Tayor Koh I don’t think being Christian is the issue, it’s that evangelicalism is bigoted and misogynistic and racist. I’m a Christian and I’m COMPLETELY against conservatism. Being a hard worker? What does that even mean? How is the current system not promoting hard work? In the US we work more hours per week than any European country while also having less vacation days.
Good perspective on the age thing. Observer is a good term. Funny thing is, I should have remained an observer even when young. Makes the music more enjoyable!
Johnny Ramone was a hard core conservative. Just because a band sings about political ideas or gets thrown into punk, doesn’t mean every member believes in it. Tom Araya even talks about the fun of writing music and writing things that are “cool” but not believable. I’m always amused how artists can make the separation but fans live and die by lyrics.
It might be fun for an artist to write lyrics that they don't stand behind, but it's not impactful. If I find out that an artist's lyrics have been disingenuous, I'll still enjoy the music but I won't respect the band or the writer anymore.
Once they give the art out it has whatever meaning the viewer designates to it. Those lyrics can stick with people because they mean something to them, it doesn't matter what they mean to the artist
Take a lesson from Finn everyone: being an edgelord and compulsively hating on music to be cool just leaves you less shit in your life to try out and enjoy. I love how eclectic his taste is. True all around music fan.
I disagree. Let people open there mind themselves. No need to tell people what to do. I used to be a Metal elitist who only listened to Thrash, Death Metal, Black Metal. But now I also listen to Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, Deathcore etc.
@@MrCk1234567890 My point is if people want to be Elitists, then let them be, more power to them. Don't tell them to open there mind to other styles of music. Maybe eventually they'll open there mind on there own terms.
first and foremost I need you and everyone that I'm going to outwardly signal my virtuous intention, and if your feelings are hurt or offended in any way, we may have to cancel him!
Getting through that as well, thankfully it’s finally working out for me. I really hope you pull through, man. Believe me, it’s worth every second of it.
I’m gonna be honest, you hit the nail on the head when it comes to modern Metalcore bands. I honestly just feel like most of these bands are just taking that one riff from Doomsday by Architects and are just doing that for all their songs.
As a more conservative viewer I liked your overall take. “If I like it, I like it. I do t echo chamber myself” I wish we all would listen to each other instead of listening to one side or the other TELL US what the other side is trying to say. Even the more honest political commentators on both sides don’t always interpret the opposition accurately (or fairly we can argue about which side does that more I’m sure) anyway can we just nuke twitter/Facebook/RU-vid and start over? Lol
Refreshing take. Personally I'm a disaffected liberal who's gotten a bit conservative on some issues as I've aged. To me punk hc was always very pro liberty, free speech/conscience.
@@ThePunkRockMBA how do you find playlist by specific people? Stripper fight music is amazing lol of course metal is my first love but stripper fight music is a close second haha 😂 ~🧡🦇
It's interesting that a conservative, Johnny Ramone, founded the punk rock guitar sound and style. Joey Ramone was a liberal though, so it's almost like they were ADULTS and put politics aside for the most part in order to establish the punk genre... I wish more people would take notice of that and stop trying to twist things that should be apoltical into something they want politically. Thank you Finn for keeping your channel apolitical, I know I'm not the only one who appreciates a politics free RU-vid channel.
I always regarded that "I'm a punk because I support X president or X ideology" as a bad attempt of either being an edgelord or a laughing stock. I always regarded this more as a much broader thing: you have the intellectuals (I'd take Dead Kennedys and Bad Religion as the symbols for that kind of thing), the angry ones living a hard life (black flag, agnostic front) or one of my least favorite favorite trends, the mohawk magazine cover type of bands (the exploited, gbh). But here's my bias: I prefer the intellectual kind of punks because I'm curious, love debates, love messing around too and uh... I went to college .-.
The only thing that kept the Ramones going was money and contractual obligation. Keep in mind, band had quite a few member changes. And conservativism and liberalism back in the late 1970s and 1980s was much different then now. Back then even liberals were quite racist, homophobic, and isolatiinist. Most people didn't even know "trans" existed and communism was totally off the radar. Hard to set aside and work with people who won't even aknowledge your humanity.
Lmao two Liberals got along? Nooo way! Just cause one was socially liberal and one socially conservative...they didn't disagree on liberal capitalism and the profit motive driving all of society. I love how neolibs think things are "apolitical" when they adhere to the liberal status quo.
He didn’t just play bass on tour, if I’m not mistaken he recorded the bass for the album too. I got to play with them when he was playing for them. One of the best shows I’ve ever seen/been a part of. They murdered that crowd.
I loved heroine the best. the only complaint I had about wes borland in bass was that he played it like a guitar and didn't follow the drums. besides that I loved the way he sounded. that album touched on topics that other bands like them didn't really touch on at the time(at least to me, lol)
I just came out to my family...funny thing is my wardrobe has essentially remained the same ...just love how androgynous punk rock and metal subcultures can be 🖤🖤🖤
I'm a trans woman who makes alternative/emo rap music. Looking forward to hearing your interview with Connie, she was a big part of my inspiration to come out and be myself. Its refreshing to hear those kinda things being talked about
Imagine having the media, popular culture, large corporations, public opinion, academia, and more or less the government on your side and still believing you are a rebel challenging the status quo
Justin Cook Thats why liberalism and “leftist” doesn’t really work for this. Saying your leftist is only useful in political discourse. No one is going to actually call themselves a “leftist” unless in reference to opposing the current system. But even then “leftist” can be anything from socialist democracy to anarchy. It’s the same with punk. No one actually calls themselves punk.
So are you talking about leftists? Leftists/liberals have the entire culture at their disposal, while conservatives and hard right are never viewed in a good light. You have to be insane to think otherwise.
I love Wage War too, but I also see what he is saying. While they’re the first band that I’ve heard doing what he considers “buttcore”, I do see a lot of bands taking on that sound and I think that’s more what his point is. Wage War’s sound is being copied over and over again. I consider it their sound cause I actually like them lol
@@dudewhy2849 It's the core version of buttrock. Stuff like Nickelback, THEORY, Trapt (also known as "More streams on Spotify-core"), newer Shinedown, later Linkin Park, Puddle of Mudd/Hinder. In hindsight, it's pretty interchangeable with post-grunge. 🤔 Also, Wage War is ripping off other bands, not the other way around.
I think the biggest takeaway from most of your videos is that "guilty pleasures" are stupid. You like what you like. Who cares? I wish I had figured that out as a teenager, or even in my 20s. And I think that's a message that needs to get out more, to people of all ages. Like, why you still gonna be a gatekeeping elitist record store owner or music critic or rando on RU-vid in your 30s or 40s or whatever? The hardest thing for people to understand seems to be that they don't have to engage with the things they don't like. So why shit on other people for what they like?
because it is fun..........and some bands and their fans need shit 0n. no matter what mr i wont pubicly dislike anything besides the idea of disliking anything because it may make me seem uncool and unhip finn mcenty may say
"Could you imagine being so angry at a woman and writing these lyrics..." completely ignores the Emmure shirt or their albums "Goodbye to the Gallows" and "Felony."
Billyyyyification To his credit, he's never said Frankie's old lyrics weren't a whole lotta cringe. Hell, Frankie thinks his lyrics were a whole lotta cringe, probably more than anyone else.
Trans woman here, I would like to say I definitely agree with the above in saying that hardcore is definitely ahead of the curve with trans acceptance. I think it would be worth noting that a lot of the core scene in general, especially with deathcore and metalcore, the scene is particularly accepting. I think the older sub genres in metal start to have more issues the farther back we go. Not to say anybody who is listening to thrash or older black or death metal is phobic or anything, but the only times I have had issues with metal crowds is in those instances, and they sometimes come off a little, incel?
I love the fact you admit without shame everything you listen to. Growing up I was a closet fan of stuff in fear of my friends making fun of me. Now in my late thirties I could care less and I listen to whatever sounds good to me. Love the content!
One minor gripe; I would love it if you included the names of the song on the screen when you play it or maybe put all the features songs in the description
Speaking of Sky Eats Airplane: Their guitar player (Lee Duck) started a company (Duck Lights) that programs lights for low-to-mid level bands getting into that production tier. Super neat company and great concept. He may be a good podcast interview.
I have never heard you talk about Atreyu in any of your videos I think they would be an interesting band to bring up at some point. Not a huge fan but they seemed to be everywhere during the 2002-2010 time range.
Trans person here. I'm curious to see more of us in punk/metal mainly because I know waaaay more trans/nb folks in the electronic music scene. Cool to see seeyouspacecowboy has that rep.
Love death metal and “post-black” metal i feel like the intersection of electronic/industrial and black metal is a good fit for trans ideas. Uboa - electronic with black meta elements Liturgy - “transcendental black metal” The Hallowed Catharsis - Brutal as fuck sci-fi Death Metal! Sincerely, an enby
As a self-proclaimed metal geek, I find it extremely odd that I can't personally name a trans-musician in a bigger metal act (I know some Non-binary and trans musicians in my local scene) when I can list off several examples of metal bands with members from every other demographic group so what PRMBA said really hit a nerve in me cause I always have the gut reaction to defend metal when it comes to inclusivity but he has a point in that punk has way more trans artists and it makes me wonder why and how that is true as the punk and metal ethos' are really similar.
Trans girl here. It’s def nice seeing more n more trans girls representation like SYSCB. Local scenes are very accepting and supportive these days. Love the channel
Man, back in the day I got the honor of playing a small show with horse the band... I was a huge fan especially at the time. That's the highlight of my old hardcore show days
oh no, Finn's not a Pantera guy is he? UGH. That band NEVER did anything for me. Seemed all fake tough guy stuff. Then I heard their mid 80s stuff and it confirmed it for me.
I mean I agree, but at the same time, he mostly talks about why they were so successful and why others thought they were so great. This channel isn't really about his own personal likes and dislikes
@@ephraimsb2277 what?! At LEAST 50% of his entire speak and content is his personal likes and dislikes. He's ALWAYS being bias, and regularly admits it. Lmaooooo.
“If I like it, I like it. I don’t echo chamber myself” best statement I’ve heard in a long time. Not necessarily responding to the conservative question itself but I would like to say this, in my opinion music is an art form no matter what genre and that’s just it. Nothing more nothing less. To me every time I’m at a show the last thing I care about is who’s ‘who’ I’m just pumped to be at another show enjoying it with people who have the same taste in music. It should be that simple. Leave your beliefs at the door and enjoy the show. Some of my favorite bands have different views in politics, religion, etc.. then me but those who make good music with a mutual message and not try to shove an agenda down your throat is amazing.
"How I'm Feeling Now is already the clear cut winner for my favorite album of 2020," he declares proudly while scratching at the faded Misfits tattoo on his forearm. Also add another up vote for your wife appearing on the channel as long as she continues to savagely take down sad pop punk boys.
You're probably one of the most sagacious voices in music discussion I've heard in the past few years. Thank you for the content! I should consider subscribing to a membership level.
I like how no matter what, the topic of selling out comes up. You'll be on your death bed and some random nurse will ask about your feelings about bands that sell out.
I am a trans person who follows you and has spoken with you a couple times on social media DMs. Thank you to the questioner, and thanks for including it in this video =) Any bit of visibility helps to feel less alone, and now I'm definitely going to check out that band!
Oh, one more P.S. here: I'm also a trans fan of yours! Assigned male, non-binary but female for simplicity's sake. We don't see eye to eye on certain things, as my overlong comments often suggest, but you've always struck me as a guy I could have a reasonable conversation with given the opportunity, and just like a good dude in general. Also, your wife seems rad and I want to see her make some sadbois cry.
As a tgirl who was in a punk band in NY I've found that the punk and hardcore scenes are most accepting whilst others have made me feel noticably different. You can usually determine what kind of crowd you're walking into by seeing how many eyes just stare at you, how many laughs and snickers you get and how many people come up and talk to you (without asking about personal things like if I have a dick or not).
Indeed. I come here to get educated. I am similarly aged although I have a different background in music, but I have been distanced from music for various reasons. I love how you take the hate in stride i.e. as a moment to teach or explain yourself very succinctly and how you stay objective and/or talk about why you think it's irrelevant to your channel. I've "discovered" no less than 15 "new" bands (mostly new in that only "I" hadn't heard of them) and yet I'm constantly bombarded by new information or ideas about old bands I already loved or wanted to but couldn't until I derived some understanding from you about why they do what they do. GREAT channel and keep up the good work. Love the tats too (no pun intended) BTW.
Honestly, I think It’s Only Smiles by Periphery is one of if not THE best song in recent years. It’s catchy as hell, has multiple great vocal hooks, is uplifting as hell, and still has a great metallic tone to it. A goddamn masterpiece. It’s so hard not to sing along to and gives so many feels
Conservative guy here (military dude that actually hates 5FDP) I grew up skateboarding and playing punk rock music and being really into my creative side through art of various forms. I joined the Army because I wanted to pay for art school. Then realized I loved the Army and stayed in. Still love the music of my youth though and can relate to the messages they convey.
Hey, I'm trans and I'm so happy you're pro trans thank you ✨✨✨!! Also I love black metal. My favorite subgenre. I find that people actually really like the instrumentation, they just hate the vocals. That's how I was years ago. What got me into black metal was an instrumental song from Taake. En Sang Til Sand Om Illdebrand. Give that song a try. Btw Taake is shit and fascist and should have their shows boycotted. I just can't lie that I like the sound of their music.
Danny Dircio I'd be interested to see how you might react to black metal which turns its misanthropic ire on those who scorn dark-skinned foreigners and their "false" religions as barbaric yet praise the same empty savagery in their own cobbled-together imitations of dead faiths in some desperate attempt to offend the morals of the society they cannot help but mirror. Methinks you would find that a fair bit more irksome than more selective anti-religiosity, but who am I to say?
I love what you're doing bro, You're like the dude from my job saying ''we'll somebody has to work here''! Don't stop what you're doing and, Deathcore all the way!!!
man! i can´t agree more with the explanation of why PunkRockMBA when you talk about metal. Punk´s always been about attitude; not about dresscode, not about a hairstyle and not even about a sound. Loving the content more and more everyday Finn!
Most hated bands ideas: Green day Creed Theory of a deadman Greta van fleet U2 I see stars Enter shikari Hopsin Kanye west Beastie boys Danny worsnop solo country project Vanilla ice Tech n9ne
I'm glad you read someone else's comment that I pretty much have requested a shitload, and acknowledging that you are doing a video on the dubstep/ metal connection. I thought I was the only one
Please periodically bring your wife in!! The dichotomy between your "nice guy" and her "shit talking" would be epic. Judging from the snapshots you have shared on your IG, she would make the perfect Robin to your Batman... just a thought. Also, loved the video, another great installment.
As far as I know Jerry Only from the Misfits is a Christian and probably a conservative himself. Hell, he had a Christian metal side-project called Kryst the Conqueror. Honestly, I find it pretty ironic that a band that is basically the personification of Halloween has a Christian as its longest-serving member (Anyone who has grown in a conservative, fundamentalist Christian environment knows how much of a hot button issue Halloween was and maybe still is).
Jerry donated to trump's party during elections, he's a conservative. Doyle is probably a democrat since his wife is always sharing blm related stuff on her insta. And even he, himself has shared that stuff on his stories.Also i know a girl that knows him very well, she's married to a friend of his, that used to be in his band called Doyle or whatever. She even went on tour several times with doyle and her boyfriend. She's very anti fascist, very anti-trump. Because fo that i doubt that doyle is conservative. Danzig i don't really know he has criticized both the democrats and the republicans. The guy is pro abortion and anti religion, does not like christianity one bit. But he also said that the muslim ban was a good idea. He doesn't seem very conservative but i wouldn't call him a lefty either. Maybe he's and independent or apolitical. Graves is a moronic asshole
Johnny Ramone was a hardcore republican, and Ian Curtis from Joy Division voted for Margaret Thatcher. There were a lot of conservatives in very well-respected punk bands. Conservatives aren't evil people. They just believe something different.
@@TacoFlako Yeah true but marky ramone did ha say that johnny was staunchly racist in a interview. And although dee dee was a conservative as well, marky didn't call him him a racist, so that makes kinda think that that might be true, but who really knows...
I WANT MORE LIFE ADVICE VIDEOS FINN coming from a hardcore/ metal kid trying to achieve his dreams of becoming a surgeon they help a lot even if the views aren't showing it for kids like me in theirs early to mid 20's
Luke for real man, i do fucking love some select bands. sublime, operation ivy, rancid and the like. i think it was an extremely important part of punk culture
@@hasfunboy For me, ska shows were a chance to dress up and have fun other than the pit like most other shows. Sometimes the scene is way better than the music.
Hank Brown i wasn’t there and i have no idea, that’s sounds so awesome tho, who doesn’t love an excuse to wear a suit, tie and sunglasses to a punk shoe haha
I don't like acting like listening to an artist is indicative of your morality, and that's why I promote separating the art from the artist. Also ARTV >>> Fantano
Started listening to City Morgue a few months ago when you mentioned them in a video, definitely one of the most unique sounds I've heard in a long time and I love it!
Who else was wishing the conservatives in punk part would be a bit longer? I’d like to see a video on why there was a boom of anti-government rock in the 80s with the punk scene and the early to mid 2000’s in rock in general. It boggles my mind that with all of the horrible atrocities that occurred within the Obama and Trump regimes, very little amounts of bigger rock bands have made any protest music. It’s probably a mix of the fact that no one wants to hear new rock music, and that people feel they have to choose sides and they dismiss any negative stories about their chosen candidate as misinformation. Sad times.
I wish that part was a bit longer but there's little to no chance he'd make a video because a) He doesn't like talking politics and he knows damn well that even if he tip toes around he'll say something that will be interpreted as taking a stance b) Comment section would inevitably be absolute fucking cancer c) It may get a decent amount of clicks but a lot of people like this channel for being apolitical not to mention he risks alienating a lot of people if he accidentally says something that's taken broadly the wrong way I think it would be a very risky move on his part to make a dedicated video for relatively low reward. I know that, in general, if it gets views he'll do it but I think it would be best if he avoided it because I believe that the risk outweighs the reward. Not to mention, as he mentioned, his videos are about running a business (in relation to music) and consumer psychology. This somewhat falls in the latter but would be a stretch.
hey young viewer here. just wanna say a lot of those modern metal bands actually brought me into the metal/rock genre. same with a lot of my friends. so it is definitely bringing in the younger generation, and that’s coming from someone in that generation. love the video btw
Mat Best would be a great guest. The Black Rifle Coffee crew are awesome! For the record as a conservative I've found that the hard/heavy music scene is pretty accepting of people with differing view point's. It's one of cool thing's about it.
Props to Finn for FINALLY running a Candlemass reference, although you chose the most ridiculous (albeit awesome) example of the genre. People generally don't get the Bewitched side of candlemass until after hearing King of the Gray Islands.
Bro, Drain is so cool and the second band I found out from you. The other bring strung out. Oh, and I guess I dont know anything about emo rap but I dig all that too.
I currently work at ANF at the DC and I have been watching/ listening to your videos at work for a couple of weeks now. I was getting major Ohio vibes from you and now I know why lol. I love your videos. Thanks for making something cool for me to listen to at work!
I find it so bizarre that Adam22 is basically a household name. I started riding BMX back in like 2008 and use to watch BMX edits on The Come Up (back when there was anonymous comments so that's way back) which was started by Adam22 and I remember when No Jumper was started. Crazy how Adam built a fucking empire. Getting him on a podcast would be dope because y'all both listen to a huge variety of music and both are successful entrepreneurs.
You should do a show on Tim Armstrong. Like him or not he's a legend. He's always stayed true to scene while still being able to market and make money. Him and Lars are still doing their part to keep oi real ska alive. I know you don't like ska much but it's a big part of the scene especially in CA. Anyway good show.
I have been thinking a lot about conservatism in punk and metal lately, mostly because the conservative bent in segments of those genres doesn't mesh well with metal as I experienced it or understood it while I was growing up. I grew up in the rather deeply conservative SW Missouri Ozarks in the 80s. For a time I attended a Pentecostal church in a town of about 1,200 people. Being a metal head in that place at that time placed one well outside of the conservative culture of that area. I have vivid memories of the farm boys with their John Deer hats coming around tossing the word "fa**ot" at those few of us with long hair. The pastor of my church even tried to convince me to cut my hair in order to be a more respectable member of society. In both cases they were trying to enforce a conservative version of masculinity. For me, the metal stars with their long hair, from thrash to the spandex and makeup wearing glam bands, were a big middle finger to conservative expressions of gender roles. Not only did I see metal as subverting those conservative social expectations, much of it seemed explicitly critical of the establishment (that establishment being the conspicuous capitalist consumption of the Reagan era and cold-war politics). From Megadeth covering "Anarchy in the UK," to "Set the World Afire," to "Hook in Mouth," Slayer's "Mandatory Suicide," and Iron Maiden's "Run to the Hills" many seemed explicitly critical of 80s politics, and mainstream culture, the military war machine, and even American exceptionalism. I was quite dislocating for me to learn that, since then, Bruce Dickinson is a Tory, about the conservatism of Tom Araya, and Dave Mustaine's born-again Christianity. It leaves me wondering, did I fundamentally misunderstand something about heavy music from those days, or has something else drastically changed?
The Deicide question was a surprise. Deicide is my favorite band. Legion is the better album. The production holds up today and combined with the more complex songs Legion is the go to album of any genre.
Are you a fan of the NWOBHM stuff? Curious because in my opinion, candlemass has more in common with a band like Iron Maiden than later stuff like kyuss, sleep and their sets of copycats
Marcus Carollo Candlemass definitely had a unique style of doom, I’m not really into NWOBHM though, the only 80s british bands I like are death metal bands like Bolt Thrower, Cancer, and Carcass
@@karpaslatka5734 oh nice, can't go wrong with any of those. I'm trying to get my band to listen to more bolt thrower stuff. The fact that they played in drop A back in 1989 is insane
Finn thank goodness you keep content accessible and relevant to the greater "punk rock" umbrella as a whole. As much as I love Nintendocore it's a niche sub-genre. Horse the Band did some very unorthodox DIY marketing (making fun of other bands, global tour, purposely sloppy website, overall silliness, humorous blog posts); but still a video about that wouldn't draw many viewer's. Viewer's need relevant and accessible content. I cannot get into those inaccessible metal channels that cover 2020 black metal releases only available on cassette tape (yes that actually exists) or any obscure geeky music Crash Thompson is covering on his channel.
Just found this: "The term comes from a nationwide advertising campaign on hard-rock radio stations in the 1990s that used the tagline "Rock. Nothing but Rock." Listeners quickly changed that to 'Nothing Butt Rock.' Though it refers to anything played on hard-rock stations, it commonly is used to refer to 'hair-bands' or used by people to distinguish the 'bad' butt rock from the hard rock that they like." Funny, I had never thought about it before, but there it is. Pretty amusing origin. Thanks Urban Dictionary.
I like the content, Fin. I think you give thoughtful insight in a tight, well produced package! What did you think of the comment at 1:57? If you dig under the surface a bit, to me it sounds like a subscriber asking for some objectivity. I understand not wanting to offend anybody by taking hard positions, but you’re the Punk Rock MBA! You’re knowledgeable on a sector of the rock music scene and people seem to want to hear your opinions about it. I think you’re totally capable of reasonable music criticism without needing to consider the relative personal positions the artists. You’re probably first to admit these things are irrelevant in that scope anyway. It’s okay to look at an artistic creation, and argue why it may or may not succeed in delivering for you either technically or authentically. The merits of how it works financially, or why it’s comfortable for the artist is another topic completely. I just want to see some grit. You’ve got to have a hard no somewhere. We all do. It’s disingenuous to deny it. I think it’s possible to articulate your line without having to blast an artist. Pretty sure you’re the guy to do it. Cheers
Honestly I don’t know why anyone was surprised if they’d been paying attention, Phil has had those tendencies, especially with his speeches, and some questionable lyrics. If you grow up in the South, that shit is gonna seep into you, and he let it run too far. I say this as a Texan. No excuses for it, just my perspective.
@@graysonjd5624 I assume you haven't paid any attention to how all that had developed besides "the drama", because he's spoken in depth about all that and how he grew up (Phil didn't just grow up in the south, he grew up in New Orleans. He himself said he grew up with black relatives and friends in the LGBTQ+ community of the era). Feel free to quote "some questionable lyrics" so people can talk about them. 1) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gShmJV2BSr0.html 2) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LkEEh0y7Gz4.html
I'm glad you touched on conservatism here a little bit. I'm not conservative (the "tests" generally point me as slightly left of center) but there's this false notion going around that all conservatives are racists and against anything progressive which is far, far, far from the truth. I truly believe that NO ONE should label anyone based on anything w/ the exception of if they're a good person or not. A lot of people, especially in this scene, see that someone is "conservative" and instantly form this awful view about them which is more times than not, wildly inaccurate. I wish more people that had a platform would echo those thoughts. Yes, there's A LOT of pieces of shit on that side but there's just as many on the other. No one side is above the other. Period. Maybe this will start to open some eyes. Treat everyone like you want to be treated and the world will undoubtedly become a better place. There's no denying this.
@Luke I agree, but let's be real here, his side project is way better than AB. I just find his vocals much more tolerable than Myles which sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me.
I’d say the band the preceded them.....................you all know which one.......................... was the epitome of butt-rock. Alter Bridge, on the other hand, is a more mature, artistically free band that has genuinely put out some great music.
