Best political band poll

[corporatewhore]

Poll question: Best political band poll

yeah yeah there should be more on like bikini kill and seven year bitch Public enemy but hey there are only ten slots

[utopian]

1. I voted Jello

But we mustn't forget the Clash or Billy Bragg.

[NightTrain]

2. No Rage Against The Machine?

Tsk, tsk.

[corporatewhore]

7. wanted to spread genres around but yeah i do love battle

[abracadabra]

9. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE--got my vote-

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Michael Franti and Spearhead

[FDRrocks]

4. Propagandhi

I voted DK.

[LastKnight]

5. RATM

a poll about political bands that doesnt have Rage as an option belongs over at FR... its an outrage lol

Edit: thanks for adding the option

-LK

[UnAmericanJoe]

6. Bad Religion!

[NightTrain]

8. How about War? Or Peter Tosh?

They just happened to pop into my head.

[DBoon]

10. No Clash? No Minutemen?

n/t

[Fenris]

14. A politirock poll ain't a poll without the Clash or the Minutemen

[corporatewhore]

11. just added RATM folks

[Semi_subversive]

12. Don't forget

Creedence Clearwater Revival!

[Bossy Monkey]

13. Other: Clash or Midnight Oil n/t

[Ysabel]

15. unable to make up my mind...

they're all good...!

[JaySherman]

16. Warrior Soul

The band is long gone, but some of the songs written 15 years ago still the nail on the head today. Lyrics like this are so prophetic it's frightening:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/In-Conclusion-lyrics-Warrior-Soul/ACCF55F8500C8C7748256C9C00071DF1

[tkmorris]

17. Hmmmm

<---------- That one was pretty good.

:beer:

[Fenris]

18. That avatar ROCKS!

[Tom Kitten]

19. what...

no Consolidated?

[Redneck Socialist]

20. Bruce Cockburn

You need an "other" option.

[maveric]

21. CSN&Y, Country Joe McDonald

to name a couple.

[Kamika]

22. How can you not have U2 there?

that's my vote

[lojasmo]

23. Ditto, N/T

what does N/T mean, BTW?

[Dees]

24. CSN&Y .....Tin soldiers and Nixon coming

We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

[Red_Storm]

25. RATM

but all the other artists on the poll and those not on the poll that have been mentioned ( PE should never be left out) have made great political music too........

[JCMach1]

26. No Billy Bragg!

What a rip!

[mac56]

28. second on Billy Bragg

nm

[Beaker]

27. Midnight Oil.

nt

[el_gato]

29. The Dicks

[Whitacre D_WI]

40. I always preferred the Big Boys.

[AntiCoup2K4]

30. Excellent choices, but how could you miss DOA??

Yeah, a lot of it is Canadian politics, but it's still political. And any band writing a song called "Fucked Up Ronnie" at the height of Jelly Bean Brain's popularity deserves a place in this poll

[Bridget Burke]

31. You left out Steve Earle....

And, yes, he usually tours with a band. He's played acoustic folk, pure bluegrass & a bit of Irish, among other styles. But his band is pretty darn electric.

Some of his songs have specific ties with current events (John Walker's Blues), others show some social consciousness. The rest are just good songs.

He's got his own website: www.steveearle.com/

But this fan site is even better: www.steveearle.net/

He's also managed to survive in Nashville for many years--the very belly of the Country Music Industry Beast (enemy of all that is good in Real country music).

Check him out.

[corporatewhore]

33. steve earle is cool

[Renew Deal]

32. System of a Down would also be good.

They do a lot of political/anti-war stuff.

[Colin Ex]

34. I picked Crass.

I would've picked the Clash over Crass, though.

-C

[CaptainClark23]

35. The Only Band that Matters

The Clash

[brainwashed_youth]

36. RATM hands down

RATM is unchallenged as far as political bands go.

[Whitacre D_WI]

37. Sly and the Family Stone.

"All the squares go home!" is a stronger political statement than anything come out from Ochs or Rage or Woody or the Clash or anybody.

[Whitacre D_WI]

38. Oh yeah. Honorable mention to Great Plains:

"I never thought I'd live till now
On Johnny Rotten t-shirts and Marxist vows.
The end of history records its clowns."

[corporatewhore]

39. kick!!!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

41. Without the Manic Street Preachers there is no poll.

[Kat45]

42. What about Frank Zappa?

He did some great political stuff.

[Spirochete]

43. Pink Floyd

could have been in the list too. Lot more qualified bands than open slots.

On edit: and lets not forget Ray Davies and the Kinks...

[MrSlayer]

44. D.R.I.

Great songs like Stupid, Stupid War, First Round Draft Choice, I don't need society, Makes No Sense, Reaganomics and many many more.