Favouriet bands? Who are left wing?Who are posers?

[The Forum Idiot]

Well, considering this is a left wing forum, I thought a discussion on what bands are left wing and which aren't would be good. And who your favourite bands, and which bands act left wing but really aren't

My Fvaourite Bands and if they're (to my knowledge) left wing or not:

*in no real order*
Mettalica - Unsure, probably centre
Weezer - Definately left wing
Nirvana - Kurt Cobain even said he was left wing...
The Pixies - Probably left wing, Kim Deal definately doesn't vote Bush
The Breeders - Kelley Deal right wing, others probably left
Kings Of Leon - Unsure
Four Star Mary - Unsure
The Clash - Left wing, definately
The Sex Pistols - Anarchist...or at least anarchist posers
REM - DEFINATELY left wing

Erm...I'll think of my otehr faves later....gotta go now! C ya guys later!

[bunk]

the coup - left wing
dead prez (were)
Tupac - not sure don't think so.
Immortal Technique - left wing
Red Hot chilli Peppers - left wing

[Misodoctakleidist]

I'm both left-wing and a poser, I'm also my favourite band.

[The Forum Idiot]

Okay then.....*edges away a little* You do know a band recquires at least 2 ppl by definition? And if you are on thsi forum you clearly aren't liek Busted, Good Charlotte, etc. which would like to be left wing smack-junkie punks but aren't.

[celtopunk]

Dead Kennedys
Clash
Pogues
Scott MX Turner
Billy Bragg
Chumbawamba
Bad Religion
MC5
Wayne Kramer
Public Enemy
Spearhead
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Neurotics
Stiff Little Fingers
Paranoid Visions
Striknien DC
Bad Religion
Redskins
Adjusters
X
Mojo Nixon
The Cramps
Most or all of these are left wing, and none are posers in my opinion.

[The Forum Idiot]

Wow....Never heard of most of those... *GOD DAMN YOU(ME) NOT BEING ALIVE WHEN PUNK WAS FRESH*

[Ziggy]

mc5
velvet underground (as well as lou reed's solo work)
rollingstones
beatles
iggy pop
patti smith
t rex
the kinks
eric clapton
jethro tull
led zeppelin
the who
pink floyd
blind guardian
bruce springsteen
bob dylan
simon&garfunkel
david bowie
black sabbath
cat stevens
jimi hendrix
there are others but i cant think, its late
none of these guys are poseurs but am not sure on all of their political stances, im gonna guess most of the ones i listed are left

[Ian]

Eric Clapton is a fascist, he was a supporter of the British Nationalist Party at one point.

[The Forum Idiot]

Wow really? Note: The BNP have openly on radio admitted they idolized Hitler.

[Guerrilla22]

Bad Religion is my favorite band, also NOFX's last album was pretty politcal, I'd definitely put them in the left-wing category, but also
Anti-Flag

The International Noise Conspiracy

Dead Kennedys

RATM

Public Enemy

[Roses in the Hospital]

Kings Of Leon - Unsure

They're dad was in the Ku Klux Klan. Not sure if they share his opinions but something like that's bound to have an influence on you as a child...

[EL OBiSPO]

Kyuss - err...unsure...

Propagandhi - Left Wing/Anarchists...

Frenzal Rhomb - they probably lean towards the left

Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Going by lyrical content... Rightwing :(

Amorphis - Unsure

White Skull - unsure

Metallica - Hmm...And Justice For All? Probably posers...

Megadeth - Again, probably posers.

Zen Guerrilla - unsure

Sick Shift - Leftists, I think...

Slayer - err...Angel Of Death? You just have to look at Kerry King...

Sepultura - Left...

Leukorrhea - Unsure

Strung Out - Punk...Probably leftist..

Hendrix - ?

Testament -

Blind Guardian - Unsure

Arab On Rader - *shrug*

The Notwist - Again, unsure.

Karma To Burn - Unsure

Keelhaul - Unsure

Electric Wizard - Unsure


err, as you can probably tell by that, I try and keep politics and music seperate.

[The Forum Idiot]

I'm pretty sure Hendrix is a leftie... he grew up in a racist society and was poor most of his life

About The Kings Of Leon... They seem the kind of guys to be left wing...Joe's Head clearly shows they were Hendrix fans...Maybe their dad's right wing-edness made them want to be left wing. They have commented how they weren't exaclty fans of their dad...

[Invader Zim]

The manic Street Preachers.... who eat bands like RATM!

[CubanFox]

Not all of these are bands, but, still, I shall list them. The Clash - Left wing. The only band that matters/mattered.
Tchaikovsky - He's not a band. He was also long dead before "leftism" in its modern sense existed.
Shostakovich - Well, he lived in the Soviet Union, but was frequently dug into by the censors and by Stalin. Apolitical, I'd say. (Not a band, either.)
Midnight Oil - Left wing, pro-reconciliation and all that. Unfortunately their former lead singer has just sold out to a corporation he wrote an entire song to deride! Great one, Garrett.
Bob Marley - I'm going be iron, like a lion, in Zion...
Sting - Bugger The Police, Sting's better by himself.
Red Army Choir - I don't think I need to explain the politics of singing Bolsheviks ;)
Hendrix - Well. Enough said.

[Misodoctakleidist]

Tchaikovshy's borther was a noradchik.

[SittingBull47]

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Iggy Pop
Nine Inch Nails
Propaghandi
RATM
The Germs
(definitely left)

I'm not sure on the politics of these bands, but I'm into them:
The Mars Volta
At the drive-in
Lumpy Balboa Condition
Avenged Sevenfold

[Jesus Christ]

my favourite bands or artists:
in no particular order

Primus
Norma Jean
Billy Joel
A Perfect Murder
A Static Lullaby
Rush
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Misery Signals
Unearth

[The Forum Idiot]

Rush are certainly very right wing...

[Jesus Christ]

Originally posted by The Forum [email protected] 17 2004, 01:24 PM
Rush are certainly very right wing...
regardless i posted my favourite bands lol

[The Forum Idiot]

I know, I'm not critisizing them, just saying, they ARE right wing.

[Ian]

I suspect Norma Jean aren't leftist, they're religious and all that.

[iwwobblie]

A couple notes on some of the bands/artists mentioned:Hendrix was anti-communist and supported the Vietnam war,Pete Townsend of the Who originally supported the Iraq war but has since changed his mind,Bob Dylan is a Zionist and was at one time a fundamentalist christian,Rush as stated earlier are right wing and are influenced by Ayn Rand.

[Benno]

Sepultura - agree. They're cool.

But also: Napalm Death

Here's the lyric's for the 2002 release, Continuing War on Stupidity:

There's only one war to end all war
It's the loathing behind the eyes
And when the eyes stay out of focus
Fizxed on a point that spurns compassion
And goads for challenge
Thatcher, Reagan, Bush - that's one three-headed beast
It's the loathing behind the eyes
And when those eyes conceal the zealot
Winter than white, but the robots buy it
They clap and cheer
Kudos to bask in the belly of the beast
Procreation of the wicked
Gifted remits to exceed
Initation of the witless
Serve indignant dignitaries
Trample, smoke out, pull all foreign weeds
Don't cap oil stacks, guard the globe for keeps
Only one war!
Cosy with the clan, treat withdrawal as attack
Old boy network, new world prison camp
Only one war!
Not my president
Nor his fellow sham - the charlatan
Media mouthpiece screams dignity
Glaring irony - this is news to me

...straight from the band that gave us Multinational Corporations in 1987.

[Pawn Power]

Leftover Crack are crazy squatters, I dont know what they classify them selves as but they are left and are against the WTO and world trade.

i always though Sublime was pretty left

does anyone now how System of a Down stands in the political spectrum, i know they are but what.

[Jesus Christ]

Originally posted by [email protected] 18 2004, 02:18 AM
I suspect Norma Jean aren't leftist, they're religious and all that.
Norma Jean are a religious hXc band, but regardless i dont think that affects the quality of their music
www.facedownrecords.com
they deal with religious hardcore, but the bands are still amazing, especially Comeback Kid, and Alove For Enemies

[refuse_resist]

Sepultura and Napalm Death are both great bands, and I would say Sepultura is one of the best thrash metal bands of all time.

A few other leftist bands I'd like to mention are Aus-Rotten, Agnostic Front and Sick of it All.

[Mr. Krinklebein]

The Beach Boys
The Bee Gees
The Black Eyed Peas
The Andrews Sisters
Cindy Lauper
Paula Abdul
Tiffany
Debbie Gibson
The Bangles
The Go-Gos
THe Kingston Trio
Parliament / Funkadelic
Nat King Cole
Sly and the Family Stone
Chaka Khan
The Ohio Players
Ami Stewart
Las Ketchup
Buddy Holly
The Big Bopper
Little Richard
Yani
Yo Yo Ma
Chicos del Barrio
Aqua
Clarence Carter
Science
La Bouche
Patti La Belle



Worst singer = HILARY DUFF

[Sabocat]

Shockingly, no one mentioned System of A Down. They have been blacklisted by the FBI for anti-war, anti-imperialism statements and have written lyrics like these:

PRISON SONG
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,

Following the rights movements
You clamped on with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,
Following the rights movements
You clamped on with your iron fists,
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids,

I buy my crack, my smack, my *****,
Right here in Hollywood,

Nearly 2 million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system,
Prison system of the U.S.

They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me to live in)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system. (for you and me to live in)

Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich,

I buy my crack, my smack, my *****,
Right here in Hollywood,

The percentage of Americans in the prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985,

They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me to live in)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system. (for you and me to live in)
For you and I, for you and I , for you and I.

They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.

All research and successful drug policy show
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences,
All research and successful drug policy show
That treatment should be increased,
And law enforcement decreased,
While abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.

Utilizing drugs to pay for secret wars around the world,
Drugs are now your global policy,
Now you police the globe,

I buy my crack, my smack, my *****,
Right here in Hollywood,

Drug money is used to rig elections,
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world.

They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison, (for you and me to live in)
Another prison system,
Another prison system,
Another prison system. (for you and me to live in)
For you and I, for you and I , for you and I.
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
They're trying to build a prison,
For you and me,
Oh baby, you and me.

BOOM!
I've been walking through your streets,
Where all your money's earning,
Where all your building's crying
And clueless neckties working,
Revolving fake lawn houses,
Housing all your fears,
Desensitized by TV,
Overbearing advertising,
God of consumerism,
And all your crooked pictures
Looking good, mirrorism,
Filtering information,
For the public eye,
Designed for profiteering,
Your neighbor, what a guy.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
Every time you drop the bomb,
You kill the god your child has born,
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.

Modern globalization,
Coupled with condemnations,
Unnecessary death,
Matador corporations,
Puppeting your frustrations,
With the blinded flag,
Manufacturing consent,
Is the name of the game,
The bottom line is money,
Nobody gives a fuck.
4000 hungry children leave us per hour,
From starvation,
While billions are spent on bombs,
Creating death showers.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
Every time you drop the bomb,
You kill the god your child has born,
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM
BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM

Why, why, why, why must we kill, kill, kill, kill
Our own, own, own, own kind...

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
Every time you drop the bomb,
You kill the god your child has born,
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM
BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM
Every time you drop the bomb.

[Kurai Tsuki]

What ever happened to the days when a person's favourite bands could be narrowed down to a few, rather than an entire CD collection :rolleyes:

My favourite band is Rage against the Machine, I'm now waiting for Zack de la Rocha's solo album.

[YKTMX]

Here are my favourite set of System of a Down lyrics:

System of a Down War? lyrics



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System of a Down, War?

Dark is the light,
The man you fight,
With all your prayers, incantations,
Running away, a trivial day,
Of judgment and deliverance,
To whom was sold, this bounty soul,
A gentile or a priest ?
Who victored over, the Seljuks,
When the holy land was taken

We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens

Was it the riches, of the land,
Powers of bright darkness,
That lead the noble, to the East,
To fight the heathens

We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens

We must call upon our bright darkness,
Beliefs, they're the bullets of the wicked,
One was written on the sword,
For you must enter a room to destroy it,
International security,
Call of the righteous man,
Needs a reason to kill man,
History teaches us so,
The reason he must attain,
Must be approved by his God,
His child, partisan brother of war,

Of war, we don't speak anymore,
Of war, we don't speak anymore,
Of war, we don't speak anymore,
Of war, we don't speak anymore,

We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens



System of a Down War? lyrics

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[Counter-Corporate Jujitsu]

Anti-Flag - Definately left-wing
NOFX - Definately left-wing
Pennywise - Definately left-wing
Radiohead - Unsure
KMFDM - Self-Proclaimed Communists
Rise Against - Definately left-wing
Dropkick Muprhys - Definately left-wing
The Clash - Definately left-wing
System of a Down - Definately left-wing

[Guerrilla22]

Bad Religion (my absolute favorite), Anti-Flag, Rise Against, Rage, NOFX, and Pennywise are all left-wing.

Then I like Flogging Molly, Screeching Weasel and the Vandals, who probaly are left-wing, but don't sing political songs.

[The Forum Idiot]

Originally posted by [email protected] 18 2004, 12:30 PM
Hendrix was anti-communist and supported the Vietnam war,
THAT'S BULL mate, sorry, but it really f***ing is. He actually spoke out against it, ever heard Woodstock? The anti-vietnam solo song? Any of that? The fact that he always spoke outa against the war? Idiot...

[Dirty Commie]

Against All Authority (http://www.aaaonline.org) Ska-Core from Miami, the name says it all

Career Soldiers (http://www.careersoldiers.com) California band, they kick ass

The Virus (http://www.viruspunks.com) my favorite modern band

The Pogues (http://www.pogues.com) Not political, but they kick so much ass.

Complete Control (http://www.completecontrol.com) check 'em out

Clit 45 (http://www.clit45.net) really kick ass band!

The Damaged (http://www.thedamaged.cjb.net) This is my best friends band, they are sophomores in high skool, but they are really good.

Chubby Tuff (http://www.chubbytuff.com) Ska from my home town, non-political, but really talented.

[dxoo]

Ohh.. Some swedish bands.. Dropkick Murphys and The International Noise Conspiracy...niiice

Overall most artists that play real music (a consider something to be real music when you feel that someone has put his whole soul in the music) are left wing, thats just have it is. Even though many artist may be left wing but do not know much about politics. But well.. it's better to be ignorant left wing than right wing. =9

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Originally posted by [email protected] 17 2004, 01:48 AM
mc5
velvet underground (as well as lou reed's solo work)
rollingstones
beatles
iggy pop
patti smith
t rex
the kinks
eric clapton
jethro tull
led zeppelin
the who
pink floyd
blind guardian
bruce springsteen
bob dylan
simon&garfunkel
david bowie
black sabbath
cat stevens
jimi hendrix
there are others but i cant think, its late
none of these guys are poseurs but am not sure on all of their political stances, im gonna guess most of the ones i listed are left
You have some good tastes, my friend!
Nice list.

I don't particularly agree with mc5, iggy pop, patti smith, t-rex, blind guardian, and bruce springsteen.

Black Sabbath I think are kind of mediocre.
And I never really cought on to anything by the Stones other than some of their big successes.
And Bruce Springsteen is the single most over rated musician ever, I think.

To the artists you mentioned, I'd like to emphasize Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, Eric Clapton, the Beatles, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, and Simon and Garfunkle.
I'd also like to add

King Crimson
Yes
Frank Zappa
10cc
Crosby Stills Nash and Young
CCR
Stevie Ray Vaughan
ZZ Top
The Allman Bros.
Queen
Robin Trower
The Doors
Deep Purple
Nick Drake (those of you who like underground classic rock will love this guy)
The Pretenders
Todd Rundgren
Janis Joplin
Radiohead
The Mars Volta
Franz Ferdinand
Jefferson Airplane

non-rock
Albert Collins
John Lee Hooker
Robert Johnson
Albert King
BB King
Marvin Gaye
The Roots
Charles Mingus
Thelonius Monk
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Stan Getz
Joao Gilberto
Gilberto Gil
Gal Costa
Egberto Gismonti
Lelo Nazario
Ze Miguel Wisnik
Victor Jara
Violeta Parra

[celtopunk]

Originally posted by [email protected] 5 2004, 12:09 AM
You have some good tastes, my friend!
Nice list.

I don't particularly agree with mc5, iggy pop, patti smith, t-rex, blind guardian, and bruce springsteen.

Black Sabbath I think are kind of mediocre.
And I never really cought on to anything by the Stones other than some of their big successes.
And Bruce Springsteen is the single most over rated musician ever, I think.

To the artists you mentioned, I'd like to emphasize Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, Eric Clapton, the Beatles, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, and Simon and Garfunkle.
I'd also like to add

King Crimson
Yes
Frank Zappa
10cc
Crosby Stills Nash and Young
CCR
Stevie Ray Vaughan
ZZ Top
The Allman Bros.
Queen
Robin Trower
The Doors
Deep Purple
Nick Drake (those of you who like underground classic rock will love this guy)
The Pretenders
Todd Rundgren
Janis Joplin
Radiohead
The Mars Volta
Franz Ferdinand
Jefferson Airplane

non-rock
Albert Collins
John Lee Hooker
Robert Johnson
Albert King
BB King
Marvin Gaye
The Roots
Charles Mingus
Thelonius Monk
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Stan Getz
Joao Gilberto
Gilberto Gil
Gal Costa
Egberto Gismonti
Lelo Nazario
Ze Miguel Wisnik
Victor Jara
Violeta Parra
I must be confused. The title of this thread refers to bands that are/were left wing or who were poseurs. Now that said how can argue about MC5, Patti Smith, or even Black Sabbath (who were anything but mediocre for their first 5 or 6 albums) not being left wing? I can't speak about some of the others that Ziggy mentioned but even Bruce Springsteen (I never cared for him either) has written many songs from a working class perspective. And wrote that song about the cops murdering Amadou(sp?) Diallo.

Victor, then you go on to mention the usual suspects notably Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Yes, ZZ Top, Alman Bros... Have any of these artists ever written left wing a political song or taken a left wing stance on anything? Yes I know some of those you listed certainly have done some fine musical as well as political work but you seem to be missing the point of the topic.