Monday, January 30, 2006

Anti-Flag

Ill start by saying im a punk rock fan, I dont wear the clothes or the hair but I love the music and the ideology. I like it because of bands like Nofx and Anti-Flag who can range between very silly happy songs to very powerful political songs. Anti-Flag is not too shockingly a very political band with songs like Die for your Govenrment, and Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L.) they even have a song whose name Im not sure of that is all about how we need to work together and protest because songs aren't enough anymore. Oh if we're talking about political punk you can't not mention the Dead Kennedy's but they broke up quite some time ago. The lead singer was Jello Biafra who was nominated by the NY green party to run for President, he because he felt he was better off helping Ralph Nader than running against him.
If your angry about the people running our country I think its worth giving Anti-Flag a listen if you like punk you'll propably like it, If you only know punk as the crap on the radio then theres a good chance youll like it, if you have no idea what punk music is and just assumed you wouldnt like it because people with mohawks frighten you then give it a try. Punk music is just simple fast rock with a healthy dose of angst thrown in. here is the official website followed by their myspace site, which has some free tunes I think.
http://www.anti-flag.com/
http://www.myspace.com/antiflag
enjoy

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