Who is your favorite anarchist/anarcho/leftist political punk rock band?

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What punk bands bring the message of Anarchism across the best? Crass? Aus Rotten? Chumba Wamba? Tell me.

maggot, Sunday, 4 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Rush.

duane, Sunday, 4 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

FAUST

david, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the brazen hussies

(the ex = v.funny, and quite good the one time i saw them live, but scrabbling at the lock is the only release i've replayed much, and that's mostly cuz of tom cora))

mark s, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

either God is my co-pilot or Einsturzende neubauten (the early years)

bob snoom, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, I adored God Is My Co-Pilot (put out a bunch of their records, too), and will go to see The Ex any chance I get, but the crown goes to their sister band, Dog Faced Hermans. Oh my God. Best live band I've ever seen, I think. They rarely caught it on record until near the end, but _Those Deep Buds_ or _Bump & Swing_, played loudly enough, will give you the idea.

And their politics were actually deep and interesting, not just "smash the state." I miss them _so much_.

Douglas, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Not anarchist - but certaily leftist..

the Gang of Four. by miles.

James Kyllo, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Not anarchist but leftist: The Manic Street Preachers.

Also, the red army choir, circa 1920s.

Also, Gilbreto Gil.

Also, Dead Kennedys as probably the closest to "real" answer.

Sterling Clover, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Burzum

Kris, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Julian Cope circa the Peggy Suicide trilogy.

badger, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Based on the strength of their live shows alone, The Ex would get my vote. But I do enjoy Crass -- especially the later, more "arty" stuff. More recent one: Spitboy.

Tackhead's the clear winner if you were to replace "punk" with "funk".

Brian MacDonald, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

um, the pop group?

(the ex = excellent, really, and quite good live, but ruined for all time by ex-girlfriend saying "they sound like big country!" and they did too.)

jess, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Anyone like Big Flame?

Justyn Dillingham, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eighteen years pass...

don't come round for me unless you got what i want

Colonel Poo, Sunday, 10 November 2019 02:50 (five years ago)

There's always been a pattern of struggle and defeat
Never that cycle incomplete
Never enough to tip the scales
Too many people rotting in jails
Or bloodied on the battlefields
The history books from every age
Have the same words written on every page
Always starting with 'Revolution'
And ending with 'Capitulation'
Always silenced by the truncheon
Or bought out with concessions
Always repetition...
Repetition... repetition... repetition...
(Repeat)
'I'm the boss of the factory
'I'm in charge of the U.K.C
'Shopfloor workers run and fetch
'As I sit around and smugly watch
'And the process makes me stinking rich'
We're all links in the factory chain
And the chain grows longer day by day
And whilst we're apart
The process won't stop
Repetition... repetition... repetition...
(Repeat)
But we're kept apart by philosophies
And moral stances and policies
We'll be stuck in our own little ghettos forever
'Til we start to work together
Together... Together... Together... Together in the open or together in our little heaven?
Fighting for total change, or working for concessions?
Do we take what is ours, or ask that it be given?
Are we stealing it together, or asking for permission?
Even though we disagree we share a common enemy
Our methods may not be the same
But together we can break the chain
Different aims, different means, with common ground in between
Don't sit back, it's time to act
This life is ours, let's snatch it back
Even though we disagree we share a common enemy
Our methods may not be the same
But together we can break the chain
Different aims, different means, with common ground in between
Don't sit back, it's time to act
This life is ours, let's snatch it back
The time has come to make a choice
Stop taking orders from His Master's Voice!

Repetition Repetition Repetition Repetition Repetition Repetition Repetition

Colonel Poo, Sunday, 10 November 2019 02:58 (five years ago)

three years pass...

not exactly sure where to post this, but heard this on the radio and wanted to share. marxist fake doo wop is good.

Red Shadow - Labor is Value
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NSxgbAW1Hw

budo jeru, Sunday, 11 June 2023 23:50 (one year ago)

All these men who work the land
should evaluate themselves and make a stand
can't they see beyond the rhetoric
the lies and promises that don't mean shit
and all the men who learned to hate them

They keep themselves hidden away
they keep themselves upon the hill
afraid of the day that they'll have to pay
for all the crimes upon their head
and all the men who learned to hate them

and all the men who learned to hate them

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 12 June 2023 00:27 (one year ago)

^^^ so good

my vote here goes to Chumbawamba

broken breakbeat (sleeve), Monday, 12 June 2023 01:41 (one year ago)

I'm not allowed to say Reds[]kins am I?

Mark G, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 07:19 (one year ago)

add: Captured By Robots

sarahell, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 08:05 (one year ago)


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