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VariousVarious: Rock Against Bush Vol 2Rock Against Bush Vol 2 (2004)Fat Wreck Chords Reviewer Rating: 3.5 User Rating: Contributed by: AubinAubin (others by this writer | submit your own) I'm getting pretty sick and tired. I'm sick of hearing that entertainers shouldn't express political opinions; I'm tired of hearing that actors should stick to acting and comedians should stick to comedy. I'm sick of hearing that musicians should stick to music and stay out of politics. An.
I'm getting pretty sick and tired. I'm sick of hearing that entertainers shouldn't express political opinions; I'm tired of hearing that actors should stick to acting and comedians should stick to comedy. I'm sick of hearing that musicians should stick to music and stay out of politics. And I'm tired of hearing that dissent is unpatriotic. I certainly don't recall the chorus of Republicans when their greatest president went from making movies co-starring monkeys to the White House. I don't remember them saying that when country singers were stumping for them. I don't remember them saying that when comedians were playing homophobe on their behalf. Well, maybe Fat Mike got sick of that too, and unlike me, he has a record label, a bunch of musician friends, a dog and I think he's having a baby; all of whom will probably vote Kerry/Edwards in November. And I imagine he hopes you will too. Even the apolitical would have the admire the list of bands he has lining up to this end. The first Rock Against Bush had an impressive list of contributers, and one could expect that the second would end up being a collection of leftovers; a B-sides compilation even. But, thankfully, the second volume of the compilation is at least the equal of its predecessor. Opening strong with an great unreleased track from Green Day, and including downright classics like Operation Ivy's "Unity" and Jawbreaker's "Chesterfield King", the track listing fails to disappoint. The list of strong contributions continues with the inclusion of the Foo Fighters covering the Angry Samoans, the Lawrence Arms crackling track, and a strong donation from the always impressive Hot Water Music. There are certainly some less than perfect tracks, like the disappointing rendition of a Lagwagon staple by Yellowcard, or the inclusion of a few too many previously released tracks, both in the form of album tracks and some fairly pedestrian live versions. These small missteps serve to dull a little of the shine on the disc, though not fatally. And of course, who could forget the lack of a track from Propagandhi, who certainly had something to say (even if they're completely wrong about he causes of the East Asian crisis.) Still, any weaknesses in the music are certainly overcome by a stronger DVD presentation this time around which features a greater variety of material. While the music videos don't really carry as much weight - it's pretty hard to top Bad Religion and Strike Anywhere for talent or political muscle - the addition of a diverse range of political pieces and some comedy sketches certainly compensate for any shortcomings there. Take the sharp and biting "campaign commercial" courtesy of Will Ferrell and ACT which actually manages to be funnier in it's scant few minutes than Ferrell's last film. While this second compilation certainly doesn't surpass the first in terms of sheer volume of material, the addition of a greater variety of music and DVD content certainly makes for an entertaining and fun slice of political activism. Considering that liberals and democrats are often pigeonholed as an opposing bunch of stuffy academics and pot smoking neo-Marxists, Punk Voter's centrist and inclusionary approach is quite admirable. Insofar as the record purports to be "Against Bush," it is important to remember that the record also stands for something as well; Mike and Punkvoter have managed to unite a diverse range of people into a coherent cause and both that diversity of artists and diversity of opinion is well-represented here. So, despite the kids who think that he should just shut up, Mike isn't listening; he's not listening to those who won't vote, but bitch anyway. He's not listening to the kids who cut and paste GOP talking points on punk websites. He actually did something and put his money and his mouth and his friendships into something he believed in and frankly, what is more patriotic than that? Please login or register to post comments.What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
ummm.... yeah yep we hate bush rah rah rah, A BOAT TRIP IN IRAQ ON A REGULAR SUNDAY AFTERNOON "It is our business, when we have another world war in the future, it is OUR business." Before anyone on here begins to criticize this country (Canada), stop for one second and open up your eyes. Only state your opinion with reason. A whole lot of you haven't learned a speck of Canadian History or Canada in general, and it's most likely you know very little about your own country. It is our business, when we have another world war in the future, it is OUR business. "wow they really out did themselves on the cover art comparred to the last rock against bush. WOW ORANGE!" "I say we put Danny Devito in office, he'll settle these conflicts in ways previous presidents couldn't...One visit with a baseball bat and we'll have ourselves a peace treaty." All I have to say is this entire discussion is pointless. I've been a citizen of the US, Canada, and Poland over the last 18 years of my life. No matter where I go its the same thing, attack people with slightly different trains of thought. No matter where you are, no matter what point in time it is on the history of the Earth, there was always a government manipulating you. Thats what the government is, the business of controlling your thoughts, and a profitable one at that. It lets the rich get richer and makes the poor poorer, no matter what country your in, you might not realize it but your government is taking advantage of you, any human when given that much power is bound to abuse it. In the case of the United States presidency, its just trying to vote for the lesser evil. I say we put Danny Devito in office, he'll settle these conflicts in ways previous presidents couldn't...One visit with a baseball bat and we'll have ourselves a peace treaty. wow they really out did themselves on the cover art comparred to the last rock against bush. WOW ORANGE! "id rather my government be a hippy then a fucking theif" Despite the poor grammar and spelling this guy nailed it on the head with this line: "Lousy, mooching war widows..." i only take political advice from people who spell sucks as "sux", so i guess this year i will just go ahead and vote NO......um...NO on prop 284...the one about widowers of war veterans....fuck...what was that from? simpsons? Canadians don't do shit. They just sit there drinking thier beer and watching their Hockey games and say "a-BOOT" and "eh" a lot. Thier opinion is just about as useless as thier "army". There just a bunch of tree hugging hippies up there. "WE LIVE IN CANADA AND 75% of OUR POPULATION IS AGAINST BUSH OR HIS REPUBLICAN COMPANY, ARE WE JUST IGNORANT NEIGHBOURS?" "Actually john kerry, if you would have read the print a little better you'd notice that i said i was canadian, and if you dont know what fucking canadian means, i'll make it a little clearer, I LIVE IN CANADA. and ill tell you something, we do a hell of a lot more for other countries than your country does, and a hell of alot more is given away freely. And if you think that any country that doesen't start wars for "weapons of mass distruction" that don't even exist but take their oil instead is a hippy country then maybe we fucking are but id rather my government be a hippy then a fucking theif. dont try and tell me that it wasen't the reason for the invasion of iraq. YOU LIVE IN THE US DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE EVERYTHING THE COUNTRY'S MEDIA IS NOT SENCORED OR BIAS? WHO OWNS THE NEWSPAPERS MY DEAR? think about that one john. WHILE YOUR AT IT IF YOUR SO PRO-WAR THEN WHY DON"T YOU GO JOIN THE ARMY? OH AND BY THE WAY, ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE WEAPONS KILLING AMERICANS IN IRAQ WHERE ACTUALLY GIVEN TO THEM BY AMERICANS? obviously i love the People of America i just dont believe in their government. Actually i hate their government. Hey and G.W.Bush JR. aint the only one making decisions." "Actually john kerry, if you would have read the print a little better you'd notice that i said i was canadian, and if you dont know what fucking canadian means, i'll make it a little clearer, I LIVE IN CANADA. and ill tell you something, we do a hell of a lot more for other countries than your country does, and a hell of alot more is given away freely. And if you think that any country that doesen't start wars for "weapons of mass distruction" that don't even exist but take their oil instead is a hippy country then maybe we fucking are but id rather my government be a hippy then a fucking theif. dont try and tell me that it wasen't the reason for the invasion of iraq. YOU LIVE IN THE US DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE EVERYTHING THE COUNTRY'S MEDIA IS NOT SENCORED OR BIAS? WHO OWNS THE NEWSPAPERS MY DEAR? think about that one john. WHILE YOUR AT IT IF YOUR SO PRO-WAR THEN WHY DON"T YOU GO JOIN THE ARMY? OH AND BY THE WAY, ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE WEAPONS KILLING AMERICANS IN IRAQ WHERE ACTUALLY GIVEN TO THEM BY AMERICANS? obviously i love the People of America i just dont believe in their government. Actually i hate their government. Hey and G.W.Bush JR. aint the only one making decisions." No more presidents! VOTE NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! I wish musicians would shut up about the election, we all know florida is gonna rig it again. sure bush is an "idiot son of an asshole" but over the last 4 years he's said some pretty funny things. they have a daily callendar about it. he did screw up the country but john kerry has the gayest most borin ass speaches ever."things need to change" HUH? NO!!!wow howmany hours did it take you to think up that? any way ya think about were skrewd punks were never "artists" jackass. thats what they want you to think now. they want to try and make people now think that the movement then was respectabe. but fuck that. they werent artists. they were tired of long songs and wanted to do a little bit of fucking. "So if you fucking buy this CD, ur not doing shit except basically just giving ur money to some greedy rich white guy" lets here it for us rich white guys. i mean come on..would you really want someone like the guy below me running the government or putting his two cents in? fuck that. he sounds like a moron who would be worse than bush. Im an Atheist by now when it comes to what political party I'm for. I don't believe in any of this political shit because the system doesn't work. The government is run by rich, old, greedy white guys. "we" the people doesn't exist anymore, its only "they", the rich, powerful, greedy white guys. So these bands can bitch and complain all they want, but its just another bullcrap excuse to produce another record to make money off of. "Where have you seen Mike endorse Kerry? I can answer that: You haven't. Ever." Who the Fuck is Yellowcard? I bet $100 that who/whatever the fuck a Yellowcard is, it can be purchased at Hot Topic. I find it a bit funny that some Canadians will bash Fox News, yet they don't even carry it or have satellite that would enable them to watch it. Then will go off and watch a movie like "Outfoxed" and say how evil the station is. its not a republican news channel, but yes it does host a couple republican shows. the actuall news is more on than all of the other networks. Ever heard of Media Control? Media Carta? "Very intelligent response I must say... how are we ignorant?" Canada, they won't even carry the foxnews channel "WE LIVE IN CANADA AND 75% of OUR POPULATION IS AGAINST BUSH OR HIS REPUBLICAN COMPANY, ARE WE JUST IGNORANT NEIGHBOURS?" I would like to know what they teach you Americans in high school social studies and history classes. "republicans are more truthful in general" GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS Does Edwards strike anyone else as an ex-car salesman? "Conan, I think, is a republican. He has republicans on his show all the time and is friendly with them, then treats Michael Moore like shit. Besides that, these talk shows are being pressured to be as apolitical as possible. " I'd like to note that 95% of the people on this site come here for Yellowcard updates, so I'm sorry if I was mistaken. yeah bsd, no where does his post even imply that the sex pistols were still together in 84. it was just one of those, "i'm more punk than you cause i knew the sex pistols before you" posts that he was making fun of. IRONY - A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. Yo, I'd give Fat Mike head for a copy of this. And I don't even like NOFX that much anymore. Just 'cause he can't quote Choamsky out his anus and has a weird voice and beer belly doesn't mean his opinion is uninformed. what time are you referring to that i said someone was wrong? "you just said that basiclly everyone on this posting was an idiot because their not open minded, how are they not open minded?" not to mention i don't say to someone that their wrong unless i can prove it you just said that basiclly everyone on this posting was an idiot because their not open minded, how are they not open minded? ok...who was the last person i called an idiot. i dont really remember, but i usually say why or it is inherant to the post... if you were a little open minded steve maybe you'd have something to back up why the people you call idiots are idiots haha...i'm not even that far to the right. anyway, i am very tolerant. i am more tolerant than anyone on this board i think. everyone here is pretty closed minded when it comes to religion and politics. Steve Jones, you're an idiot. People want to be punks so they have a social scene to be part of and have reasons to actually wake up in the morning. I mean, maybe hanging out with your friends isn't as cool as being a rightwing bigot on music message boards, I don't know, I've never lived like that. "ALL POLITICIANS ARE LIARS" Yeah but you think the Sex Pistols were around in 1984, which makes your musical opinion worthless. hahaa..its good to see someone on here calling john kerry an idiot, even if it isnt the real john kerry. and whats a canadian? its a kind of pig or something right? i am from canada and it is a democracy-completely separate from the English the only thing conected to the democratic-monarchy....notice there's democratic in there....is that the queen chooses a governor general. whos name goes on a seal. we are also celibrating democracy. Haven't you studied the French and English Revolutions and not just the American Revolution? This score is for the greedy rats that take advantage of our society and the freedoms we have and take for granted everyday. It's also for the people on this message board who don't value or respect others opinions on this message board. (I.E. - "the poster below sucks, i fucked said poster's mother, or "I am the ultimate definition of punk because I knew who the sex pistols were back in '84, therefore, said poster below's opinion is worthless and he is not punk, " and the definitive "FUCK YOU" There are some really solid tracks on this cd, and just because they don't support bush doesn't mean you shouldn't like them. I myself don't agree with their cause, so i won't purchase the album, but the cd itself is pretty alright. Actually john kerry, if you would have read the print a little better you'd notice that i said i was canadian, and if you dont know what fucking canadian means, i'll make it a little clearer, I LIVE IN CANADA. and ill tell you something, we do a hell of a lot more for other countries than your country does, and a hell of alot more is given away freely. And if you think that any country that doesen't start wars for "weapons of mass distruction" that don't even exist but take their oil instead is a hippy country then maybe we fucking are but id rather my government be a hippy then a fucking theif. dont try and tell me that it wasen't the reason for the invasion of iraq. YOU LIVE IN THE US DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE EVERYTHING THE COUNTRY'S MEDIA IS NOT SENCORED OR BIAS? WHO OWNS THE NEWSPAPERS MY DEAR? think about that one john. WHILE YOUR AT IT IF YOUR SO PRO-WAR THEN WHY DON"T YOU GO JOIN THE ARMY? OH AND BY THE WAY, ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE WEAPONS KILLING AMERICANS IN IRAQ WHERE ACTUALLY GIVEN TO THEM BY AMERICANS? obviously i love the People of America i just dont believe in their government. Actually i hate their government. Hey and G.W.Bush JR. aint the only one making decisions. "maybe we could afford medicare if we didnt have to give the rest of the world free handouts. also, they werent able to tear our world apart. also, did you realize that the united staes is much much much much much much much much much much much much larger than your country? things get a little more complicated then when trying to have free medicare. especially with the democrats trying to give everything else away for free and all the people trying to move into the US. what country are you from? i'm sure i would rather live here than have medicare in a socialist fuckin hippy community. People. i am not the answer, i am part of the problem Fuck your nationality! "he loves COCK but he hates homosexuals" is the line fat mike said on Conan, taken from the latest version of idiot son of an asshole and put into the break in franco unamerican oh. we arent the richest country in the world...i think luxemburg maybe, one of the euro countries is...but they are tiny maybe we could afford medicare if we didnt have to give the rest of the world free handouts. also, they werent able to tear our world apart. also, did you realize that the united staes is much much much much much much much much much much much much larger than your country? things get a little more complicated then when trying to have free medicare. especially with the democrats trying to give everything else away for free and all the people trying to move into the US. what country are you from? i'm sure i would rather live here than have medicare in a socialist fuckin hippy community. People. i am not the answer, i am part of the problem do you really want to hear something crazy? Your the richest country in the world and you cant even give your people medicare. did you everthink that 911 was making a point to the government of the United States? Maybe it was to prove to you guys that people don't need weapons of mass distruction to tare your world apart. the weapons of mass distrution are mostly all in your country anyhow. and those who had weapons of mass distruction, your country gave it to them. but they don't need your help all they need is a few people to fly planes on a suicide mission. I'm fucking proud to be a Canadian. I hate my government and all it's allies for not stoping Bush in Iraq of anyother small war he's caused. "hey guys lets let bush take all the oil, give him a little more change in his pocket" and to the media, the war in iraq isen't the biggest thing going on in the world. What about the aids epidenmic in Africa where 1 in 5 people are infected because the pope has managed to warp their minds into thinking its a sin and they will go to hell and its useless anyhow. what about the HOlicost type thing going on in sudan and because the US is at war its able to go on unnoticed? Iraq is not the biggest thing going on in the world.but u probably dont know this and neither does anyone else. Think about it, in africa someone dies everycouple minutes. in Iraq someone days maybe once a week. do the math. what's more important. why would anyone in their right mind want to be punk? Um, this should be old fuckin news by now, but Conservatives will never be punk. " This issue is something we're going to spend our entire lives dealing with if nothing is done now.... Military personnel risk their lives every day so we can live comfortably in this country and have the freedom to bitch about things like politics" this score is for the lawrence arms, if they have ever written a bad song, i am yet to hear it "whose penis would become president? the longest or the thickest ? or overall volume?" no - I'm a 45 year old balding man who gets off posting in message boards what are you...13? I plan on writing in "my penis" for president instead of voting for anyone else listed on the ballet - wouldn't that be awesome if a whole bunch of people wrote in "my penis" for president and "my penis" won bsd is just jealous cause he's not old enough to vote. its ok buddy. in four years there will be another presidential election you can vote for. Really, you're all cowardly little cunts. Based on the way most of you write, I automatically feel inclined to ignore your opinions. I'm not saying most of you are dumb. Instead, I'm saying most of you are seemingly uneducated in some of the basic necessities of living normally. When I read "fuck bush that faggit fuck sux his moms kunt, their is know way im voting 4him," you've done a lot to convey your opinions. Oh wait. yes, please, everyone go vote for who you think is more punk. awesome. great Oh yeah, and about punk rock values you spoke of, I dont know how old you are, but I've been listning and going to punk shows for about 20 years now, and it used to be about getting fucked up and breaking shit. Not "who you gonna vote for", or save the fucking seals or some stupid shit like that. "Sure, thousands may lose jobs, and I'm not making light of that. Most of them will find other jobs. " Kerry = 70 year old Max Payne I joined to come fight this war, unlike you, who apparently couldn't get a civilian job or something. You are not in the same boat as me. Apparently it was my country not yours attacked. to the guy below me, look man...I'm in the same boat you are and no dude, you don't risk your life for this country, you risk your life for your job. If you don't do your job, you go to jail so you really don't have much of a choice. "So if an American industry is making money, then we should outsource to cut they're profits?" I,m in Iraq right now, so I haven't heard this album. I just wanted to comment on all this political talk. First, no one should need some musician or actor to tell them their opinion, wich seems to be to much the case. ok. if you think molesting an overweight 65 year old woman is clever. haha..my mom is probably pretty happy to have gotten a young piece of ass. score . and uh, how desperate are you to go for someone like my mom anyway? "kerry looks like a down syndrome child molester. i think him and grey davis molest little boys and john edwards together" haha...a dude said bush was ugly...as if kerry was good looking. kerry looks like a down syndrome child molester. i think him and grey davis molest little boys and john edwards together I think Bush is more of a punk than the person who commented below dude, what the fuck? I can't believe you would even want to question this election, who cares if Kerry is so so...Bush is responsible for so much bullshit. Not to mention he's ugly. DO you wnat that guy representing YOU? I'm going out on a limb here and I'm just going to say it. I'm not going to read all these comments because for SOME reason they're about politics instead of this compilation album... "yes, because the prescription drug companies don't make enough money already." " I'm still voting for Bush. Screw Iraq... their own government will kick our troops out soon enough. I would rather have a president who supports my views back home. And yes, I am religious" You dudes should all do yourselves a favour and head to Australia for a holiday. It'll open your minds to the wonderous ways that people can live harmoniously together in society without all the fear and hatred that your country seems to love spreading. KERRY: “George, I said at the time I would have preferred if we had given diplomacy a greater opportunity, but I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein, and when the President made the decision, I supported him.." former coke head, big business supporter, hardcore christian, republican, war monger yes, because the prescription drug companies don't make enough money already. How on earth can you get off as saying that Kerry supports the middle class? If anything Kerry "supports" the lower class. However, I would contest that he, or any other president (aside from maybe FDR during the depression) cares about the poor in America. There have always been programs from both sides that attempt to throw lifejackets to those who need the help, yet so often it is ignored. Then people complain about those who abuse it. 99.5 percent i am fucking around. The Green Day song is awesome, so is the Larry Arms song. The Lagwagon song is really cool. Will Ferrel is one funny dude. And it was nice to see the little paragraph that Blake from Jawbreaker wrote in the liner note. Does anyone know what's going on with that guy, or Jets To Brazil for that matter? I know I'm not the only one hoping for a Jawbreaker reunion... Nice tirade, but Clintion News Network is not fair and balanced. only about three of you motherfuckers no what you're talking about when it comes down to politics. 99.5 percent of the time you idiots go on rants that you don't know shit about especially jones the bones and bsd, I hate bitching, but watch some CNN or NBC before you guys go on your next ignorant rant. This goes out to everybody, stop listening to everything fat mike says go out for yourself and find the information out on the two candidates and pick the one that best suits your beliefs and your way of life whether it be Bush or Kerry. I was at a local show around where I live the other day and this band which was made up of young kids about 16 years old and three of them were wearing NOFXFAT WRECK CHORDS shirts started talking about how Bush had no idea what he's doing and that everybody should vote against him which led me to believe these kids had not the slightest idea what they were talking about. So to all you ignorant kids, next time you're about to go on one of those ramblings, think to yourself is what I'm about to say a load of bullshit. "and deporate those illegal bastards, they are the ones stealing jobs" except that kerry isnt for the middle class and is against buisness of all kinds. No offense here, and I may be missing something, if your name isn't steve, then why do you have an email address with the name "steve" in it? except that kerry isnt for the middle class and is against buisness of all kinds. kiss your ass goodbye if you are a small buisness owner. and to that other dude, get a clue about this shit. call me jones the bones, my names not steve I've got friends who are coke heads, I hope they don't "find god" and become president, THAT would be fucking scary. former coke head, big business supporter, hardcore christian, republican, war monger wow steve jones, you're a fucking moron. everyone fucking hates you and your increasingly stupid posts. go back and post on absolutepunk full time you unoriginal piece of shit. I am displeased with Bush and Kerry "Just one quick correction for the poster below: Fat Mike doesn't, and never has, endorsed John Kerry. In fact, campaign laws restrict Punk Voter from advocating a Presidential candidate. Where have you seen Mike endorse Kerry? I can answer that: You haven't. Ever." I'm an idiot? i would vote for kerry if he could play 'memphis will be laid to waste' on his acoustic i wonder is bush/cheney would endorse a cd with christian hardcore bands on it. you get dumber from reading three sentences on the internet you were a moron in the first place. anyway, it was "gay"what i said. someone yell at him, you all like to do that dont you? pretending to throw a medal away for publicity, but actually keeping it is more shady than doing coke "we are all dumber for having read that" steve jones, you are a moron. "a guy that pretends to throw away his purple heart and tells people he did, then reveals recently that he never implied to be throwing his medals away, only the Ribbons and other vets medals who couldnt make it does not deserve a fuckin purple heart. what a bitch. you either throw it away in protest like so many others did, or you dont . you dont just throw away the fucking ribbons. " Good review...although you failed to mention the amazing unreleased track by Dillinger Four. No democracy does work. So basically you all want George Bush, a war monger with no experience, over Kerry, a war vet who was an anti-war activist. You need to kill yourselves... Seriously, democracy does not work, I hope you all realize that some day. Attention useless lazy ignorant american fucks: How many of you who claim that this is the greatest country in the world have ever lived outside of the US? How many languages do you speak? What kind of cultural knowledge do you possess that makes you so fucking sure America has it correct? a guy that pretends to throw away his purple heart and tells people he did, then reveals recently that he never implied to be throwing his medals away, only the Ribbons and other vets medals who couldnt make it does not deserve a fuckin purple heart. what a bitch. you either throw it away in protest like so many others did, or you dont . you dont just throw away the fucking ribbons. Hating Bush is too trendy for me. no shit...you had to have done soemthing to get a purple heart...you cant just steal that shit. "who would probably just exaggerate about being blown out of the water for a Purple Heart." "Get the fuck out then, bitch. " unfortunately, it's ok to complain about a country that gives you the freedom to complain. blow it out your ass you fucking moron. 'I'd like to visit austrailia someday. america is very cocky and stupid. were the dumb jock of the world. We kick everyones ass, get the glory and chicks, but everyone else normal hates us. we call them pussies (france, canada).' since the world is fucked no matter what anybody votes, just get out there and do what you want. Horrible lineup on this CD. A better album would be one with a bunch of ridiculously abstract/violent/chaotic bands with a cover depictng George Bush being beheaded. Now THAT would get some attention and cause a stir of interest....plus it would be fucking cool lol. tonyatfat, go fucking kill yourself you fucking pretentious prick. ps, all your reviews blow donkey dick and your mother has genital warts. fat can suck a fat nut. you all wish you were drive thru. you'd suck mark hoppus' dick in a minute you fucking poseurs. "Where have you seen Mike endorse Kerry? I can answer that: You haven't. Ever." i like the cover to this cd. it shows you how crappy the bands are. no one in their right mind would be able to stand this shit. The Sick of it All song owns, and I still can't figure out how they are on FAT "Dick Cheney is right wing fanatical Christian zealot" isnt fat mike libertarian? i thought thats what 'the plan' was about. he doesnt openly support kerry, he openly oposes bush. that doesnt make him a kerry vote, although i'm sure thats what he's planning I agree w/ the austrailian dude. America is fucked. I am 24 and voted in the last election, when I was 20 (for gore) and will vote this time. i know alot of people who 'don't care' 'don't know enough' or 'have other shit to do' so they don't vote. Its really annoying. Australians are fucked because the Kangaroos are coming... Yeh not voting is fucked. I know that all you americans think that you guys have the right to vote or not to vote, but frankly, I think that's fucked. Why do you think you guys have had so many shit president's in the past? Because only 40% of you vote! and the 40% that do are always "well-meaning" upper class republicans who, despite what the entire left wing says, are the only ones who actually participate in the political system officially. If all the poor, ethnics living in the slums vote for Nader or even Kerry, the political system would be ten times better and you would all be better off, and the only thing you would be worrying about is the upcoming Free Trade Agreement with Australia (which is the major issue in Australian politics at the moment, as well as the war in Iraq), and although it is possibly too late to save your country now, it would still be a great help. You see, in Australia, voting is compulsory and every election around 98% of the population votes. It is seriously the only way to get a TRUE representation of the population in government, and as soon as every one of you Americans gets the fuck over your "rights" and "liberties" this whole world will be a much better place to live. You people are sad. This album may be weak, and the whole Michael Moore thing may have become trendy bullshit....but it changes nothing. Whether or not you like the fact that pop culture is embracing this is irrelevent. The fact is that Dick Cheney is right wing fanatical Christian zealot who, if he had his way, would see the entire world FORCED into hardcore Christian law. George Bush is a complete idiot, but he's too stupid to really pose any threat....he's what Mickey Mouse is to Disney....the real threat comes from those behind him. The religious right and other such organizations. The facts are that this adminstration wants to make having an abortion a serious criminal offense, they want to make Iraq a "democracy"(yeah right), and they will offer no help to anyone making less than $100,000 a year. As for the war on terrorism...i hate terrorism....but there isnt a goddamn thing anybody can EVER do about it. It's always existed and it always will exist. Fighting a war on terror is like fighting a war on murder.....there's nothing you can do about it. Just making sure you have decent security and you try not to piss off as many people as the US seems to, is really all you can do. Sadam is gone, but another will take his place.....just like EVERY other dictator the US has taken out of power (history lesson kiddies), this war will change nothing and all those who have died, lost their lives for nothing. there are terrorists everywhere.....Korea, South America, all over the US, middle east......you can't kill everybody. This adminstration represents all that an intelligent person should hate about the US- using their macho attitude rather than their brains. It will be the key to our demise. Just one quick correction for the poster below: Fat Mike doesn't, and never has, endorsed John Kerry. In fact, campaign laws restrict Punk Voter from advocating a Presidential candidate. Where have you seen Mike endorse Kerry? I can answer that: You haven't. Ever. The real question/problem with Fat Mike is, Why does he support John Kerry? Fat Mike has, for years been much farther left than the the moderate John Kerry. Is Bush that much worse? John Kerry plans to put more troops into Iraq. John Kerry voted for the war and has said that he still would have done so knowing what he knows now. The only problem he has with the war is the way Bush went about handling it. I have 4 uncles in the military and I do not want any of them there. Nader is the antiwar vote. All you "punks" are apparently antiwar and so was Fat Mike and all his sellout cronies ie Antiflag. I don't mean sellout in the cliche sense either, they're sellouts to the causes they used to stand for. Punk is dead and Fat Mike killed it. The kid below me should have just kept his mouth shut and watch reading rainbow on pbs. anything opposing bush is good. stop talking bout who or who shouldnt be on it, inform the kids, i hate blink, yellowcard but justcoz someone listens to them dont mean there stupid, or fashion punks. everyone seems to hate conservatives and i do too, but all of you sound conservative with the dwarves or hwt would be better, oh theyre little fashion punks! geez! people quit being such conservative like and let people unite for a great cause. plus, not voting should be means for deportion. cmon people. voting isthe most important thing u can do as an american.if u dnot vote than shut your mouth or die "... No, that's bullshit. Democracy has only been around since the inception of the U.S.A.? Put on your thinking cap. "one of the oldest models of governments around, is modeled all around the world and still looked up to and idololized." People only voting for themselves? What happened to thinking of other people? Get the fuck over yourselves, christ. Very good review. "Why don't you go drive your SUV, watch American Idol, buy a Justin Timberlake CD and wave your american flag some more you fucking arrogant prick. "Don't vote for your own interests unless a particular issue truly speaks to you, otherwise vote for the interest of the sick and suffering. Why don't you go drive your SUV, watch American Idol, buy a Justin Timberlake CD and wave your american flag some more you fucking arrogant prick. "bush must be removed at all costs, honestly stop wasting your time trying to find ways to revive your pathetic democracy. first thing is first, get rid of bush" "I'd rather have an indecisive person who pleases the people than a tyrant who just poises the U.S. against the rest of the world." " I would rather have a decisive moron than an indecisive, people pleaser." and oh yah, you are right, you shouldn't "have" to do anything you don't want to. But you are in a privleged position to help our planet by removing Bush... think of the needs of the many rather than the needs of the few. I wrote the comment below that starts... "voting 3rd party would be great..." You kids need to stfu and pay attention in history, there are many presidents in our history who were much worse than Bush. Go research some of our past presidents. "Voting 3rd party would be great... but let's be realistic, for the greater good of the entire WORLD, we need to vote democrat. Sure there will be scandals, sure they're politicians who lie to get into office, but we need to oust the worst president in the history of the united states. VOTE DEMOCRAT. Voting 3rd party would be great... but let's be realistic, for the greater good of the entire WORLD, we need to vote democrat. Sure there will be scandals, sure they're politicians who lie to get into office, but we need to oust the worst president in the history of the united states. VOTE DEMOCRAT. "when the lawrence arms were in denver, i spraypainted the shit out of their trailer in their honor, and chris almost cried he was so upset. He apparently paid $1500 for that trailer. they had it coming. the new song is really good, brens voice sounds a bit different. permanent arm paint is awesome" when the lawrence arms were in denver, i spraypainted the shit out of their trailer in their honor, and chris almost cried he was so upset. He apparently paid $1500 for that trailer. they had it coming. the new song is really good, brens voice sounds a bit different. permanent arm paint is awesome "True, but despite that, only Kerry or Bush can actually win. Sure, the idealist says "vote with your conscience" but the pragmatist in me says "vote with your brain."" he said COCAINE, not drugs. They bleeped it out. The Man bleeped it. You know what else? this one is ten times better than the first comp. the best songs are larry arms, d4, dwarves, bouncing souls and donots. also, will ferrel is rad. you know who's missing on vol. 1 and now on vol. 2? The Crucifucks!!! would have been cool to hear something new from ol' Doc Dart. even an old track to show the kids of today what punk rock is supposed to sound like would have been a nice complement to one of these compilations. "I wasn't trying to argue, I was actually just curious if you heard, I'm looking for a link because I only heard about via word-o-mouth." Not sure if I like it better than the first one, best new songs are Green Day, HWM, and the fucking Dwarves. Also pretty good are T(I)NC, Donots, Larry Arms (though the song is too short). "There ARE more than two parties, people. Don't get brainwashed into thinking that it's *just* Kerry and Bush running. " When did he say "drugs?" This is much better than Volume One. The Useless ID song was outstanding. They have improved bigtime. "If you want fiscal conservatism, libertarianism and personal freedoms, you're going to have to vote Democrat" Meh. Celebrities and artists can speak out all they want about politics, doesn't mean I'm going to listen though or not criticize. the u.s.a. is not exactly democratically republican, since not everyone is represented. I wasn't trying to argue, I was actually just curious if you heard, I'm looking for a link because I only heard about via word-o-mouth. "Did you here about the recent situation where those squatters killed like 6 people over an XBOX?" In response to Aubin's post, as hard as it is for me to agree, a large part of me does.. but as much as a don't like the way the republican party has gone, I also don't don't like the direction the Democrats are going either.. And since the 3rd parties are really worthless, it makes for a whole lot of internal struggle.. i was thinking about not voting at all, but if I don't vote, I can't bitch when things get more fucked up then they already are..:( The Lawrence Arms are on this with a new song, so I'm convinced in the words of D4, that "this shit is genius." I find it funny how punk rock was foudned on being different, but what these bands are telling you to do is all become the same. It seems to me that what punk was all about was being different then the crowd, yet these 'punk' bands are telling you to all be the same. I'll vote for Bush thank you very much. Moderate Republicans? "you're still a republican you fucking nazi faggit." "you're still a republican you fucking nazi faggit." "I don't think Conan is Republican because he had a Democratic Mayor on his show who was doing gay marriages and he basically said he thought gays should be able to marry..." I don't see how you can take the album serious after they put the will ferrell stuff on it :-/. Yellowcard completely ruined violins. Although I'll be voting Kerry, this puts it best: "I don't think Conan is Republican because he had a Democratic Mayor on his show who was doing gay marriages and he basically said he thought gays should be able to marry..." Did it piss anyone else off on Conan when Fat Mike said "No one vote for Nader"??? I thought Democracy gave you the right to vote for anyone you want, I guess I'm wrong. Also, is the new Lawrence Arms and the new Dillinger Four song on Kazaa or WinMX?? Hahahaha, I just figured out what the coverart means. "Like Sprewells On A Wheelchair" PURE GENIUS!! needs some eric though! Paddy's nice but needs some eric too. The only thing missing from the rock against Bush comps is the good the bad and the leftover crizack I don't think Conan is Republican because he had a Democratic Mayor on his show who was doing gay marriages and he basically said he thought gays should be able to marry... Then he made jokes about himself possibly marrying a guy. Hahahaha, BSD...remember our arguments about squatters? Did you here about the recent situation where those squatters killed like 6 people over an XBOX? "I'd rather Rock Against Ass." I agree... But if you want some real political rock, you'll have to get crust stuff and crust shows are pretty lame. Oh yeah, anyone else think Conan seemed really pissed off? This stuff is way too non threatening to stir controversy, but it's not all bad music. And, is any one else as surprised as I am with some of the new Green Day....I dont know what song I heard, I was waiting for Rollins to start on indie 103 and they were playing some new green day song and it didnt sound bad at all....in fact i really liked it, as much as i wanted to hate it. I can't stand this poppy "punk" shit, but fuck i liked it. A few points: Great review. This one is MUCH better than the first. is anyone else dissapointed by the album cover for this record? look at this site (address below), wait for the picture to load. would have been a much better cover for this album, dont you think? all i know is reading up on George Soros, Propagandhi was right on. That guy scares me more than Bush cause I can't vote George soros out, what a crazy man. Soros pointblank has said he does not see the role of ethics in economics. Bush at least sugar coats it. Score is for "Freaks" coming to DVD today. any movie that was banned in the united states for 30 years deserves my 19.99!! Absolutely superb review Aubin, and I agree completely. The links in this review are great! I especially like the whole phrase about Propaghandi, how nearly every word takes you to a different site. I don't like Bush... but I dislike liberals more. I tink this is one a whole bunch better than the first. this compilation is so muchbetter than the horrible first one. there are about 8 songs that matter, and they are, in order, the songs by the lawrence arms, dillinger four, hot water music, lagwagon, green day, the dwarves, probably the rancid one, and the live tracks are all alright. the lawrence arms is fucking awesome, and what the fuck is the foo fighters song? the worst thing ive ever heard? sounds like they recorded it in someones ass. damn good compilation. the new green day, lawrence arms, and dillinger 4 fucking ruled. too bad no propagandhi. oh well...i havent watched the dvd yet, but it looks impressive "My taste have matured, I have become a conservative, though my vote is still undecided (likely to be Bush or Nader), and I tend to only listen to old punk cds like The Clash, Television or The Velvet Underground" "Maybe if some of these bands could write a political song that was clever like Bob Dylan could....but they can't and all you hear is the same tired slogans over and over." The Conan performance kicked ass. Score is for that. I can't believe Conan didn't interview fatty after the song. That would have been much more funny. The lyric changes were cool though. hahaha, the NOFX performance was awesome! Mike changed the lyrics at the end of the song (Franco-Unamerican) - The keyboard guy was funny too I personally don't like politics in my rock n roll. I don't like to pay money for a show and instead hear a sermon. OK, so this review didn't mention a damn thing about the most important part of this complilation: the Dillinger Four tune. Killer review Aubin. "Oh yeah, isn't it just fucking strange that both Rock Against Bush Compilations had a shitty pop-punk band cover an awesome song by an awesome band and just destroy the song?" If you vote, you can't complain. You sir, have expressed a trust in the system that precludes you from complaint. If you vote, and your candidate loses, that makes you part of the minority who, this being a DEMOCRACY get fucked. Therefore if you want to complain have a little integrity and don't play thier stupid games dumbass. Oh yeah, isn't it just fucking strange that both Rock Against Bush Compilations had a shitty pop-punk band cover an awesome song by an awesome band and just destroy the song? Pretty good album for a terrific cause - I saw the Will Ferrel bit and it's hilarious Punkvoter killed punk...it watered down the politics, fuck this...I'm not selling out my beliefs just to get bush out of office. fuk this shit. this shit doesnt even deserve a "c". Aubin is a hack! damn good words aubin. Even though everyone hates on them, I had no beef with Yellowcard. http://whitehousewest.com/ Great review, the Larry Arms song is the best thing on here; but the new green day and hwm are pretty awesome as well. Several years ago I was drawn to the punk scene full of anti-everything crap. Quickly I learned of great punk bands of the day. Many of which are on this comp. Yeah, in retrospect "fails to disappoint" was probably a curious choice of words, but I've been writing academic papers all day and my brain is a tub of lime green jello. Considered that way, it's a miracle that the whole paper isn't a mess of economic jargon and strangely structured sentences. Good review. Pretty good compilation.. Aubin, did you have fun putting all the link tags in there? You used a shitload of 'em.. Good album, the best song is the Lawrence Arms track. The Dillenger Four song was also very impressive. "fails to disappoint" hmm, you were looking forward to being dissapointed? not a bad review otherwise I liked it very much but the first one flowed a little bit better. |
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holy shit! i can't believe you americans. america doesnt do nearly as much as canadians do for other countries....except maybe bomb them if thier opinions are different then yours. plus,canada has produced some great bands, like SNFU,NOMEANSNO,the Weakerthans, and alot of other great bands. And oh yeah,ever heard of Mike Meyers,or Jim Carrey, or Pamela Anderson? Their all Canadian.