Best social protest bands?

dac · 12-12-2009, 10:10 PM

Green day!!!111! Yeah!!

+81 · 12-12-2009, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BTown787

If Leftover Crack is going to get a mention surely Choking Victim deserves one too, I'd give that whole scene a mention.

Some more:
Operation Ivy
D.R.I.
Circle Jerks
Assorted Jelly Beans
Minor Threat
Fugazi
Youth Korps
Wingnut Dishwashers Union
Screeching Weasel
Limp Wrist
and although no ones knows about them really The Goats.

What do AJB protest? Everything I've heard by them has pretty much been about everyday teen life.

Oh, and how about Bob Dylan!? Maybe not a band but he plays with one.

BTown · 12-13-2009, 10:50 AM

^ I guess I kind of half heatedly through that one in there with no justification like I usually tend to do with my lists.
And after just listening to him after not doing so in a while I'm gonna throw in Wingnut Dishwashers Union.

+81 · 12-13-2009, 12:50 PM

You're familiar with Johnny Hobo right?

BTown · 12-13-2009, 01:51 PM

^ Yeah, I only have one song when he played under Johnny Hobo and The Freight Trains but I have 1 live and 1 studio Wingnut album.

+81 · 12-13-2009, 02:03 PM

You should definitely check some more out. I like WDU but some of my favorite songs by him are under Johnny Hobo. Let me know if you'd like something.

mr dave · 12-13-2009, 02:05 PM

i gotta say i CANNOT stand Johnny Hobo aside from his one track about being 'UK Punk Rock!'

all he seems to be protesting is being a disillusioned middle class kid. oh no! the outside world isn't fair? boo hoo! it's not 'right' that right and wrong become less and less relevant as you get older! waaahhhh. cue off key trumpet solo! scream about 40s and train tracks and (the most obvious of all...) how horrible George Bush is. protest!

+81 · 12-13-2009, 02:14 PM

I don't care for a lot of his lyrics, otherwise I would have included him in this thread myself, but I do enjoy the raw emotion of his music. He has a few good lines every once in while, for example in 'For a girl I met in Rhinelander, WI'.

BTown · 12-13-2009, 02:18 PM

I feel like what you're saying is true, mr. dave, but I still think he's a legitimate nice guy who really enjoys releasing his emotions through music and to me doing it the way he does it means a lot.

But anyway, i'd love to get some more Johnny Hobo +81.

mr dave · 12-13-2009, 02:24 PM

i'm not denying he's got a way with words or lacks emotion in his delivery. he's by far the most emo person i've ever heard on record. while a lot of his fans want to portray him like a modern troubadour protesting all sorts of social injustices, he just comes off as contrived and whiny to me far more often than not.

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BTown super cool Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 806	^ I guess I kind of half heatedly through that one in there with no justification like I usually tend to do with my lists. And after just listening to him after not doing so in a while I'm gonna throw in Wingnut Dishwashers Union. __________________

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BTown super cool Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 806	^ Yeah, I only have one song when he played under Johnny Hobo and The Freight Trains but I have 1 live and 1 studio Wingnut album. __________________

12-13-2009, 02:03 PM	#56 (permalink)
+81 Rats off to ya! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: House of the Ju-Ju Queen Posts: 1,609	You should definitely check some more out. I like WDU but some of my favorite songs by him are under Johnny Hobo. Let me know if you'd like something. __________________ My Music on: Facebook Last.fm My Last.fm My Poor Ol' Neglected Journal

12-13-2009, 02:14 PM	#58 (permalink)
+81 Rats off to ya! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: House of the Ju-Ju Queen Posts: 1,609	I don't care for a lot of his lyrics, otherwise I would have included him in this thread myself, but I do enjoy the raw emotion of his music. He has a few good lines every once in while, for example in 'For a girl I met in Rhinelander, WI'. __________________ My Music on: Facebook Last.fm My Last.fm My Poor Ol' Neglected Journal

12-13-2009, 02:18 PM	#59 (permalink)
BTown super cool Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 806	I feel like what you're saying is true, mr. dave, but I still think he's a legitimate nice guy who really enjoys releasing his emotions through music and to me doing it the way he does it means a lot. But anyway, i'd love to get some more Johnny Hobo +81. __________________