Every time a mass shooting happens, a similar narrative takes place: “thoughts and prayers,” “it is too soon too talk about gun control,” which is followed by no meaningful action taking place. Recently, enough fed up citizens are starting to raise their voices and are making it clear that the time for discussion and action is now. “Thoughts and Prayers” […]
Learn more →80 Years of Protest Songs Part 1: 1939-1958 80 Years of Protest Songs Part 2: 1959-1978 80 Years of Protest Songs Part 3: 1979-1998 The aftermath of 9/11 ushered in a new chapter for protest music. The Iraq war and George W. Bush became the Vietnam & the Nixon for the 2000s. The 2010s brought in a renewed emphasis in […]
Learn more →YUNGBLUD is the moniker of 19 year old English alt-rock musician Dominic Harrison. He recently released his full length debut album, 21st Century Liability. The album is full of protest songs written from the youth perspective. One of the more potent tunes off of the album is “Machine Gun (F**k the NRA)”. It analyses the stigma of mental illness and how […]
Learn more →Ani DiFranco written and recorded “To the Teeth”, the title track of her 1999 album, as a mournful and angry indictment of American gun culture in the wake of the Columbine High School shooting massacre with took place on April 20th of that year. “Open fire on the NRA And all the lies they told us along the way Open […]
Learn more →“Nowhere Fast” originally appeared on his late 2017 album Revival. On March 16th, 2018 he released an extended version which opens with an additional verse concerning school shootings and gun violence. It takes aim at the NRA and how the government representatives are mere puppets to the gun lobby. Another line in the song, which was also in the original […]
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