Thursday, May 22, 2008

Conservative Punk


Punk music has been, and still is, one of the most heavy-handed genres of music there is. Unfortunately the topics of such heavy-handed songs are almost always seeped in left wing propaganda, bumper sticker rallying calls and oversimplifications of otherwise complex topics. Unfortunately the websites established by such bands to further their political views don't offer much more by way of information and truth than the music does. We at conservative punk mean to be the foil to this trend. We plan on filling in the gaps. We will offer our own views while still urging young punks to search for their own conclusions. Hopefully in doing so we will energize and excite young people enough to become engaged in politics and exercise their power at the ballot box.
I stumbled upon the above, interesting and informative site a few days ago.
I was posting a piece on Pete Townshend's birthday and it occurred to me that Joey Ramone (Jefferey Hyman) was born on the same date (6 years later).
Politically, Joey was a knee-jerk liberal, but I did find this cool quote:"The Democrats want my guns and the Republicans want my porno mags and I ain't giving up either".
Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) , on the other hand, was "A fascistic, right-wing fanatic who was anti-gun control and was a big supporter of GW Bush, the Iraqi invasion, etc."~Robert Barry Francos. Actually, Francos was being more than a bit extreme about the rocker's conservative views.
Does anyone remember when The Ramones were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? As part of his acceptance speech Johnny, a staunch republican who always believed "punk should be right-wing.", declared "god bless America, and god bless President Bush!".
Johnny, who died in 2004, once said: 'People drift towards liberalism at a young age, and I always hope they change when they see how the world really is.'
... ANYWAY, while searching for info on Johnny's political views, I discovered Conservative Punk.
I also came across this top 10 list of right-wing rockers.
I guess pop music is more than just the bleeding hearts and artists on the left.We just hear about those liberal media darlings more often.

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