Modern Protest Music

I’m looking for “protest music” made recently- in the 1960’s there was a big theme of social criticism in popular music. These days, modern music is totally without this emphasis…

That is, if you only listen to “rock.” Actually there is a lot of hiphop music and punk bands with “social change” messages, and it might be argued that both these genres are at their core anti-establishment.

So far I just have NOFX on the punk end, and City High, and The Black Eyed Peas (kind of weak) on the hiphop end. Very mainstream thus far… remember, “modern.” I am not buying a Rage Against Your Mom album because I think they are too screamy, overplayed and mainly for little boys.

So, my search continues.
DANH: would you like my list of songs to play when Reagan dies?
BRIAN: Sure why not.

A.P.P.L.E. – Impeach Reagan
Fartz – Battle Hymn of Ronnie Reagan
Men’s Recovery Project – Ronald Reagan
Shattered Faith – reagan country
D.I. – Reagan Der Fuhrer
suicidal tendencies – i shot reagan
minutemen – if reagan played disco
Lennonburger – reagum
Demented Youth – Assassination Attempt
Capitol Punishment – El Salvador
ism – John Hinckley Jr. (What Has Jodie Done to You?)
J.F.A – jodie fosters army
subhumans – america commits suicide
reagan youth – reagan youth=20
dead kennedys – we’ve got a bigger problem now
youth brigade – moral majority
dri – reaganomics
sun city girls – Nancy Reagan
Old Skull – Homeless
doa – fucked up ronnie
NOFX – Reagan Sucks
tsol – superficial love
government issue – Hey Ronnie
Beefeater – Reaganomix
F- ???
Ramones – Bonzo Goes to Bitburg
Menstrual Cycles – Kill the President
Crucifucks- Hinckley had a vision
Ratheal Bean and the Doonesbury Break Crew (Comedy)- Rap Master 12″
Prince – letter to ronald reagan on “Controvery”
Testicle Bomb – Go Fucking Die! 7″
Turd Town Records, 1999
Nancy Reagan’s Punk Rock Army
Minutemen – – Bean-spill 7″ Thermidor T8, 1982 PS
(Afternoons / Futurism Restated // Split Red / If Reagan Played
Disco / Case Closed)
BLITZ (Berlin) : “Heil Reagan” 7″

2 thoughts on “Modern Protest Music

  1. The song that should have been played was Zeroption’s Realpolitik, which was on the BYO compilation number 2 ablum. Early 1980s.

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