Yeahhhh big time. Bad Brains were an amazing, amazing band but HR ... He has more than a few screws loose unfortunately, to put it mildly. He got really deep into Jah and went overboard on the homophobia in the 1980s. That was a long time ago, though, I don't *think* he is still like that. Ive met him. He is a little bit crazy. Like, "casually wears a motorcycle helmet all the time even though he doesn't own a motorcycle" crazy.

We've done this thread a few times now. I'll just post the same picture I always post of my band on stage at the 930 Club in DC.

I'm in there somewhere

Oh man I go to Ottawa for two weeks every summer, I've got to get out to House of TARG next time!

Propagandhi is probably my favorite band. so many political punk bands just end up sounding like whiny, bratty kids shouting generic platitudes about "society" or whatever, but these guys are the real deal. their lyrics are cogent and dense, and packed with historical citations. they have been around since 1986, and they still tour and record new albums, and every album they have released has been more complex (musically and lyrically) than the last.

Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes

here are some of the historical reference points for the lyrics to this particular song:

Pine Ridge:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre (for historical context)
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/leonard-peltier-clemency-obama-aim-wounded-knee

Ruby Ridge:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge

Shay's Defeat:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays%27_Rebellion

Gustafsen Standoff:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustafsen_Lake_Standoff

dittohead:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dittohead

Disneyfied history:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Disneyfication

Fred Hampton:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton

Randall Weaver:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Weaver

Anna Mae Aquash:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Mae_Aquash

Coffin painted black (anti-federalism):
https://books.google.com/books?id=n0tf43-IUWcC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=back-country+learned+of+ratification+the+People+had+a+coffin+painted+black&source=bl&ots=ClzkqTL8S7&sig=TI0i_DYW6Z5fUZ6HTdVRZ9KKRgU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf2IvCwfvPAhUs1oMKHXFKCpAQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=back-country%20learned%20of%20ratification%20the%20People%20had%20a%20coffin%20painted%20black&f=false

Publick Liberty:
http://www.bartleby.com/73/674.html

This is one of their older songs:

And here's their most recent album, Failed States:

being from the DC area, i've seen them a bunch of times. great band.

Ten times better than Nugent would still be fucking awful in my book.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/metalheads-and-punks-unite-official-club/page/5#post-3422094

Tesco Vee and the Meatmen are still around ... saw them about a year ago or so playing with my good friends COPSTABBER (who are awesome).

such a catchy chorus --

"over 99% effective
help stave off a kid infection
it's my birth control suggestion
have abortions, more abortions"

their shows are quite fun:

Against Me!, Flogging Molly, and Rancid would be fun. the rest of the bill isn't really my thing.

Yeah, I did. They were fantastic as usual. I've seen them a half dozen times at least. THe best was at a small club in the mid 90s, there were like maybe 50 people there. Pete Shelley was just chatting with us between songs. They played Orgasm Addict twice, haha. I met Pete after a different show and he was super nice, put up with my drunk rambling ass for like 45 minutes.