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Old 08-07-2015, 12:14 AM   #15 (permalink)
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How is Godspeed! anti-establishment?
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Although various members of the band are often pinned down as anarchists, for a rather long time no one in the band explicitly subscribed to this label;[13] however, as of 2014, Menuck was calling himself an anarchist.[14] In any case, there is a strong political component to the band's music.[15] For example, the liner notes to Yanqui U.X.O. describe the song "09-15-00" as "Ariel Sharon surrounded by 1,000 Israeli soldiers marching on al-Haram Ash-Sharif & provoking another Intifada," and the back cover of that album depicts the relationships of several major record labels to the military-industrial complex. Several of its songs also incorporate voice samples which express political sentiments, most notably "The Dead Flag Blues" (on F♯A♯∞) and "BBF3" (on Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada).
Although I probably wouldn't have thought it from just listening to their music either.
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