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Quoted from pezpunk: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
» YouTube video
here are some of the historical reference points for the lyrics to this particular song: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:
» YouTube video
And here's their most recent album, Failed States:
» YouTube video
Weakerthans are pretty great too, but not really appropriate for this thread.
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