Attribute it to ignorance, not to being controlled. Rock musicians are really stupid when it comes to geopolitics. I just listened to Blackie Lawless from WASP gush over Zelensky and boy howdy was it embarrassing.
Maybe not controlled, but Primus wouldn't have got their big break in alternative land if they had been spouting off how great freedom and capitalism were. I don't think they are in the same category as RHCP (bigger - edit: and I should say markedly obvious slave agenda etc* - break roughly the same time) but probably lower tier "we can rely on these lefties from SF to have a cult of fans who will think this guy is the smartest whenever he spouts off about politics etc."
Attribute it to ignorance, not to being controlled. Rock musicians are really stupid when it comes to geopolitics. I just listened to Blackie Lawless from WASP gush over Zelensky and boy howdy was it embarrassing.
Maybe not controlled, but Primus wouldn't have got their big break in alternative land if they had been spouting off how great freedom and capitalism were. I don't think they are in the same category as RHCP (bigger - edit: and I should say markedly obvious slave agenda etc* - break roughly the same time) but probably lower tier "we can rely on these lefties from SF to have a cult of fans who will think this guy is the smartest whenever he spouts off about politics etc."
*The album was called "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" FFS