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It was interesting to find this quote from Jaz Coleman from Killing Joke in a 2013 interview when asked about the United States:
No rebellion left, he says. Although I think the spirit of rebellion has risen considerably, with the MAGA movement. Johnny Rotten called Trump the "first punk rock President" and I agree. Back in 2015, he leapt into the fray with both middle fingers blazing. With the rise of anti-establishment, counter-culture rap these days (like with the "Let's Go Brandon" thing, that Samson guy on YouTube, and others), I am surprised that there aren't any anti-establishment punk bands on our side. If there are any, I am unaware of them. We have that counter-culture street artist Sabo who is pretty punk in attitude, but no punk music.
Killing Joke is good stuff! Smart dudes. For more alternative conservative leaning bands, check out Steven Malkmus (Pavement, Jicks, Silver Jews) Dean Wareham (Galaxie500, Luna), Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order, The Light), Morrisey, John Lydon who you mentioned, Frank Zappa & Ian Curtis (RIP), and surely many others I'm slipping on.
To you're point, many classic punk lyrics apply to the conservative side today. Those bands and front men will never admit it though due to their own ego and TDS.
Having lived as a crustin gutter punk for many years, Ive been saying this line since at least 2012: "conservatism is the new punk rock!"
Now quick! Anons assemble! It's time to form a conservative 3rd wave ska/punk band. The time is now! Take back our culture from the zomboid robot hipster lefties! Fuck your birkenstocks, craft brew, and Starwars tattoos! pickitup'pickitup'pickitup!
Peter Hook is based? I never noticed. One song I liked from recent years is Robby Valentine's "Roll Up Your Sleeves"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2p-b2oIQJU
I'm thinking more about the punk genre though. Ramones: "Warthog"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCIvpeosMrU
"We're a Happy Family"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOnQU1N_zQ
Yep, Hooky supported the Brexit movement if memory serves me.
Oh for sure, yeah I knew you meant the OG scene. I'd be so bold to say several song lyrics and themes from Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, Bad Religion, and others apply perfectly to the anti DS/NWO populist movement.
Which isn't entirely ironic. People like Biafra or Rollins have always been classical liberal or libertarian... both of which by today's clownworld zeitgeist have been redefined in part to align conservative & patriotic.
It's certainly an interesting phenomenon to say the least. I've been observing it IRL & online since the clownworld forces co-opted the various underground music scenes appx 15 years ago. The hipster movement that penetrated everything back then is the same group of nutjobs we see screeching the loudest online and driving all kinds of globohomo zombie lunacy in a variety of alternative scenes, not just music. Shit come to think of it, the whole timeline involves the same crowd and GamerGate as well. Same players, slow timeline of them taking over various cultural pockets in order to perpetuate indoctrination and further redefine established definitions and accepted norms.
So basically, I'm saying that I am surprised that there are no modern-day punk bands standing up to the shitlib, warmongering, globohomo establishment. I saw a video that Paul Joseph Watson did a bit ago showing some faggot in a dress, singing about how he hates God or something. That's not punk. Green Day isn't punk either, kissing Soros's ass and all. Punk isn't about being passive and whining; it's supposed to be assertive and aggressive.
And since we live in an online age, it's not like there could be some band out there somewhere, playing in some bar and nobody knows about them. The net can make people instantly famous through going viral. I really appreciate that "Michelle Obama Is a Man" song. That was really great, and my daughter and I were laughing at that song this morning.
https://youtu.be/HZOzVVVmh4I
I've been jammin to this for a couple years now