Ten Chris Cornell Protest Songs

Early morning on May 18, 2017, Chris Cornell was declared dead. Cornell played an important part of my teen years and young adulthood. The first concert I ever attended was a Pearl Jam & Neil Young double bill and Soundgarden was one of the opening acts. This was in support of their 1991 album Badmotorfinger and just before the release […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: Can’t Deny Me – Pearl Jam

“Can’t Deny Me” is Pearl Jam’s first original tune since their 2013 album Lighting Bolt. They released the protest song as a fan club single. The scathing lyrics takes clear aim at the Trump administration with lines such as: “Where’s your vocabulary? Your ignorance is sinful You plant your lying seeds Watch as the roots take hold The country you […]

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