pressure that gets put on bush is better. i'm canadian too, but bush's f***ups are screwing everybody. His government is stagnant, and as much as he says he's "winning the war on terrorism", i wouldn't count randomly picking countries out of a hat and shoving missiles and m-16s down there face a great success. It's good to see that some action is heating up against him.

[greenday_punk_x]

U GO GREENDAY!!!!

[neverserious88]

F*Ck THEM! Leave their political shit in their songs where i can put up with it! Hey, i wonder if any other motherf*cker in show biz thinks that they can do a better job running this country, cause if they do, i'd love to see em try and FAIL! and thats all for now....

[sksk123]

Do you actually think that any one listens to what the dickheads of NOFX think on political issues? They are just too dumb to think of anything else to write about. All the punk bands need to shut up and let educated people run the country how it's supposed to be ran. George W. Bush is doing a great job. I'd rather be led by Bush not the criminal Clinton.

[NiTrO_FrEeZiNg]

Eddie Vedder is SO cool!!!!!

[aaronthirty2]

Why are there so many ***ing libral bands out there? Just once i would like to see a band stand up for whats right, besides putting down a president who is finally doing something good for this country.

[lefty2305]

i feel that bands should get behind their political beliefs. The us has been going downhill ever since bush took office. our economy sucks everybody hate us andthe gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger and bigger. i am not 18 yet but to all the rest of you who are and don't vote. If you don't want to live in poverty,have no job or one that makes little money get off your ass and vote. I personally don't want to have to live through a depression,or live in a nuclear wasteland.

[GD_DeverHo_86]

i think it is soo funny how you small, siple minded people think its the end of the world that some bands are speaking out against some head officeman...theyve been doing it since the 60s for crying out loud! you talk trash like you know eveything about whats going on and really you dont know diddly sh!t except for the paragraphs you just read...juss give it a rest and get back to your lives

[nimrod15]

Well, one thing. I think this is absolutly ridiculous. I read quite a far ways up their that a person thinks green day sucks now cuz of political beliefs. That has to be the stupidest thing i have ever heard. It is about the music. Not the people or their personal beliefs. But the music. punk rock (i am in no way calling myself one, punk is a label, not a self-esteem raising nametag) used to be about believing in what you wanted to believe in. Whether you were black, white, gay, straight, jew, or christian. I am sick of tired of it all. The world is coming to an end. Getting bush out of office will not solve a d*mn thing. I have just forgotten to care now. I am going to ignore anything that refers to this matter, but i will always love the music. Because thats what its about. Now i could go on and on, but you probly dont give a sh!t what a person who is not a rock star has to say on the matter. Well i dont either.

[punkrokker182]

bush sucks but i do'nt believe a group of bands is gonna take him outta office even when Nofx is involved....

[hendriksfan]

pretty sweet. oh, by teh way, his sg is sweet looking.

[deweydog78]

you know, i really hate it when musicians do this. they basically say, "if your really a fan of me you will think what i think and support me when i do things you may oppose" i mean, whatever happened to using a website to promote your band? and releasing cd's that are just fun to listen to and don't have heavy political issues on them? and these bands are the authority on current issues. they know everything there is to know about this war and the economy and they know exactly how to fix it. whatever.

[Alex-F-Word]

I've heard a lot of hype but haven't actually seen many artists acting on it. I actually think this "rockers against bush tour" is kind of stupid, if Fat Mike wants to sit down in office and try to not run our country into the ground I'd love to see him try...

[JimmyEatWorldSP]

YES! Fat Mike for president! This will be the funniest thing ever to watch. I like Green Day, but my views differ from theirs so whatever...

[Joltar]

I think its great that there is a concert purely dedicated to telling bush off....but alot of the song of these bands that are playing have ABSOLUTLY nothing to do with politics at all...like greenday...unless bush starts promoting weed then greenday reallydoesnt have any relevance. I guess it would be cool if they all wrote songs agaisnt bush, but they would prolly suck becuase of writing them last minute for some once in a lifetime concert....also...they are making bush lose some serious votes but besides that there not changing anything. These guys have so much money they could easily change things much quiker and more effectivly. btw, i totally agree with you guys on mindless voters...its soooo dumb, it makes a mockary of democracy...at this concert they should like handout books on whats going on so maybe more than 10%of the people there no whats going on around them...lol...also i here alot of anti rock, punk, metal comments on this board....how in the world can you completly hate and entire genre of music???!?!? im no country fan at all...in fact i dispise most of it...but i wont just write it off...so what kinda music do all these pro-bush shmucks (you know the ones who like it when someone with absolute power disides that since its easier it must be the write desision...even if it required ruining hundreds of thousands of peoples lifes. And people need a better definition of terrorism: The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons. WOW!! sounds like this is also the definition of Dubya (bush). Peace....

[greenday_punk_x]

U GO GREENDAY!!!

[getaclue]

I think it is great that these artists love their country enough to find out the facts of what Bush is trying to accomplish.

[pietje punk]

hihi ug stranger is a guest post stupid!

goto fat mikes punkvoter.com!
Fat Mike For President
and i dont even live the the united shits of america but in the netherlands and everything that happens over there has an affect over here so i do care! and even if it didnt i dont want a terrorist dash dictator to give out orders in name of peace from my world! the whole republic thing is a discrace they should be banned from the world

[getaclue]

I'm a fan of all of these groups, and now I think it's even cooler to know they feel the same way I do about former Arbusto Oil Co. owner George W. Bush and the damage he is doing to America.

[Jake Regier]

Thank god...someone needed to get rid of bush

[Jake Regier]

or at least try

[frigginjerk]

^

sorry, it was actuall an accident. I keep on having to delete posts by UG Stranger, as they consititue most of the spam, and yours got accidentally caught in the crossfire. Honestly, if you'd register, your posts would stand out more, just because of the different username. In this article, i also look for key things, rather than read every single word, so if your post involved any of the following:

9/11, terrorism, fuck bush, fascist, iraq, clinton, nigger, arab, muslim, or any assortment of needless profanity,

then it was probably deleted without a second thought. but just post again, and i'll leave it alone, provided it's relevant. you surely understand that since i've had to delete upwards of 200 posts from here, that i've grown tired of scanning each one.

[i like synths]

Im laughing, I just got to this site and I thought UG stranger was a guy who was writing an extreme amount of posts , with varying views, I was confused , , when I showed up as UG stranger too, I chose a name , Laugh out quietly, my wifes asleep.

[getaclue]

Bravo to these brave souls to take the lead in helping to end this travesty of justice and insatiable greed that has beseiged America under the Bush administration. So many falsehood have been fed to us. In the end, the intelligent mind will always prevail!

[frigginjerk]

i'm deleting posts not because i am taking a side. the posts are being deleted because nobody wants to read through ten pages of:

"fuk u! bush saddam, osama, 9/11, war, iraq, asshole!"

if you want to debate about this, then REGISTER, and post in the Pit. the posts i'm deleting have little to do with the actual article, which is about a concert event with political undertones.

i don't give two shits either way about the USA, or what any of you kids think about politics. my job is to make sure that the comments in these articles remain ON TOPIC, and are not spam.

i consider spam to be posts that are just two dudes arguing foreign policy with each other. i also consider spam to be posts whose thesis is: "FUCK BUSH!"

once again, if you wish to debate politics, we have a forum where you can do that. it's a better place to debate than here anyways. You can edit your posts, more people will see them, and your thread will remain active as long as people post in it. here, this thread will be burried in a few days as more news shows up.

but until then, i am trying o keep this page somewhat readable. comment on the concert, what you think of the CONCERT, what you think of the BANDS, what you think of the idea of MUSICIANS getting into politics.

do not comment of the faults of the Bush administration, the righteousness of the war, Clinton's shortcomings, terrorism, patriotism, etc...

for the third time: WE HAVE A FORUM FOR POLITICAL DEBATE. REGISTER AND USE IT.

and also, this site is privately run, and is based in Russia. And i live in Canada. the american constitution and it's free speech ammendment means very little to me. so go ahead and post spam. i'll just delete it. and i'll smile while i do it.

it wouldn't matter if you guys were debating left vs. right hand masturbation. if the topic of the article was anything different than that, your posts would be deleted.

and now, once again, in case you didn't bother to read the whole post:

WE HAVE A FORUM ON UG WHERE YOU CAN DEBATE POLITICS ALL YOU WANT. REGISTER AND USE IT.

[frigginjerk]

so yeah, i'm not taking anyone's side. i may have delted 100 posts saying "down with bush," but i've also deleted 100 posts saying "go bush! yay war!"

[frigginjerk]

but if punk is doing whatever you want, what if you WANT to do some things that everyone else is doing? it's not punk to declare that all punks must be against all government, all the time.

[Tony_wind]

I love Green Day, but I refuse to see them on a tour that anti-American. If you don't like it go to some other country.

[nirvanaguitar59]

i agree completley with tony wind

[punkerpat]

ok, since my last post got deleted, i will try again:
Punkrock has always been political!! I don't think that the fans of NOFX, Green Day, etc. will just go out and vote against Bush because Fat Mike or Billy Joe told them to! No, they will (hopefully) vote for the other guy because Bush is an idiot and a great danger to the US and the rest of the world! I think this anti Bush tour is great! Great music and some politics. It's up to the audience to decide later!

[evilcaleb]

Musicians have a right to express their opinions - they are citizens like everyone else, and it is their country that is being presided over by Bush, a president they oppose.
If these musicians were truly self-serving and obsessed with making money, they would simply shut up and let the benefits of another Bush upper-class tax cut improve their finances, as they would all fall within the requisite income brackets.
Yes, Bush-bashing has become popular, even populist, but perhaps that is because there is a lot of bad feeling about a president who many people feel is illegitimate, illiterate and unelected. And perhaps this feeling is now finding its outlet through musicians like Springsteen and Morello and writers like Michael Moore, as it is not finding an outlet through a media which is too biased or perhaps scared to express these opinions.
Whether or not you agree with what these artists say, it is their right to say it. As for some of the more right-wing posters, who have said things like "America is a free ***ing country, so why don't these commie pinkos shut their ****ing mouths and ***k off!", well the irony of these comments are enough to condemn them without our help. The same goes for the scoffing comments of those who seem to think any view that opposes their own is "unintelligent", which is frankly ridiculous, and bigoted.
Yes, it is sad if fans simply vote against Bush because they are told to do so by their favourite bands, but in a way, it is no different from many of the posters who have simply delivered pro-Bush, anti-"pinko" diatribes that they have been force-fed from Fox.
As for bringing back right-wing metallers like Helmet, there is a good reason why they're not around anymore - they sucked (in my opinion). If liking a musician is based around agreeing with the musician's political opinions, get them to run for office.
I think have a lot more respect for those who like Bush and will go and see an anti-Bush gig just because they like Green Day's music, than I have for a liberal who pretends to like Green Day's music because they support his views.

[iloveangelica]

i just hope you know who ever deleted my posts is a ***ing dickmetal bands suck and so does george bush oh yea and i love angelica

[LiTHiUM98]

I really would like to point out that the chick from the Dixie Chicks kinda did the whole "I don't like Bush, so I'm gonna be outspoken" thing. She really should get some props for that. And Electric_Trees was right in saying that its sad that it's now up to the musicians to FINALLY do something about this. Something should have been said way back when Bush, some how *cough* FLORIDA BALLOT RECOUNT *cough*, was elected as president. I'm not gonna make this too long cuz then no one will read it.

[lespaul55]

stupid yakees- you need to pull your heads out of your asses and realize that he did the right thing by bombing those towlheads/ nukem till they glow bush. i wanna see u in the white house again so we dont turn america over to a bunch of ***in yankee bitches

[millencolin15]

whoever is talken about punk rock being against the norm or going against the grain u really don kno wut your talken about punk bands r becomin more politically active because the punk scene first emerged under reagan( a republican president that had the economy in ruins) and now we have a new reagan in george bush so the bands that are becoming more political r just doing there jobs as real punk bands and not just posers who sing about girls or love

[millencolin15]

stupid yakees- you need to pull your heads out of your asses and realize that he did the right thing by bombing those towlheads/ nukem till they glow bush. i wanna see u in the white house again so we dont turn america over to a bunch of ***in yankee bitches.....

do u kno wut the hell your talken about this whole war is illegal and hey where r those chemical weapons we were so sure they had. so how would u like it if i came 2 ur town with boms and guns and decided 2 nuke u til u glow

[Klausi]

bush sucks. there's no more to say

[Portia]

JUST VOTE!!!!!!! For ***s sake!

Cheers,
Portia

[duce]

Bush has done everything he can to un *** up the country if al gore or john kerry were in office they would have been shitting their pants on 9/11. they would be the ones hiding in the hobbit holes b/c they dont know how to handle a CRISIS situation. bush has the rite idea getting rid of saddam. evr1 wants bush out of office but what has he done thats been so bad. he spent the last 4 years cleaning up after the clintons cos they ***ed up real bad our economy is out of the shitter i can buy somthing with a dollar and thanx to stocks im going to college. So if ur going to be so liberal minded go to FUCKING CALIFORNIA.

[duce]

oh and heres my thought on the weapons of mass detruction . uday and qusay could run that entire country of iraq w/ one bullet. they didnt have to say my dad is dictator. So here it is they got a bunch of sand niggers and buried the portable lab trucks and already made WOMD and when that was finished they shot and buried the ***in towelheads. Thank you for listening.

[Kutless]

If the 9/11 thing had happened with any other presidents who are running now they wouldn't know what to do. It's great that we have a godly president. Anyone who is against president bush needs to here this, bush is a christian and he is trying to keep america a christian nation, the moment america turns away from God we will fall.
Good job president bush

[Gilidude]

hey kutless, religion and politics don't mix, it's wrong to force your religious views on people who don't even belive in the same thing, or those who don't belive anything at all. Bush didn't do a good job on 9/11, he just did what his advisors told him to do, and we don't actually know that kerry or gore would have done bad on 9/11, BECAUSE THEY WERN'T IN OFFICE.
let me tell you people what would have happened had al gore been in office when 9/11 happened. THE SAME DAMN THING! You want to know why, GEORGE BUSH DIDN'T DO A DAMN THING ABOUT 9/11 EXEPT, GIVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF SPEACHES WITH AMERICAN PATRIATISM AND THEN GO AFTER AL QUIDA, AND THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED NO MATTER WHO WAS IN OFFICE. I DON'T SEE GEORGE BUSH REBUILDING AFFGANASTAN, GEORGE BUSH HAS LEFT AFFGANASTAN FOR DEAD. The only difference, had al gore won like he should have, is that we wouldn't have this pointless war with iraq and the rest of the world woudn't hate us so much because of it. any of you who thinks this is a holy war is a racist SOB. the vast majority of islamic people look down on the extremests. So thats my rant

(Oh ya, and to all you fundamentalist christans, you should actually go read the whole bible instead of just listening to the preacher say that if your bad your going to hell, because belive me, there's a lot more to the bible then just stuff about going to hell)

[iamjosh]

Famous people get to spread their opinions. Because they're famous. Nothing you can do about it. If you thought the country was going down the drain and you speak to thousands of voters every night, would you keep your mouth shut about it?

[Subbacultcha]

lespaul55: You are a pathetic redneck, racist and a complet human waste. Your statment is just as lame as you, go stick you head up your ass and please spear us from ever showing that racist coward face of yours again.

[DemonicKnight73]

Man this is pathetic... for those of you saying that Greenday and NOFX suck so much their attempting a publicity stunt... your ***ed up ideas are bleh... if you stood as a strong anti bush and you had a band wouldnt you do the same shit...

[loudspeaker89]

Its not the bands have choice...Its an election...there just doing this to create to vote AGAINST bush...so don't go hollarin and raven about bands being part of politics...CAUSE THEY ARE NOT

[kate_666]

Ok, so I haven't read ALL of these msgs, so ths may hav bin sed b4 but still . . .
Half of the bnds involved hav careers and record deals which rnt goin dwn the drain which must shw tht they believe in wt they're standin up 4, as thy mst hav otha thngs 2 do with their time. Dnt no how many of u r american (mst i'm guessin) but here in the u.k we rnt gona gt the chnce 2 c any of these bnds doin the rock against bush cncrts, and standin up 4 sumthin which mst people ova here beleive in (even if bush ent r president) so count ureselves damn lucky tht uve gt the chnce! Even if u dnt support wt they're sayin dnt put them dwn. Ok so these bnds r famous and mayb it is a bit easia 4 them 2 gt their opinions across but if any ordinary citizen wanted 2 put their views out there and wanted 2 badly enuf thn they cud. B4 the war in iraq there were huge protests in the uk held and organised by the general public and even if tony blair was too much of a spineless lapdog 2 nt follo bush in2 war it made him take ntice of wt the country wanted. Ok, so nw i've rambled on long enuf so . . .

[Partee OLott]

Musicians should play music and shut up unless they run for office.

[Partee OLott]

Hey Gilidude, Read "My Forbidden Face" by Latifa. It's a good book about a young girl that spent her teen years under the Taliban. We have not left Afghanistan, hell my brother is there now. You would be amazed about the progress for womens rights that has occurred.

[Jimi444]

Bush sucks, they should fight against that ***face, to bad that ***head got re-elected, it is total bullshit.

[les paul junior]

rock against bush is one of the greatest cd's I think they are making a lot of good statements and I also love most of the bands so that was a really great action from Nofx (fat mike)